Vintage Couture Tailoring

Autor

Thomas Von Nordheim

Wydawca

The Crowood Press Ltd

Data wydania

2012-06-08

Ilość stron

160

Okładka

twarda

Format

21,6 x 1,8 x 26,7 cm

Język

angielski

ISBN

9781847973733

105,00 

Na stanie

Opis

Traditional tailoring is a fascinating craft, which has not changed for many centuries, however, the techniques are now known only by a few practising in the best couture ateliers and bespoke tailor’s workrooms. Nothing feels quite so luxurious or sophisticated as bespoke clothes, but the tailoring skills they require are often seen to be shrouded in mystery and the clothes therefore only accessible to the rich and famous. This practical book reveals the trade secrets of couture tailoring and brings vintage couture tailoring within the reach of all.

With step-by-step photographs and professional tips throughout, it shows how a ladies’ jacket is made and thereby introduces a range of fundamental tailoring techniques. These can be used for garments for either gender, as well as other sewing projects:

  • Moulding fabric to shape with the iron
  • Employing loose interfacings
  • Hollow shoulder construction
  • Pad stitching canvas
  • Interlining and weighting hems
  • Making tailored and bound buttonholes
  • …. and many more forgotten techniques