At 02:12 AM 11/24/2008, you wrote:
I've used costume in detail to make reproduction dresses.
Granted, it doesn't give you patterns on a plate in the way that Arnold and
Waugh do, but it gives you the detail you needs to make a fairly accurate
repro when used in conjuction with a wider knowledge of pattern cutting and
making up techniques of the given date.
A fabulous book.
I agree with you. Before commercially available historic patterns
came in anywhere near my size (and were any good for historic
reproductions), I had to use "Cut of Women's Clothes" and "Costume in
Detail" to modify my sloper (from "The Costumers Handbook") to make
my first dress for Sutter's Fort (1846). Drafting up the pattern for
that dress also let me find out just how short-waisted I am and why I
can't find a semi-fitted jacket in my size. I also used "Costume in
Detail" to figure out the pattern for the first day cap I made.
Joan Jurancich
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