Touring the Pleating Factory of Designer Babette Pinsky

Apr. 27, 2008

From Babette — A Feast of Pleats

Acclaimed for her pleated coats and separates, San Francisco designer Babette Pinsky showed video journalist James Irwin around her West Oakland pleating factory.

Camera, editing, script and narration: James Irwin


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Source: Forty Years of the Babette Look [S.F. Chronicle]

Synopsis

We see examples of designer Babette Pinsky's work inside her boutique store on Sutter Street in downtown San Francisco, then we meet her at her West Oakland pleating factory, where several types of pleating styles are demonstrated and described.

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