Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume

Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume is a practicalguide featuring patterns for the most important garments worn by menbetween the 16th and 19th centuries. Easy-to-follow instructionsexplain how to cut patterns for 'average' and individual measurements -with expert advice on how to adapt patterns to fit men of all shapesand sizes.Introductions to each section describe the major developments inmen's dress - revealing how garments evolved - and patterns for periodgarments for which there are no actual examples are based oncontemporary paintings. Illustrated throughout with hundreds ofdiagrams, this is a much-awaited and valuable addition to the libraryof costume-makers in all fields.Features a new system of drafting patterns for men's period costume.Includes patterns for the most important non-fashionable garments(worn from the 16th to the 19th centuries) plus clothes in vogue fromthe middle of the 16th to the end of the 18th centuries.Illustrated with hundreds of diagrams accompanied by step-by-stepinstructions for period garments, plus a few versatile theatricaldesigns.