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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--supplements Miss Waugh's text with comments on fashion and lively eyewitness descriptions.
Judicious quotations and diagrams from the few surviving early books on tailoring add spice as well as accuracy to the discussion.
Customer Reviews:
The Cut of Men's Clothes.......2007-01-15
This has been a standard work since first publication and it is excellent to see it republished in company with its sister work The Cut of Women's Clothes
Nice Resource for Historical Costuming.......2001-02-24
I never thought I would ever sew. However, my brother and I got the grandiose idea that we would make ourselves leather buff coats to wear during re-enactments with our 17th century living history group. We needed a pattern and started with research at the local college library and found this book. Although neither one of us had ever sewn before, we were able to take the coat pattern from this book, adapt it to fit our bodies and sew a coat for ourselves out of buff leather. There is a whole chapter on 17th century clothing which has patterns for breeches, doublets, cassacks and sword hangars. It also has photos of actual museum pieces. If I could use the patterns in the book, than anyone with any skill will have no problems. This book is an good resource for those wishing to sew their own period clothing.
A Comprehensive Source for Men's Clothing.......1999-12-21
I was a little surprised when I recieved this book that it is not quite as beefy as Norah Waugh's _Cut of Women's_ clothes. I was however very pleased with it's cotent. About half of the patterns seem to be taken from pre-1780s and the other half from 1840 on. This was a little disappointing as I was looking for some good Regency Jackets for my husband. There are how ever several frock coats that I can easily ajust the cut to to get the look I want. This is a great book as far as I can tell but I am still undecided as to whether it is worth the steep price tag.
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“The serious doll collector—and indeed anyone interested in recreating historical costumes—will find a gold mine of information. All costumes are shown in color photographs and are modeled on dolls from the period. Highly recommended for doll, costume, and textile collections.”—Library Journal. “Fascinating...exquisite detail.”—Sew News.
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Best Resource Available!.......2006-11-13
Whether you sew doll clothes or Victorian costumes, this book is the best resource to have! It covers the entire Victorian era, describing the chosen costumes in great detail. It discusses the general shapes of each period, what undergarments were used, what fabrics were popular, what details to add, what accessories to use.
There is a wonderful section on handsewing, showing you how to use period sewing techniques, plus sewing specific to the Victorian period, such as piping. Another section shows you how to finish your seams -- French seams, flat felling, etc. The patterns are clear and easy to size up or down. The diagrams are excellent, clearly showing you each step.
I make oaak fashion dolls, and sew Victorian costume for myself, and I find myself opening this book at some point during every project!
A Rave Review.......2006-05-27
Sewing Victorian Doll Clothes is a wonderful source book for historical costumes with a wide range of workable patterns.
It is a wonderful reference for the doll collector who is interested in recreating historically correct clothes for china or bisque dolls. The range of styles in broad, and the instructions are clear even for the novice at sewing. Without question, this is one of the finest books on this subject that it is possible to find. It is worth every dollar spent.
Delightful and Helpful - a must for Heirloom sewing!.......2001-12-27
This is a wonderful book with many illustrations. There are extensive patterns, wonderful details, could go a little more in-depth with the patterns and have a little more variety of Victorian clothing. A wonderful book, it is a must for the heirloom sewing library!
This is the pattern book I have needed for years!.......2000-08-23
I have now tried most of the patterns in this wonderful book, and even with my limited sewing skills, I have been very pleased with my results. I have particularly enjoyed the tips for constructing clothes without patterns. The simple smock dress idea works well for my Ginnys, as well as for my composition baby dolls and small antique bisque dolls. I'm looking forward to learning to make hats and purses. I have a stack of old leather gloves just waiting to be made into the darling shoes pictured in the last chapter of the book.
The BEST book on sewing doll clothes on the market!.......1999-07-27
The book is a must-have for anyone wanting to sew reproduction clothing for dolls. This book includes wonderful color plates of the antique dolls chosen for the study. You can clearly see every detail of the wardrobe. There are many underwear items included : corsets, hoops, bustles, etc. There is a large detailed explaination of each dress, listed by the color plate. Then, there is a large section which not only tells you how to sew a duplicate of the original, but which includes much useful information about the period of time the dress represents. Finally, there is a wonderful bibliography and an excellent section on how to hand sew the items, carefully detailing descriptions of each stitch used.
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A great reference.......2007-10-09
There aren't as many women's patterns as I would like in here, and they generally are very similar, but there are TONS of photographs. The whole front of the book is littered with details, photos, and paintings of original garments with information on embroidery, etc. It's a fantastic reference, and I can't wait to make something historically accurate for the Ren. Fest this year!
Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women C1560-1620.......2007-05-10
This Black Book was an inspiration.
Although it does not hand you a completed dress or outfit...it will give you insight into the original look and textures of the clothing of that time. The artwork and details of patterns given and the pictures of actual outfits will begin any advanced sewing person but personal understanding of exact techniques used to complete a project will be left to the crafter.
Anyone creating this period of costume MUST add this book to their collection or forever wish they had.
Must Have.......2007-05-10
This book is a must have for any re-enactor making their own clothing. I have been searching for a book with this much detail for quite awhile and I am very pleased with this book.
A must for all historical costumers!.......2007-03-04
Janet Arnold's books have been well used by me over the years. I have made several costumes from each of her books and thrilled with each result. The documentation and drawings are excellent. However, these books are not for beginners. All of the drawings are shown reduced on grid that will have to be re-sized for each wearer which can be very time consuming depending on the complexity of the design. The patterns are historically accurate and portray how the costumes were cut out and constructed in their day.
I wish I could find undergarment patterns this detailed.
Awesome book!.......2007-01-11
I used this book to design a pattern for a Doublet that I wore to a Mayflower Society function - it was a big hit. I added my own ideas to it. One of the members said it was the best they had ever seen.
This book shows pictures of original clothing, then drawings of the patterns of the originals. Wonderful!
Book Description
115 doll clothes projects. Full-size patterns based on clothes found on original dolls, plus fashion sketches by decade from 1900-1971, along with background material. Make classic, authentic fashions for your dolls-with complete patterns. Thousands of illustrations. 264 pages.
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No Barbies.......2006-04-24
I bought this book because a previous reviewer said there were many Barbie type patterns in it. It's a great book, but there are NO Barbie type patterns in it. The author specifically states that she has put no Barbie type patterns in it because so many of them are available elsewhere. So, great book, but don't buy it if you want 11 1/2 inch fashion doll patterns.
Valuable Resource for Doll Collectors.......2002-01-09
If you sew for dolls, you need Johanna Gast Anderton's Sewing for 20th Century Dolls Vol. 2.The patterns are meticulously researched and produced.Nowhere else will you find patterns that came from careful measurement of existing vintage doll clothingform the 1900s through 1990s.
I bought the book for the patterns for dolls of the Sixties and Seventies: Cher, the Crissy Family, Littlechaps, Miss Seventeen. Following JGA's advice, I resized and used patterns from every era to redress an assortment of orphan dolls.
Most commerical patterns give you a style somewhat resembling the original clothes dolls came in. This book gives you the real thing. For most collectors, anything less is just not worth the time and trouble.
Wonderful Resource.......2000-04-15
If you want to see your collectable dolls dressed authentically, but don't want to see the poor dears wearing stained and faded vintage clothing, then this book is for you!
Anderton has included patterns for wardrobes, including undergarments and shoes, for popular collectable dolls from the 1900's to the 1990's. 1900-1910 includes period wardrobes for 18" antique Bisque-head girl dolls and 15" lady dolls. 1920's includes patterns for Dolly Rosebud, Baby Peggy and Patsyette. 1930s includes wardrobes for 7 1/2" Madame Alexander's Dionne Quints, Effanbee's 12" Patsy and 14" Patricia, and 13" Shirly Temple and other composition dolls. 1950 features wardrobes for 14-24" hard plastic dolls featuring a pattern for Miss Revlon's original dress and the original outfit for Madame Alexander's Cissy.
The 1960's has the complete original wardrobe for Miss Seventeen Beauty Queen including the pageant bathing suit with crown and sash. The Chatty family, my favorite, includes Charmin Chatty's sailor outfit with patterns for the saddle shoes and glasses! - but no socks. Also for Charmin are the party dress, the Foreign Lands coat, the Cinderella costume (but not the ball gown). Patterns for Chatty Cathy include the Peppermint Striped dress, The pajamas and the Sunny Day outfit (only with shorts instead of peddle pushers) including a pattern for the seal applique and the hat. Also included are original outfit patterns for Chatty baby, tiny chatty baby, and Singing Chatty. The 60's also include wardrobes for the Littlechap Famlily and the Whimsy dolls. 1970's, 80's and 90's include *many* patterns for fashion dolls like Barbie and include celebrity costumes like Sonny & Cher, Laurie Partridge and Dorothy Hamil. There are also patterns for male fashion and action dolls. There are 5 outfits for Ideal's Crissy and movie costumes for their 12'Shirly Temple including the costumes from "Stowaway", "Heidi", "The Littlest Rebel" and others.
I think a "beginning" sewer could use this book, but doll lovers with no previous sewing experience will need to learn a few basics first.
Hard to find doll fashion in one easy place!.......1999-06-02
This book has lots of hard-to-find doll patterns! The patterns are easily traced and there are so many of them. I bought it for the Littlechap doll patterns and found some for Penny Brite, as well! Lots more! The instructions are a little to be desired and the reason for four star rating instead of five star, by me, but the experienced and unexperienced seamstress should be able to follow them.
Average customer rating:
- Excellent book!!!
- Fashions of the Gilded Age, Volume 1: Undergarments, Bodices, Skirts, Overskirts, Polonaises, and Day Dresses 1877-1882
- as good as all the other Frances Grimble books
- What An Excellent Book!!
- Wow!
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Customer Reviews:
Excellent book!!!.......2007-05-14
This is a great book for seamstresses with some experience(I think it would be too hard for beginners.It would be good if you have some comprehenesion on sizing(drafting patterns yourself for example)but that isn't even necessary.I think it would be easier though:)
Frances Grimble gives clear instructions for changing patterns to size and even to different body shapes(large bust, short back etc.
You do need to take some time for this, but well, you'll have an authentic pattern in your hands, how great is that?;)And there are so many in this book! I was having a very hard time finding real historical patterns in The Netherlands(so far found one french journal from 1902)and I feel like a kid in a candystore now.:)I
<3 this book already.
You can make a complete outfit, from undergarments to overgarments.
If you have some sewing experience and you love this period it is really a great book!
Amazon's service is excellent too. It didn't take very long for the item to arrive(from US to the Netherlands)(with one step faster shipping, expidited?)it was even a lot faster then the estimated arrival time.
Fashions of the Gilded Age, Volume 1: Undergarments, Bodices, Skirts, Overskirts, Polonaises, and Day Dresses 1877-1882.......2006-08-16
This book is wonderful. I believe I own every book Frances Grimble has written and anxiously await more. The variety of patterns is amazing and allows the experienced sewer to create their own designs from various components, like sleeves and collars. This sure beats trying to decipher the patterns in an original 1890's issue of Harpers!
as good as all the other Frances Grimble books.......2006-03-22
This book contains patterns for the following:
corsets, hoopskirts and bustles (some)
underclothing and negligee wear (quite a few)
day and evening skirts (only about four)
day bodices (quite a few)
evening bodices (some)
overskirts (some)
polonaises (some)
day dresses (quite a few)
some = around ten
quite a few = over 20
I would recommend this book for anyone who likes victorian costuming. It not only works as a pattern book, but as a source book, having lots of pictures you can use for reference. Even if you just look through it, it really can help you understand the styles of that era.
What An Excellent Book!!.......2005-01-13
The pictures and descriptions within the book are an excellent reference if you are researching and intending on recreating one of these beautiful designs. Advanced knowledge of sewing skills is a must for those who wish to recreate these (definantly not for the novice sewer). Frances Grimble, you've done it again. Please keep them coming. I will buy every book you put out.
Wow!.......2004-09-29
There's just so MUCH material in this book--so many pictures and patterns and so many pages of hard-to-find information. Women's styles of the period were intricate, with separate bodices, overskirts, and skirts, or with polonaises (a bodice with the overskirt attached) and skirts. This book separates patterns for bodices, skirts, overskirts, and polonaises to mix and match however you want. It also gives patterns for whole dresses, but you can mix their components too.
There are far more patterns for EVERYTHING than I've ever seen anywhere else. There were many, many ways of cutting and draping an overskirt or a polonaise. In this book it's amazing to see fashion plates of overskirts that look similar in the plates, but the cut and drape shown by the pattern pieces is quite different. There are even 19 patterns for chemises.
This book will keep me busy for a long time!
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A thorough study of French lady fashion dolls and their high fashion ensembles and accessories. The exquisite Parisian dolls and their tiny gowns, hats, gloves, purses, jewelry, parasols and other belongings are featured in numerous illustrations and 60 color photographs out of 158 photographs. Paris Collection also offers nine patterns for creating your own antique doll dresses. 192 pages.
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Paris Collection French Doll Fashions & Accessories : French.......2000-07-04
As a novice french fashion doll collector, I found this book to be very helpful. I learned about the different types of fashion dolls and what to look for before I buy one. It also gives great detail on the dolls accessories, especially their dresses. I also like the fact that this book contains patterns of original french fashion gowns so you could make your own reproduction of the real thing.
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- Excellant, if difficult
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Excellant, if difficult.......2007-09-19
As a director this was an excellant resource book, however my seamstresses found it next to impossible to figure out the patterns. It would take someone quite comfortable in making patterns. The directions are there and could be worked out with enough effort and trial. Still, as a resource it's great and was quite useful. The designs and details alone are worth the price.
Cary Riggs
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Wonderful.......2006-08-07
Good book for creating fashions of the era .And the price for each pattern was a price I could not pass up.I love the patterns and clothes of days gone past and this is no exception.
well up to Frances Grimble's high standards.......2006-03-22
This book features patterns for dresses, skirts, shirts, jackets, underclothing (etc.) for the years 1905 and 1907-1909.
It contains:
20 (patterns) from 1905
22 from 1907
21 from 1908
23 from 1909
This is a good book, well up to Frances Grimble's high standards. It contains many patterns but can also double as a sourcebook, since it contains many pictures of clothes from fashion plates. I would recommend buying it, but make sure to research these years to find out if you really want it. Remember, this is mid-late edwardian.
Wonderful pattern source.......2005-10-23
Being a costumer, I'm frustrated that there aren't enough "authentic" patterns, with the fine details that they had, being produced out there, except for the "Halloween-type" costumes. This is a great resource for patterns that have the look and period-correct construction techniques. Ms. Grimble has chosen some truly beautiful ones from real vintage patterns to include in her book. I haven't had a chance to learn how to scale the patterns up yet, but look forward to it.
About "The Edwardian Modiste: 85 Authentic Patterns With Instructions, Fashion Plates, and Period Sewing Techniques".......2005-07-25
Very good book. Thanks!
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Sewing is trendy, sewing is cool, and sewing is something teens want to do. They can, with this guide geared just to their tastes and needs. It provides the basic techniques and terminology to get them started, plus more than 20 patternless projects that range from “no-sew” simple to more advanced skills such as ruching. These super-stylish garments and accessories—all on target for their age-group and fresh off the pages of the latest magazines—will really have young fashionistas buzzing. Projects include a cute scarf skirt with a handkerchief hem, an adorable halter top and baby-doll tunic, a patchwork slouch bag, and a long scarf with two-toned sides. SEW TEEN will have young style-setters at their machines SEW quickly!
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Right on target!.......2006-11-27
My teenage daughter and her many friends have used this book numerous times to make the many items that Ms. Zent presents in her book. The instructions were clear and easy to follow. The items were low cost and my daughter actually wears them! "The girls" already have plans to get together over the Christmas break to work on more of these great ideas. Right on target for the age group this book was written for - Teenagers!
not what I expected.......2006-08-18
I got this book thinking my grand daughter would enjoy sewing with some to the many many fabrics around, BUT she found one skirt that was made with 2 t shirts! so we would have to go buy 2 t-shirts! well that sort of turned me off to the rest of the tops that were very skimpy to wear for a girl who is a C cup at 15. So NO we didn't make anything out of it. Not our style.
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It's not as hard to make these fashions as it first seems to be!.......2007-10-14
When I first got this book I had a lot of fun just looking at the fashions during that time period. I bought the book to make an outfit for a re-enactment. I read the instructions for using the Diamond Cutting System and the rulers provided on the back pages of the book, and although I read it all through a few times, I was very confused on how to draft the patterns. My sewing experience is limited to following the instructions that come with today's regular tissue patterns. I had never drafted a pattern before. But once I started the "hands on" work it suddenly made sense! I picked up some old curtain materials at garage and rummage sales for my project. I started with the simplest skirts and I even found it very easy to modify the draft to fit irregular body shapes using the rulers which I photocopied from the book, cutted out, and pasted to cardboard. Pattern paper is impossible to find these days therefore I drafted the patterns onto old bedsheets. I also had to use an ordinary carpenter's angle to work with the rulers. The only tool I don't have, which the book tells me that I need, is a scroll or french curve to shape the armholes, neck curves and some skirt curves. To make the skirts I found that I didn't need this curve tool for the simpler patterns. However, once I start into the more complex patterns it will become a necessity. Pattern instructions are scarce, but if you have some sewing experience this fact should not discourage you too much. Yardage required is also seldom given, so you will have to estimate how much you need once you have drafted the patterns - or just buy yards and yards of old curtain material to start with! I so pleased with this book that I intend to make many more outfits than I had originally intended to make before I bought the book!
much like the other Frances Grimble books.......2006-03-22
This book features patterns for dresses, skirts, shirts, jackets, underclothing (etc.) for the years 1900-1906
25 (patterns) from 1900
18 from 1901
5 from 1902
16 from 1903
7 from 1904
5 from 1905
3 from 1906
This is a good book, well up to Frances Grimble's high standards. It contains many patterns but can also double as a sourcebook, as it contains many pictures of clothes from fashion plates. I would recommend buying it, but make sure to research these years to find out if you really want it.
A must-have Edwardian reference.......2002-02-15
I make custom reproduction clothing and I have found The Voice of Fashion to be extremely helpful. The pattern selection is very impressive and attractive. I have the Janet Arnold book and the Norah Waugh book, but this book has many more patterns for this era. I can find one for any style the customer wants, rather than having to take some basic pattern and alter it. I just let them leaf through the book and pick one out. By using the special rulers I can enlarge the pattern to fit any customer with no (or hardly any) alterations-these patterns fit better than most commercial sized patterns. The rulers are easy to use, you just follow the instructions. The book also has instructions for early 20th century sewing methods, and lots of fashion columns on fabrics and trims. I consider it indispensable to my business. If you wanted to make even one period outfit, this book would still probably save you money, because otherwise you'd have to buy separate patterns for the dress, the underclothes, the outer wear etc.
The Voice of Fashion : 79 Turn-Of-The Century Patterns With.......2000-06-10
I found the book very interesting, and usefull.The detailed instruction was excellent.
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