Shahira Kamal

Portland, Oregon Area United States

Owner / (Technical) Designer / Patternmaker / Sewist / Local Apparel Infrastructure Advocate

Design

CUSTOM OUTERWEAR, TECHNICAL DESIGN, PATTERNMAKING The more clothes I make, the more I realize clothes are not about clothes at all, they're about the body. The human body and the mechanics it performs are astounding. I'm less interested in clothes that just sit there and look pretty, preferring to create more technical garments that help a human do a job, protect him or her from the elements, and even protect from harm. I design and make custom technical garments, outerwear, and motorcycle apparel, as well as perform technical design and patternmaking for the industry. I love the technical design/patternmaking phase most of all, as it is the bridge between conceptualization and constru...