The Cut of Women's Clothes

Author: Waugh, Norah

Brand: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Binding: Hardcover

Number Of Pages: 400

Release Date: 04-09-1984

Part Number: a colour plate and 58 black and white pl

Details: Product Description
Norah Waugh's book has, for many years, been the definitive work of reference for teachers and students of fashion design, for dress designers, for costume makers - and anyone who is seriously interested in the history and construction of women's clothes.Each period in the history of costume has produced its own characteristic line and silhouette, and the book includes numerous patterns taken from actual dresses, many of them rare museum specimens, illustrated by line sketches of the garments themselves. There are detailed notes on the production of women's dress with diagrams from and references to early technical books and journals.
Book Description
The Cut of Women's Clothes by Norah Waugh has been for many years the definitive work of reference on fashion design, indispensable for teachers, students, dress designers, costume makers and enthusiasts alike.
About the Author
Norah Waugh lectured and supervised practical work on historical costume in the Theatre Department of the Central School of Art and Design in London. In the late 1930s she was in charge of costume at the London Theatre Studio run by Michel Saint-Denis.

EAN: 9780571085941

Package Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.9 x 1.2 inches

Languages: English