BLUEPRINS OF FASHION: 1950s >
In the 1950s, many women used their home sewing skills, honed during WWII, to recreate the incredibly stylish fashions being adapted into commercial sewing patterns. This decade saw renowned designers licensing their names and designs to pattern companies in record numbers; designers from Paris, New York and Hollywood can all be accounted for in the pattern catalogs from this period. Designs from such names as Dior, Lanvin, Fath, Schiaparelli, Givenchy, Clare McCardell, Pauline Trigere and Adrien were all available to the home sewer. Any woman could now have the latest designer styles for a fraction of the original couture cost.
Using over 600 color photographs, this second volume of the Blueprints of Fashion series, continues where the first volume left off. The text outlines the beginnings of the huge pattern industry, it's evolution and continuation through the 1950s. Numerous examples of Pattern-related ephemera are pictured along with the different types of fashions that every woman required for a complete wardrobe--from dresses to separates to evening gowns to lingerie. Also pictured are accessories, needlework, gifts and toys. This is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in sewing, designing or collecting.
ISBN: 0764309196
Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Pages: 176
Binding: Soft Cover
Release Date: 1999
Price: $29.95
Schiffer Publishing, LTD.