Tailored Fashion Design

I think you should know that the cover is very misleading. All the photos inside are in black and white and while there are some nice fashions shown, They have NOTHING to do with what you are reading. The technical advice is at times rather confusing <I've been sewing for twenty years BTW> and some what misleading. It may serve as a companion to a class one is taking, but the book itself is not so helpful. I wouldn't recommend it, frankly.

I bought this book for my tailoring class and found it to be a wonderful resource. By following the chapters and instructions, I had no trouble constructing a very detailed period riding coat using traditional tailoring methods. The book also gives instruction on modern fusible tailoring methods as well as the traditional hand tailored techniques. I do have quite a bit of sewing and tailoring experience already, but I still learned new tricks with every chapter. The numerous fashion photos in the book were great inspiration. The basic pattern blocks are also helpful to formulate your own designs. This book is NOT going to tell you how to achieve every fashion photo featured...(which would be sort on unethical)...but it most certainly provides you with the foundation to create your own designs.

The book goes step by step dealing with the construction process and includes pictures to go with the various steps. The stitches are also illustrated in detail.