Originally published in 1928, The Modern Tailor, Outfitter and Clothier, is a classic three-volume work detailing the tailoring and clothes-making industry, including design, sales practices and production methods, in the early 20th century.
Extremely well illustrated with photographs, many helpful diagrams, and detailed instructions for designing and constructing various garments. It provides the reader with a detailed snapshot of the tailoring trade and its history.
Volume one contents include:
- Tailoring as a Vocation
- Gentlemen’s Garment Cutting
- Trouser Cutting – Vest Cutting –
- Measures and Measuring – Coat Cutting –
- Over Garments –
- Cutting for Corpulent Figures –
- Trying On –
- Manipulation –
- Anatomy for Tailors –
- Measuring for Ladies Garments –
- Skirt Cutting –
- Coat Cutting –
- Breeches Cutting –
- Colour and Clothes –
- Juvenile Garments –
- Alterations –
- Collar Cutting –
- Catering for American Clients –
- West End Models –
- Draft of West End Morning Coat –
- Scales of Measurements etc.
Many of the earliest books on fashion and clothing , particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing this vintage volume in a modern and affordable edition, complete with a new introduction and high quality reproductions of the original illustration plates.
Зміст
Introduction – By William Cooling Lawrence
Chapter I: Some Problems of the Tailoring Trade – By F. Chitham
Chapter II: Tailoring as a Vocation – By W. H. Hulme
Chapter III: Taking the Order – By the Editor
Chapter IV: Gentlemens’ Garment Cutting – Trouser Cutting – By Percival Thickett
Chapter V: Gentlemens’ Garment Cutting – Vest Cutting – By Percival Thickett
Chapter VI: Measures and Measuring – By the Editor
Chapter VII: Gentlemens’ Garment Cutting – Coat Cutting – By Percival Thickett
Chapter VIII: Gentlemen’s Garment Cutting – Cutting of Overgarments
Chapter IX: Gentlemens’ Garment Cutting – Cutting for Opulent Figures – By Percival Thickett
Chapter X: Gentlemens’ Garment Cutting – Variations from the Normal Draft – By Percival Thickett
Chapter XI: Trying-on – Its Place, Purpose, and Plan – By W. W. Piper
Chapter XII: After Trying-on – By W. W. Piper
CHapter XIII: Manipulation – The Principles of Cutting – By the Editor
Chapter XV: Anatomy for Tailors – By the Editor
Chapter XVI: Measuring for Ladie’s Garments – By the Editor
Chapter XVII: Ladies’ Garments – Skirt Cutting – By Phillip Dellafera
Chapter XVIII: Ladies’ Garments – Coat Cutting – By Phillip Dellafera
Chapter XIX: Ladies’ Garments – Breeches Cutting – By Phillip Dellafera
Chapter XX: Colour and Clothes – By the Editor
Chapter XXI: Juvenile Garments – Cutting for Juveniles – By J. T. Iley
Chapter XXII: Alterations – Their Cause and Cure – By Percival Thickett
Chapter XXIII: Collar Cutting and Making for Gentlemen’s Garments – By Phillip Dellafera
Chapter XXIV: Catering for American Clients – By H. A. Rogers, J.P.
Chapter XXV: West End Models – By D. W. LLoyd
Chapter XXVI: Draft of West End Morning Coat – By J. W. Lovegrove
Scales of Measurements