Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume

von Elizabeth Friendship

226 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume is a practicalguide featuring patterns for the most important garments worn by menbetween the 16th and 19th centuries. Easy-to-follow instructionsexplain how to cut patterns for 'average' and individual measurements -with expert advice on how to adapt patterns to fit men of all shapesand sizes.Introductions to each section describe the major developments inmen's dress - revealing how garments evolved - and patterns for periodgarments for which there are no actual examples are based oncontemporary paintings. Illustrated throughout with hundreds ofdiagrams, this is a much-awaited and valuable addition to the libraryof costume-makers in all fields.

- Features a new system of drafting patterns for men's period costume.- Includes patterns for the most important non-fashionable garments(worn from the 16th to the 19th centuries) plus clothes in vogue fromthe middle of the 16th to the end of the 18th centuries.- Illustrated with hundreds of diagrams accompanied by step-by-stepinstructions for period garments, plus a few versatile theatricaldesigns.

• Reihe: Continnuum-3PL
• ISBN: 9781408100066
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.10.2008
• Größe: 245 x 190 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC