Description: ISBN-10: 076430304x ISBN-13: 9780764303043 Once upon a time, most clothes were sewn at home. Now and ever after, home-sewing patterns will provide the best blueprint to a time when suddenly everyone could dress like the models in magazines. The most popular 1940s styles-from couture to everyday workclothes, ensembles, sportswear, lingerie, and evening dresses, plus toys, needlework and gifts-are presented here in 550 color photographs of pattern envelopes from companies like Advance, Butterick, Hollywood, McCall, Simplicity, Vogue, and others. For the home seamstress, this will be a trip back in time. For artists, costume designers, and collectors it's an invaluable guide. The text outlines the beginnings of the huge pattern industry, its evolution and impact on fashion. A wide array of pattern-related items is presented including publications and advertising, display dolls, tools, and various forms of packaging. The pattern envelope illustrations are wonderful period drawings of '40s fashions. A refreshing approach and an important first book on this growing field of interest. This ex-library book is practically new. It shows no signs of use. Text block shows it's been on the shelf for a long time; otherwise, all corners and edges are in immaculate condition, and all pages in excellent condition.
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Topic: Sewing
Era: 1940s
Book Title: Blueprints of Fashion: Seeing Patterns of the 1940s
Book Series: A Schiffer Book for Collectors
Original Language: English
Item Length: 11 in
Vintage: No
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 1 in
Personalized: No
Features: Ex-Library, All pages in excellent condition, No signs of use, Practically new, Book comes with values
Unit Quantity: 1
Item Width: 9 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: Collector's Edition
Publication Year: 1997
Author: Wade Laboissonniete
Genre: Fashion, Fashion design
Country/Region of Manufacture: Hong Kong
Item Weight: 2 lbs
Number of Pages: 196 pages
