Paratextile Magazine, issue 01, “on making clothes”

Paratextile Magazine, made by Alessandra Varisco, is an experimental alternative sewing and pattern-making publication that aims to collect and create space for knowledge, heritage, relationships, stories, and ways of making clothes from various fashion systems.

The magazine is a re-interpretation of contemporary and past DIY-periodicals with instructions for sewing, knitting, pattern cutting, etc. Instead of sharing instructions for making clothes as a leisure activity, Paratextile Magazine opens up the practice of dressmaking to free interpretation, to share self-taught experimental approaches and stories on hidden processes of garments production.

This magazine includes a pull-out pattern to recreate an intuitive t-shirt

Type: softcover\ Dimensions: 145 mm x 410 mm portrait\ Pages: 50\ Editors: Alessandra Varisco \ Content editor: Jara Majerus \ Graphic design: Heike Renée de Wit \ Contributors: Dalila de Vroom, Sohyun “Jen” Yoon, Wei-Chi Su \ Interviews with: Anouk Beckers, Alessio Berto, Juliana Garcia Bello, Santiago Candelo \ Release date: summer 2022\ Binding: stapled \ Language: English\ Publisher: self-published