Download or read book The Mary Brooks Picken Method of Modern Dressmaking written by Mary Brooks Picken and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-10-26 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Mary Brooks Picken Method Of Modern Dressmaking” is a complete guide to tailoring, originally written with the amateur in mind. With simple, step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations and photographs, this classic handbook will be of considerable utility to modern readers with an interest in traditional dressmaking. Contents include: “Dressmaking and Tailoring”, “Modern Methods Make Dressmaking Easy”, “Threads, Needles, Sewing Tools”, “Using Your Sewing Machine”, “How to Handle Fabrics Successfully”, “How to Make Seams and Finishes”, “Essential Needle Stitches and Seams”, “Making Seams in Garments”, “The Art of Tailoring Seams”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on dressmaking and tailoring.
Download or read book The Secrets of Distinctive Dress written by Mary Brooks Picken and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Art of Dressmaking written by Butterick Publishing Company and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Metric Pattern Cutting for Children s Wear and Babywear written by Winifred Aldrich and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth edition of Metric Pattern Cutting for Children’s Wear and Babywear remains the standard text book but has three majorimprovements. First, the sections have been re-organised to reflect changes in producing and marketing children’s clothes. Today’s popularity of easy-fitting styles and knitted fabrics means that basic ‘flat’ pattern cutting is used to construct the majority of children’s wear and babywear and this type of cutting is therefore emphasised in this new edition. Shaped blocks and garments, cut to fit the body form, are still included, and are placed in chapters covering some school uniform garments or more expensive fashion or formal clothes. The book now clearly separates the sections useful to student beginners (Parts One, Two and Three), and also offers more advanced or specialist sections for students who wish to pursue a career in children’s wear or for designers working in the different manufacturing sectors of the trade. The second change in this fourth edition is the introduction of colour coding to the sections; this makes it easier to identify specific processes in the book and enhances the illustrations. Finally, the size charts have been revised to reflect the changes in body sizing. The clear division of the boys’ and girls’ measurements in the charts has been in response to the way clothes are marketed and to co-ordinate with European size charts. ‘Plus’ charts for heavier children have also been added.
Download or read book The Lost Art of Dress written by Linda Przybyszewski and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A tribute to a time when style -- and maybe even life -- felt more straightforward, and however arbitrary, there were definitive answers." -- Sadie Stein, Paris Review As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to dress. We lack the fashion know-how we need to dress professionally and beautifully. In The Lost Art of Dress, historian and dressmaker Linda Przybyszewski reveals that this wasn't always true. In the first half of the twentieth century, a remarkable group of women -- the so-called Dress Doctors -- taught American women that knowledge, not money, was key to a beautiful wardrobe. They empowered women to design, make, and choose clothing for both the workplace and the home. Armed with the Dress Doctors' simple design principles -- harmony, proportion, balance, rhythm, emphasis -- modern American women from all classes learned to dress for all occasions in ways that made them confident, engaged members of society. A captivating and beautifully illustrated look at the world of the Dress Doctors, The Lost Art of Dress introduces a new audience to their timeless rules of fashion and beauty -- rules which, with a little help, we can certainly learn again.
Download or read book The One Hour Dress written by Mary Brooks Picken and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1924, author Mary Brooks Picken perfected her method of creating sixteen different dress styles while serving as Director of Instruction at the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences. Detailed, numbered illustrations take the reader through ten simple steps to creating an almost infinite variety of dresses.
Download or read book Harmony in Dress written by Mary Brooks Picken and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of the National Education Association written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Journal of the National Education Association written by National Education Association of the United States and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Dressmaking written by Mary Brooks Picken and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Dressmaking Made Easy written by Mary Brooks Picken and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mary Brooks Picken 1886 1981 written by Michelle A. Porrazzo and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Brooks Picken (1886-1981), including her work at the Woman’s Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, the development of her eponymous school, the Mary Brooks Picken School, as well as her contribution to New York City, including her tenure as the first female trustee at the Fashion Institute of Technology, among many other achievements. Picken’s legacy includes over ninety-six reference books, pamphlets, lesson books, and fashion history references. Mary Brooks Picken’s career spanned at least six decades, spent educating and encouraging women through sewing and fashion instruction, fashion business, and through the plethora of publications she wrote. While many societal changes occurred during Picken’s career, her resolve and endless pursuits earned her a place as one of the most influential sewing and fashion educators of the time. While Picken name is no longer a household name, the effects of her dedication and long career left an indelible mark on the home sewing and fashion industry, shaping and forming it, in part, to what it is today. Today, Picken’s legacy lives on in her contributions to the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Costume Institute, and the Fashion Group, and to the countless nameless students who were impacted by her teaching at numerous institutions. While her exact curriculum is no longer taught, Picken’s writing lives on, still inspiring new generations of creative designers and makers, adapting her work to the new century.
Download or read book The Fashion Dictionary written by Mary Brooks Picken and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dictionary to more than 10,000 words in the language of fashion, wearing apparel and accessories illustrated with 800 drawings and over 200 photographs.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry written by Francesca Sterlacci and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first animal skin body coverings, to today’s high fashion collections, fashion has held an important role in the evolution of mankind. The fashion industry has, and continues to make, major contributions to our cultural and social environment. It is an industry that responds to our inherent longing for tribal belonging, our socio-economic needs, individual lifestyles, status stratification and profession apparel requirements. The fashion industry is fast-paced, complex and ever changing, in response to consumer needs. Throughout the world, vast numbers of people contribute to this industry, each with the shared goal of supplying an end product of a particular price point directed at a target consumer. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,400 cross-referenced entries on designers, models, couture houses, significant articles of apparel and fabrics, trade unions, and the international trade organizations. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the fashion industry.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion written by Mary Brooks Picken and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compendium defines over 10,000 words associated with wearing apparel and fashion. From bateau necklines to trilbys and vamps, words are grouped alphabetically according to dress parts, fabrics, and other style categories. Over 750 illustrations.
Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All about Ready to wear written by Mary Brooks Picken and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
