Classic Tailoring Techniques: A Construction Guide for Women's Wear

by Roberto Cabrera, Patricia Flaherty Meyers, Patricia Flaherty Meyers

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087005435X
• ISBN13: 9780870054358
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Fairchild Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.7"

Customer Reviews

Great tailoring guide

This is a comprehensive book on women's tailoring.. Has lots of pictures and diagrams to help.

Essential Guide to Ladies' Classic Tailoring

Along with it's companion on classic tailor for men's wear, this book is absolutely essential reading, for it is an absolute classic in terms of the way the book deals step-by-step with the practical making up of a coat and skirt. It must be clarified that it is complete and utter nonsense that the methods for tailoring women's coats described here is identical to the companion men's tailoring book. Whoever thinks that has clearly neither read this book, nor it's companion. The techniques outlined are totally different, from the shape of the canvas, the panels being canvassed or mounted/underlayed, and even the layers forming the chest piece. There are even sections dealing with a coat with separately cut skirt, as well as discussions about paneled jackets. Obviously, neither of these are found in the men's tailoring edition. The details on how to construct a coat, or skirt are far beyond the instructions found inside a commercial pattern. Yes, the skirt is a plain tailor's skirt rather than a fancier dressmaker's skirt, but this is what the book is about: classic custom/bespoke tailoring a skirt as part of a suit, not couture style dressmaking.

This Book Is A Sequel To And An Expansion Of Our Earlier Work

".....THIS BOOK IS A SEQUEL TO AND AN EXPANSION OF OUR EARLIER WORK, Classic Tailoring Techniques: A Construction Guide for Men's Wear. Since women's tailoring is an adaptation of an art which originally belonged exclusively to men's wear, many construction procedures outlined in our first book are repeated here with only slight adjustments --- pockets, lapels, vents, etc....." [from the book of preface by Patricia Flaherty Meyers]

Excellent Traditional Tailoring Techniques

I found this book and the men's wear companion to be extremely informative and one of the best guides around for learning how to create a tailored garment using the traditional techniques as opposed to the "speed" tailoring that is so popular. There are differences in men's and women's jackets which each book illustrates respectively. Also, the women's book includes chapters on skirts and pants. My disappointment is that neither book included instruction on the various types of coats and raincoats with zip/button-out linings. Coats are not just long jackets; there are differences in construction techniques. I also think that there should have been a little more clarification of some things. For instance, it took me a while to realize that silk-finished thread was actually Mettler's silk-finish cotton thread and not a type of silk thread. A search of the internet provided the answer. Minor gripes in comparison to the knowledge to be gained therein by those who want to make couture-quality garments.

A superb tailoring book for begining and intermediate tailor

An excellent book with clear, well explained diagrams and photographs. The book takes you through the full procedure for tailoring women's jackets, skirts and pants