| Description |
1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs |
| Contents |
Cover; Blank Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; How to use this book; 1 Getting started; Equipment; Measurements; Taking measurements; Metric measurements for cutting basic patterns; Imperial measurements for cutting basic patterns; 2 Cutting techniques; Drafting the pattern; Cutting out the garment; Constructing the toile; Brief notes on construction; Some basic cutting techniques; Calculating circles and sleeve heads; 3 Basic patterns; Basic pattern for upper body; Basic straight sleeve; Basic two-piece sleeve; Basic trousers pattern |
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4 Cutting basic patterns to individual measurementsAltering simple upper body patterns; Making minor alterations when drafting the basic block; Adapting patterns to individual measurements; Lengthening and shortening slee; Cutting patterns to individual measurements -- trousers; Alterations for prominent and flat seats; Alterations for a beer belly; 5 16th-century peasant costume; Materials and sewing techniques for 16th-century peasant costume; Peasant doublets; Peasant doublets and jerkin; Sleeves for peasant doublets; Basic peasant coat; Peasant hose; Footed hose; Basic codpiece |
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6 Fashionable costume 1530-1666Materials and sewing techniques for 16th-century fashionable costume; Gowns, cotes, doublets, jerkins and cloaks; Basic doublet/jerkin; Basic period sleeve; Gowns; Collar for basic gown; Flared gown with yoke; Pleated gown with yoke; Sleeves for gowns; Cotes; Doublets and jerkins; Skirts for doublets and jerkin; Stand collar; Trunk-hose and breeches; Trunk-hose with panes; Spanish codpiece; Simple codpiece; Slops; Venetian breeches; High-waisted doublet; The last phase of the doublet; Mid-17th-century breeches; Open breeches; Petticoat breeches with flounces |
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7 The coatBasic coat blocks; Early coat; Sleeves for early coat; Developments in the cut of 18th-century coats; Early 18th-century fashionable coat; 1720s coat; Coats in the second half of the 18th century; Waistcoats in the second half of the 18th century; 18th-century breeches; 8 Non-fashionable costume 17th-19th centuries; Simple buff coat; Non-fashionable breeches with full falls; Working man's double-breasted short coat; Working man's single-breasted jacket; Working man's single-breasted waistcoat; Non-fashionable coat variations; 9 Shirts; Early working men's shirts |
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Later working men's shirtsBasic shirt pattern; Mid-19th-century fashionable shirt; 10 Two miscellaneous patterns; Basic cloaks; Simple trousers; Source material; Bibliography; Illustration credit |
| Summary |
Pattern Cutting for Men''s Costume is a practical guide featuring patterns for the most important garments worn by men between the 16th and 19th centuries. Easy-to-follow instructions explain how to cut patterns for ''average'' and individual measurements - with expert advice on how to adapt patterns to fit men of all shapes and sizes. Introductions to each section describe the major developments in men''s dress - revealing how garments evolved - and patterns for period garments for which there are no actual examples are based on contemporary paintings. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 12, 2014) |
| Subject |
Tailoring -- Pattern design.
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Tailoring -- Pattern design -- History
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Men's clothing.
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Men's clothing -- History
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Fashion design & theory.
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Theatre: technical & background skills.
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Performing Arts -- Theater -- General.
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Men's clothing
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Tailoring -- Pattern design
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781408149324 |
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140814932X |
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1408149311 |
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9781408149317 |
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