A History of the Paper Pattern Industry: The Home Dressmaking Fashion Revolution
Sewing patterns have been the principle blueprint for making garments in the home for centuries. From their origins in the tailoring manuals of the 16th century to the widely produced pamphlets of the 18th and 19th centuries, through to the full size packet patterns of today, their history and development has reflected major changes in technology (such as the advent of the sewing machine), retailing and marketing practices (the fashion periodical), and shifts in social and cultural influences.

This accessible book explores this history, outlining innovations in patternmaking by the companies who produced patterns and how these reflected the fashions and demands of the market.

Showcasing beautiful illustrations from original pattern pamphlets, packets and ads, as well as 9 complete patterns from which readers can reproduce vintage garments of different eras, the book provides a unique visual guide to homemade fashions as well as essential exploration of the industry that produced them.

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A History of the Paper Pattern Industry: The Home Dressmaking Fashion Revolution
Sewing patterns have been the principle blueprint for making garments in the home for centuries. From their origins in the tailoring manuals of the 16th century to the widely produced pamphlets of the 18th and 19th centuries, through to the full size packet patterns of today, their history and development has reflected major changes in technology (such as the advent of the sewing machine), retailing and marketing practices (the fashion periodical), and shifts in social and cultural influences.

This accessible book explores this history, outlining innovations in patternmaking by the companies who produced patterns and how these reflected the fashions and demands of the market.

Showcasing beautiful illustrations from original pattern pamphlets, packets and ads, as well as 9 complete patterns from which readers can reproduce vintage garments of different eras, the book provides a unique visual guide to homemade fashions as well as essential exploration of the industry that produced them.

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A History of the Paper Pattern Industry: The Home Dressmaking Fashion Revolution

A History of the Paper Pattern Industry: The Home Dressmaking Fashion Revolution

by Joy Spanabel Emery
A History of the Paper Pattern Industry: The Home Dressmaking Fashion Revolution

A History of the Paper Pattern Industry: The Home Dressmaking Fashion Revolution

by Joy Spanabel Emery

Overview

Sewing patterns have been the principle blueprint for making garments in the home for centuries. From their origins in the tailoring manuals of the 16th century to the widely produced pamphlets of the 18th and 19th centuries, through to the full size packet patterns of today, their history and development has reflected major changes in technology (such as the advent of the sewing machine), retailing and marketing practices (the fashion periodical), and shifts in social and cultural influences.

This accessible book explores this history, outlining innovations in patternmaking by the companies who produced patterns and how these reflected the fashions and demands of the market.

Showcasing beautiful illustrations from original pattern pamphlets, packets and ads, as well as 9 complete patterns from which readers can reproduce vintage garments of different eras, the book provides a unique visual guide to homemade fashions as well as essential exploration of the industry that produced them.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781350178021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 07/23/2020
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

Joy Emery was, until her death in 2018. Professor Emerita of Theatre and Curator of The Commercial Pattern Archive at the University of Rhode Island, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii

List of Tables xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

1 Tailoring and the Birth of the Published Paper Pattern 5

2 Development of Dressmaking Patterns: 1800-1860 19

3 Nineteenth-century Technology 29

4 Early History of Pattern Companies: 1860s-1880s 40

5 New Markets and Expansion: 1880s-1900 55

6 Shifts and Balances: 1900-1920s 72

7 Blossoming Economy: 1920-1929 99

8 Surviving the Depression: 1930s 114

9 The War Years: 1940s 133

10 Shifting Trends: Postwar-1950s 159

11 New Challenges: 1960s-1980s 178

12 Reinvention and Renaissance: 1980s-2010 195

Epilogue 215

Appendix: Pattern Grids Rendered Susan Hannel 217

Notes 241

Bibliography 245

Index 249

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