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Throwback – Meet the Maker Day 21

03.21.2019 by btslingerie // Leave a Comment

Throwback to our first trade show.
Can I just say I do not miss this?!

Throwback to Layla at Between the Sheets' first trade show.


Young Layla thought this was a big deal, and in a way it was since it marked the release of Between the Sheets’ first collections for sale.
I don’t know how I in my youth and naïveté managed to pull this together both financially and logistically. I was working a full time job and I had so much energy. 


I’m introverted, so after this we eschewed trade shows for market weeks by appointment in hotels near the shows. This allowed us to show our collections in a private setting, which was far better than the trade show, but still stressful.

Picture hauling all the stuff of a lingerie store (clothes, mannequins, etc) in a rental car into Manhattan and double parking and hauling it all up to a hotel suite. Setting everything up only to move it all out a few days later. Markets were both physically and mentally exhausting, and I much prefer my business today selling directly to our customers. 


Back then I thought you had to make it in certain boutiques or department stores to succeed. At the same time, I saw early on that the retail landscape was shifting…and still is today. What I learned was to be adaptable and that no one else’s path or definition of success matters but your own (easy to say, harder to live by).

To see the original post on instagram – click here

We’re collecting all of my March Meet the Maker posts here on the blog for ease of reading and all of you who might not be on instagram or facebook. It was a great opportunity to share a bit more about our brand and hope it helps you get to know me and BTS a little better!

Categories // ask L, behind the scenes, her perspective Tags // between the sheets, meet the maker

Design Process – Meet the Maker Day 20

03.20.2019 by btslingerie // Leave a Comment

For me the design process is a mix of merchandising and creative, but it’s also analytical. The real magic happens in the patternmaking where an idea is translated into fit.

Layla's design process is a mix of merchandising and creative.


By merchandising I mean what does our customer not know they want from us because we haven’t made it yet, it’s a bit of an art of knowing. Traditional fashion merchandising is trend driven but for a slow fashion brand this looks like, how do we create staples, core pieces and what is the twist. Is it fitting a piece into an existing collection or added an entire new collection in a new fabric? This happens before sourcing.

Sourcing & design are next, but really the vision is already there for what will make the piece(s) stand out.
Next it’s draping/ patternmaking once a material is selected and this is where the idea created in merchandising is really brought to life. As a trained designer I pattern and drape all of my own designs so there it streamlines this step in the design process. Imagine how hard it is to get a haircut you like bc you have to use the right words and how even with pictures and words you have to have a good stylist… that’s what translating a design into a pattern is like when the designer is working with a pattern maker, it has to be a good fit. Because intimates is specialized and I’ve had specialized training I save a ton of time (and money) doing this myself.
Design Process – How it’s produced
Next is grading, when a pattern and sample in one size is translated into multiple sizes. This is a specialty so I take my pattern and a grade rule for how each size should fit to a grader. Once I know how many of each size to produce the pattern is then printed onto a marker or blueprint of many sizes all jigsawed together to reduce waste that is used in production. My sample and the pattern are used to guide production in bringing the design to life in a range of sizes.
There is lots of math, lots of planning, and a lot less drawing than most people expect

To see the original post on instagram – click here

We’re collecting all of my March Meet the Maker posts here on the blog for ease of reading and all of you who might not be on instagram or facebook. It was a great opportunity to share a bit more about our brand and hope it helps you get to know me and BTS a little better!

Categories // ask L, designers, her perspective, interviews, sustainable manufacturing Tags // fashion design, meet the maker

Press: Hudson Valley Magazine Feature On Women-Led Sustainable Fashion

03.18.2019 by btslingerie // Leave a Comment

HV Mag Article on Women-Led Sustainable Fashion Brands in the Hudson Valley Features BTS and designer Layla L’obatti.

Fast-fashion clothing is taking an enormous toll on the environment. Between the Sheets, offers a local, sustainable, Hudson Valley alternative. Read the article here.

Categories // press

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