Her intricate cuts and somber lyricism appeal to private clients, notably Lady Gaga, who helped to cinch the designer's reputation by wearing Ms. LaPointe's creations on her music videos and at public appearances.
Finally, fashion of a different order: Balenciaga Paris, edited by Pamela Golbin (Thames & Hudson, pounds 48), is a trawl through the great fashion house's archives, brought up to date with Nicolas Ghesquiere's wonderful interpretations of the founder's intricate cuts.
Rather than line up every cut perfectly, all you need to do is get within a few inches and the machine can automate even the most intricate cuts.
Here, she uses the same intricate cut-paper artwork set against a dramatic black background, to great effect.
Aurelie Tu, a former designer at Nike, began selling her work — intricate cut-felt and leather wall and floor coverings and vessels (one lap-size leather container is $1,599; Page 1, top right) — at crafted-systems.com in June.
Among the highlights of his fabric designs are "Manhattan" (1958), a bouncy image of the skyline at night, and the intricate "Cut-Out" (1954-57), a drapery for the master bedroom of the Miller house in Indiana.
Yet here their new store is, just off Madison Avenue, two steps down from the street, in what might once have been a dentist's office but is now a kind of secret living room, where you can sit on a midcentury modern cowhide chair, flipping through the pages of an Assouline book, surrounded by the intricate cut-paper works of Dan Funderburgh or some Jody Morlock flower paintings.
The peek-a-boo style of this pink dress I styled above with its intricate cut out details gives a pretty and feminine vibe to an otherwise tough leather look.
(Some people, Mr. Doty said, might want to delay these intricate L cuts until after the easy tiles have been laid, in order to measure and make the cuts with more certainty).
Heavy pieces with intricate etchings, cuts and shapes are almost always high-quality items.
Keep the shape crisp with hyper-modern fabrics, foam-backed synthetics, intricate laser-cut leather, or price-tag-friendly substitutes such as jacquard.
