Obsession #1 : Gathers
![](https://i1.wp.com/veroniqueleroy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/obsess1-2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/veroniqueleroy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/obsess2-5-scaled.jpg?ssl=1)
One of my obsessions is gathers. They give the garment a shape, some thickness and weight. They give structure. I wanted to do draping, but gathers are my version of draping, it’s more graphic. Sometimes I put a drawstring inside of them. It then becomes an adjustable gather, and the garment can be transformed: you create volume or you remove it.
![](https://i1.wp.com/veroniqueleroy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/4-1.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/veroniqueleroy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/VL_B_11_434-2.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i2.wp.com/veroniqueleroy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/VL_B_03_119-2.jpg?ssl=1)
![](https://i1.wp.com/veroniqueleroy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/14-1.jpg?ssl=1)