Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women C1560-1620

Careful study of individual items of clothing and tailoring techniques
A practical guide to cutting period costumes.
Useful to students with an interest in the history of dress and the tailor's craf
Help for amateur and professional costumers for theater and opera
56 plates of different costumes with detailed drawings and patterns The third volume in Janet Arnold's groundbreaking series Patterns of Fashion covers an earlier period than the previous two volumes: Patterns of Fashion 1660-1860 and Patterns of Fashion 1860-1940, concentrating on the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Significantly, too, this is the first of Arnold's books to include patterns for men's clothing. As well as Janet Arnold's meticulous patt More »