Leigh Goyen has used these pattern making skills to help some of the biggest names in fashion realise their creative vision — including Alexander McQueen and Jenny Packham
Now she's sharing everything she learned with fashion designers and home sewists who want to bring their own fashion designs to life
Meet CLIQD's founder
“I started my fashion career as a designer in Sydney with my own line of limited-edition pieces. I had lots of ideas, but no idea how to bring them to life.
I couldn’t afford to a full-time pattern maker. And whenever I did hire a freelancer, something got lost in translation and the patterns were never what I had envisioned.
I was so frustrated by the lack of control over my designs that I decided to learn pattern making. And loved it."
"After studying at Central Saint Martins and FIT, I spent the next 10 years creating patterns for some of the biggest names at Paris and London Fashion Week – including Alexander McQueen and Jenny Packham.
I also mentored many talented, young fashion designers who were struggling with pattern making – like I used to. They didn’t have the technical skills to create a block to use as the base for their pattern. And they didn’t know how to turn their design into a pattern."
CLIQD is born
"So, I created CLIQD pattern kits. The first – and only – kit that gives fashion designers, students and home sewists the pattern making skills they need to bring their fashion designs to life.
It’s the kit I wish I had when I began my career as a designer.”
