Welcome! I'm Holly Chayes.

This online space has been around in one form or another since 2010, it focuses on making, creativity and living a curious life, plus a lot of clothing.

Some of the projects I've worked on in the past 10+ years include...

Talking About Clothes with Holly Chayes

An interview podcast that's all about clothing (and also, not *really* about clothing at all). Find all the details and listen to conversations about comfort, style, change and shopping here. Or search for Talking About Clothes with Holly Chayes wherever you listen to podcasts.

Who Wears Who?

A personal style coaching and content practice devoted to helping you own and wear your clothes intentionally, instead of being worn by them. Discover your own style guidance, and learn more about the practice of intentional style at WhoWearsWho.com

The Self-Made Wardrobe Project

Predecessor to Who Wears Who, a year-long challenge in 2014/2015 where I only wore clothes I made. That year would have been a lot easier if the clothes had magically made themselves. Learn more about The Self-Made Wardrobe Project and explore the archives here.

The Shawl Geometry Book Series

Enough shawl shapes to keep you knitting for a lifetime. A multi-year exploration of math, shape and space in knitting, where I documented traditional shawl shaping, and iterated on those traditions to create new recipes of shawl shaping. Ultimately this lead to 75+ shapes, and 400+ pages of common and uncommon shawl shaping instructions. This project was inspired by a dozen individual shawl designs, each encapsulating a love of geometric lace design. You can find The Shawl Geometry Series here.

 

Thank you for being here with me. –Holly

 
 
 

moving, ugh…

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07 Sep 2016
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Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at. My god, moving is a pain in the ass. Boxes, and books, and yarn, and fabric, and clothes everywhere… it’s rather overwhelming. So, I’m sandwiching unpacking between writing, edits, and sunsets. Hopefully I’ll be totally unpacked soon. No related posts.

a week of traveling, editing, and moving

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31 Aug 2016
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Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at. What projects am I working on? And where is my brain at? I’m working on far too many projects, and my brain feels like it’s about to explode in 14 different directions. I got back from Maine after a cancelled flight (that was never actually technically cancelled), an extra night in a Portland hotel, and a very early flight the next morning. But at least the Portland airport has couches & rocking chairs, and the many hours of delay meant that I finished up the edits I was working on. Which means, this round of edits for Shawl Geometry Book Two are done. And I got to send them off to my technical editor this morning. If you’re keeping track of the revolving door that is this editing process. Book One is with...
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running away to the coast of Maine, book in hand

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24 Aug 2016
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Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at. Sometimes, running away to the coast of Maine is exactly what is needed. I got the first Shawl Geometry book back off my desk and onto the desk of my technical editor on Sunday. Which has allowed me to focus on the second book again – so I did some notes on the graphics. Then Monday printed it, and stupid-early yesterday morning dragged myself plus this round of book edits to the airport. So rather than interspersing my editing with sewing, I’ll be interspersing them with boating, and napping, and eating, and if it ever gets warm enough, maybe swimming. No related posts.
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About – Holly Chayes

I’m Holly, a style and wardrobe consultant.
In short, I fix broken wardrobes.

In long(er), I work with you to bring your clothing into alignment with who you are, and who you feel you are meant to be.

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