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Book Seventeenth Century Women s Dress Patterns

Download or read book Seventeenth Century Women s Dress Patterns written by Jenny Tiramani and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Book two in the V & A's groundbreaking dress pattern series presents 17 detailed patterns for garments and accessories worn by seventeenth-century women. Full step-by-step drawings of the construction sequence are given to enable accurate reconstruction of the garments"--Cover.

Book 17th century Men s Dress Patterns  1600 1630

Download or read book 17th century Men s Dress Patterns 1600 1630 written by Melanie Braun and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and definitive guide to the practical construction of men's seventeenth century fashion

Book Patterns of Fashion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Janet Arnold
  • Publisher : MacMillan
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9780333570821
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Patterns of Fashion written by Janet Arnold and published by MacMillan. This book was released on 2008 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one interested in the history of dress, from art historians to stage designers, from museum curators to teachers of fashion and costume, can function effectively without Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion series, published by Macmillan since 1964. Since her untimely death in 1998, admirers of her work have been waiting, with increasing impatience, for the promised volume devoted to the linen clothes of the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods, a companion to her previous volume on tailored clothes of the same era. Planned and partly prepared by Janet herself, and completed by Jenny Tiramani, Janet's last pupil, no other book exists that is dedicated to the linen clothes that covered the body from the skin outwards. It contains full colour portraits and photographs of details of garments in the explanatory section as well as patterns for 86 items of linen clothing which range from men's shirts and women's smocks, from superb ruffs and collars to boot hose and children's stomachers. Beautifully produced, it is an invaluable guide to both the history and the recreation of these wonderful garments.

Book Shaping Femininity

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sarah Bendall
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2021-10-07
  • ISBN : 1350164135
  • Pages : 353 pages

Download or read book Shaping Femininity written by Sarah Bendall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly Commended, Society for Renaissance Studies Biennial Book Prize 2022 In sixteenth and seventeenth-century England, the female silhouette underwent a dramatic change. This very structured form, created using garments called bodies and farthingales, existed in various extremes in Western Europe and beyond, in the form of stays, corsets, hoop petticoats and crinolines, right up until the twentieth century. With a nuanced approach that incorporates a stunning array of visual and written sources and drawing on transdisciplinary methodologies, Shaping Femininity explores the relationship between material culture and femininity by examining the lives of a wide range of women, from queens to courtiers, farmer's wives and servants, uncovering their lost voices and experiences. It reorients discussions about female foundation garments in English and wider European history, arguing that these objects of material culture began to shape and define changing notions of the feminine bodily ideal, social status, sexuality and modesty in the early modern period, influencing enduring Western notions of femininity. Beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout, Shaping Femininity is the first large-scale exploration of the materiality, production, consumption and meanings of women's foundation garments in sixteenth and seventeenth-century England. It offers a fascinating insight into dress and fashion in the early modern period, and offers much of value to all those interested in the history of early modern women and gender, material culture and consumption, and the history of the body, as well as curators and reconstructors.

Book Regency Women s Dress

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cassidy Percoco
  • Publisher : Batsford Books
  • Release : 2015-09-17
  • ISBN : 1849943516
  • Pages : 319 pages

Download or read book Regency Women s Dress written by Cassidy Percoco and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinctive style of the Regency period is a source of endless fascination for fashion academics and historians, living historians, re-enactors and costume designers for stage and screen. Author and fashion historian Cassidy Percoco has delved into little-known museum hoards to create a stunning collection of 26 garments, many with clear provenance tied to a specific location, which have never before been published and never – or very rarely – displayed. Most of the garments have an aspect in their construction that has not been previously documented, from a style of skirt trim to the method of gown closure. This practical guide begins with a general history of the early 19th-century women's dress. This is followed by 26 patterns of gowns, spencers, chemises, and corsets, each with an illustration of the finished piece and description of its construction. This must-have guide is an essential reference for anyone interested in the fashions or the history of the period, or for anyone wishing to recreate their own beautiful Regency clothing.

Book The Modern Maker  Vol  2

Download or read book The Modern Maker Vol 2 written by Mathew Gnagy and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol.2: Pattern manual 1580-1640. "This book trains you to be a pattern maker. You will learn the most common drafts for men and women from the years 1580-1640"--Publisher's description.

Book Turn of the Century Fashion Patterns and Tailoring Techniques

Download or read book Turn of the Century Fashion Patterns and Tailoring Techniques written by S. S. Gordon and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic 1901 guide to cutting ladies' tailor-made clothing includes patterns and detailed instructions for creating over 60 garments and parts of wearing apparel: leg-o-mutton sleeves, broad collars, military cape, knickerbockers, bloomers, opera cloak, riding breeches, and much more. The perfect reference for recreating vintage clothing for costume parties and theatrical productions.

Book The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking

Download or read book The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking written by Lauren Stowell and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This comprehensive guide will walk you through how to make and wear your 18th century dream gown. [The authors] have endeavored to ... [bring] historically accurate dressmaking techniques into your sewing room. Learn how to make four of the most iconic 18th century silhouettes--the English Gown, Sacque Gown, Italian Gown and Round Gown--using the same hand sewing techniques done by historic dressmakers. From large hoops to full bums, wool petticoats to grand silk gowns, ruffled aprons to big feathered hats, this manual has project patterns and instructions for every level of 18th century sewing enthusiast"--Amazon.com.

Book Creating Historical Clothes

Download or read book Creating Historical Clothes written by Elizabeth Friendship and published by Costume & Fashion Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subtitle on cover: Pattern cutting from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Book The Tudor Tailor

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ninya Mikhaila
  • Publisher : Costume & Fashion Press/Quite Specific Media
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 162 pages

Download or read book The Tudor Tailor written by Ninya Mikhaila and published by Costume & Fashion Press/Quite Specific Media. This book was released on 2006 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential source book for reconstructing clothing 1509 to 1603.

Book A History of the Paper Pattern Industry

Download or read book A History of the Paper Pattern Industry written by Joy Spanabel Emery and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sewing patterns have been the principle blueprint for making garments in the home for centuries. From their origins in the tailoring manuals of the 16th century to the widely produced pamphlets of the 18th and 19th centuries, through to the full size packet patterns of today, their history and development has reflected major changes in technology (such as the advent of the sewing machine), retailing and marketing practices (the fashion periodical), and shifts in social and cultural influences. This accessible book explores this history, outlining innovations in patternmaking by the companies who produced patterns and how these reflected the fashions and demands of the market. Showcasing beautiful illustrations from original pattern pamphlets, packets and ads, as well as 9 complete patterns from which readers can reproduce vintage garments of different eras, the book provides a unique visual guide to homemade fashions as well as essential exploration of the industry that produced them.

Book Ask a Manager

Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Book 59 Authentic Turn of the century Fashion Patterns

Download or read book 59 Authentic Turn of the century Fashion Patterns written by Kristina Harris and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 575 illustrations detailing 59 different garments, mainly for women. Introduction and brief instructions.

Book The Cut of Men s Clothes

Download or read book The Cut of Men s Clothes written by Norah Waugh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the evolution of the style of men's dress through a sequence of diagrams accurately scaled down from patterns of actual garments, many of them rare museum specimens. The plates have been selected with the same purpose. Some are photographs of suits for which diagrams have also been given; others, reproduced from paintings and old prints, show the costume complete with its accessories. Quotations from contemporary sources--from diaries, travelers' accounts and tailors' bills--supplement Norah Waugh's text with comments on fashion and lively eyewitness descriptions.

Book Masterpieces of Women s Costume of the 18th and 19th Centuries

Download or read book Masterpieces of Women s Costume of the 18th and 19th Centuries written by Aline Bernstein and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finely detailed illustrations of 32 complete costumes, shown in color and black-and-white — from exquisitely embroidered, full-skirted dresses circa 1700 to a magnificent silk dress with an extended bustle and pleated overskirt (1880).

Book Clothes of the Common People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England 1558 1660

Download or read book Clothes of the Common People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England 1558 1660 written by Stuart Peachey and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book aims to identify the clothing of the common people of England in the period from 1558 to 1660 and to make it possible to create plausible, working reconstructions of garments"--P. 4.

Book Tailor s Pattern Book  1589

Download or read book Tailor s Pattern Book 1589 written by Juan de Alcega and published by Costume & Fashion Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rare collection of tailoring patterns was originally published in Madrid in 1589, during the reigns of Phillip II of Spain and Elizabeth I of England, and when Spanish fashions dominated European dress. It covers 23 categories. As very few garments survive from the period, it is an important source book for dress historians and costume designers. The patterns and instructions also provide authentic information for historical re-enactment groups.