I’m going to share a dirty little secret with you: I don’t have the room to drape garments in my living space.

I currently reside in 450 square feet (41.8 sq meters) inside the heart of New York with my partner. Like me, they too have hobbies and friends and work to do inside the same 450 sq feet. Lay on top of that a needy cat, a kitchen, a bathroom, never enough closets and a need for an office desk; just the thought of having a dress form and space to drape is all but a fever dream.

Naturally, I can drape upon myself and I have draped on others in order to achieve a good fit, but when you lack space sometimes you’ll need to turn to other conventions.