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Designing and Planning Clothes -- Vintage 1920s Dress and Millinery Fashion Essentials
by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

{softcover, 56 pages, 7.44x9.69, 2008, ISBN: 1934268704}

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This book, originally printed in 1925, is one of six books in the Woman's Institute's course in designing, sewing, and embellishing clothing (please see our other listings for additional books in this series). Designing & Planning Clothes goes in-depth on designing garments yourself by choosing the body outline that best represents your figure. Twelve body type silhouettes are provided in the book. You then trace your desired garment over the silhouette and add trimmings, dress length, sleeve type, neckline, button placement, etc. Design tips are provided for all types of figure shortcomings --- how to slenderize neck lines, adjust sleeves for large arms, handle designs for full busts, adjust for broad backs, add width through the hips for slender figures, determine proper skirt length, etc., so you can adjust your design as necessary.  56 pages and 83 illustrations detail:

- how to express beauty in dress
- what factors to consider in deciding the appropriateness of a
  dress
- how to determine your body type
- the fundamental principles of design
- how to control the apparent size of your figure
- designing and planning clothes for different types of figures
- how to conceal extra weight by judicious dressing
- points to be considered in varying fashion design to make them
  individually becoming
- factors which should govern a choice of colors in clothes
- the relation of your hat to your outfit
- what you should bear in mind when selecting a hat
- fundamental rules observed by the well dressed woman

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