Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns: A Complete Lady's Wardrobe

by Kristina Harris

Imported custom-made clothes were usually beyond the financial reach of the average middle-class American woman of a century ago; and store-bought garments were often of inferior quality. This left many women with the options of making their own clothes or hiring a seamstress. While a number of economy-minded women did sew simple housedresses, and clothing for their children, many took favorite fashion plates to a dressmaker who would often consult...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486407217
• ISBN13: 9780486407210
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 11.9"