Your Wardrobe Unlock'd

About  Your Wardrobe Unlock'd^TM

You are one of the examples I use when I seek excellence in my own work. I am simply thrilled that you are willing to make a place for people to want to learn and achieve.
Moira, USA

So often, promising sewing projects fall short. Either your skills can't match your vision, or the muse leaves you with a UFO (unfinished object!), or you simply long for like-minded friends who understand what you're aiming for. 

Here at YWU, you can find the community, the information and the inspiration to stay positive, improve rapidly and get you more quickly to the point where your fabric art becomes a pleasure.

I love this new issue - the interlining advice and link is great! There is always something that makes it worth it!
Mona, Canada

The Masterclasses

At the core of the site is an invaluable and unique learning package for anyone who wants to take their sewing from "home-made" to professional quality couture clothing.

A group of friends and colleagues in this business - our contributors - realised that although many people know the basics of sewing and costuming, there's far too little information out there on how to sew well and achieve really professional results. Between us, we have learnt so many things over the years that are so simple and yet seem to be kept secret from home sewers and those outside the "inner circle" of couture houses and major theatres. We decided to change all that...

Together, we put together an extraordinary "Masterclass". We all came up with our own most valuable tips and sewing secrets and collated them into a set of fourteen key ideas - the keys to the wardrobe of your dreams. All of them are the things that we've learnt along the way that have made the biggest impact on our sewing - things that, if you take them on and use them, can take your sewing to a whole new level of beauty, professionalism and satisfaction.

This core Masterclass crystallises all that we intend Your Wardrobe Unlock'd^TM to do for up-and-coming costumers, seamstresses and corsetmakers: to inspire, educate and entertain. It's a valuable document - we've worked hard on it - and it serves as an ideal introduction to the site as a whole. Invest in this essential guide to all we've learnt in our combined years of trial, error and experience by clicking "Register" at the top of this page, and you open the door to YWU with a month's free access to everything we've ever published on the site (plus a second free Masterclass that I haven't even mentioned!)

Oh - and don't forget to check out your free sample chapter by clicking here...

I've already learned so much from reading the masterclasses and this tutorial and so I just wanted to say thanks. You're amazing!
Kerri

Why should I join?

There are other resources available to the seamstress in other magazines and in books, not to mention the extraordinary spread of information across the Internet. So why should you sign up here?

Your Wardrobe Unlock'd^TM is a central source of top quality, complete and immediately useable information tailored specifically to your interest in historical costume, saving you hours of fruitless searching for semi-reliable bits and bobs.

It's the only source in the world specifically tailored to your wish to make truly beautiful, accomplished, professional quality work. 

But crucially, it's also an interactive resource where you can talk directly to experts and find quality answers, enlightening inspiration and good old entertainment for the price of a regular magazine.

I'm not that great a seamstress - will this site be too advanced for me?

We have readers at all levels of ability, so we cannot assume that everyone's reached a certain arbitrary standard. With every project and masterclass we start with the basics, so that everyone's up to speed, before moving on. You always have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss any sticking points in our Forum and in our "Ask the Experts" feature each month (anonymously, if you prefer!) You'll find more support than you ever thought possible amongst our happy band of readers and writers; do let us take your hand and show you what you can do!

Maybe you're only just finding one end of a needle from the other; maybe you're getting there gradually, with your first few outfits under your belt; maybe you're an accomplished artist (read: really insane, like us) who has tips and tricks and encouragement to share, and a need to keep filling the well with new ideas. We thrive on our diversity.

Perhaps you're an enthusiastic amateur who's always eager to learn more; maybe you're a pro who's always looking for that extra edge to help your work stand out.

Whichever it is, you're very welcome. We aim to have something for everyone. My wish is for us all to learn from each other and make our favourite pastime all the richer for coming together here to celebrate clothing as it was... and perhaps, if we have any say, as it still could be.

The corset drafting tutorial really is a very easy class to follow and it sure seems to work! Thanks!
Hanna, Sweden

How this site works

This website works on a subscription basis. Just like a regular magazine, you'll pay a small fee of $9.97 each month for a wealth of new articles and inspiration - with the added bonus that you'll continue to have access to everything we've published in the past. Over time, the contents of this website are gradually growing from a magazine into a vast library of help, information and inspiration, and we'd love to share it with you!

When you click "Register" above, you'll be able to sign up using your Paypal account with your choice of username and password. You'll then use these to log into the site and use all our resources, and your Paypal account will continue to be charged once a month. This automatic payment method is what subscribers have asked for, to save them having to remember each month - please note that you can cancel at any time, with no obligation whatsoever - anything else would not be fair to any of us.

We also understand that you'll want to "try before you buy." To that end, there's a taster article under the "Free stuff" tab in the menu above, in addition to the summaries of all our articles and masterclasses that give you an idea of what to expect. We also offer a fourteen day unconditional money-back guarantee.

Find out more on the Frequently Asked Questions page.

I think it's been worth every cent of my ten bucks so far. I've already found two new resources and a couple new techniques which will actually help me cut down my time on some of these weird things I keep trying out!
Leslie, USA

Take a tour and try us out

Simply put, you won’t find such a rich well of inspiration, information and insight about top-quality sewing anywhere else in the world. Take a look at the "New this Month" section to see the very latest content, click on "Free stuff" for a taster, and don't forget that when you sign up, we offer an unconditional 14-day money-back guarantee. So try us out! You've got nothing to lose.

Here's to unlocking the wardrobes of sumptuous clothes that we've all been dreaming of!

Catherine Hay
Editor