Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1860-1940

I have the others in this series (the ones with earlier period clothing) and this is just as wonderful. Great illustrations and drawings make construction details clear even without reading the text, but this is NOT a book for someone looking to peruse some pretty dresses from earlier eras.

It's Patterns of Fashion; doesn't get much better than this. No detailed construction tips, but this is in the period where dressmaking guides were widely published (and accessible open source online now). Some of the later-date dress patterns are quite dense on the page, but that's more due to the complexity of the patterns than any fault of the author. I would also say the dresses here are a bit more "specific" in taste than those in PoF1, which seem to be more representative of their periods. However, it's easy to adapt a bodice or skirt pattern to your specific taste, and this book contains many of those. I also personally like the period pattern and cutting guides in the front. Lifted directly from period magazines and patterns, these double the number of patterns and styles you get with the book, if you are willing to scale them yourself.

I have always loved historical fashion and after the first time using this and Janet Arnold's other books while working in a costume shop I had to get my own copies of them. The patterns are wonderfully drafted and scaling them up is a breeze. Yes, there are alterations that had to be made to some of them size-wise, but nothing worth sweating about. My books have seen lots of use though I still haven't managed to make anything for myself. The details that are provided with sketches and the patterns are wonderful for anyone looking to reproduce any of the garments. That being said, they aren't the best representation of the time period nor of the different classes, but it is still an amazing series of books.

I am very happy with this purchase. The book has clear wear but I expected that as a used book and it doesn't affect the contents. The seller paid for priority shipping as the book was a vulnerable size and shape. Overall I am very pleased with the product and service and look forward to using it for some sewing projects!

Thank you, the book is *very helpful to my work. I appreciate each part of it- the students -very helpful and the provenance of each garment -wonderfully helpful. And the shipping time was very fast.

I love this series. I have 2 books and looking forward to buy the rest. Book is in new condition. Love it

My son got all three Pattern of Fashions books. He loves them and they use them a lot in his shop at school.

it came on time and it was everything I needed it to be. It was in good condition and provided information regarding my fiancee's project.

Los patrones son los básicos y están muy detallados. Me falla un poco que al ser un período de tiempo amplio con muchos cambios no haya también más patrones pero nada más. Entrega en tiempo y forma perfectos.

Non c'è molto da dire sui volumi della Arnold: li possiedo tutti e sono un tesoro che ogni sarta/costumista appassionata di abiti storici dovrebbe avere nella propria libreria.I libri coprono un periodo storico molto vasto, dal 16 al 20° secolo, con relativi cartamodelli e spiegazioni. Questi volumi, tuttavia, danno per scontata una buona base di modellistica: i cartamodelli sono infatti in scala e vanno riprodotti in base alle proprie misure. Cercando sul web si possono trovare anche le immagini dei capi originali, per ogni abito è infatti fornita la datazione e la collezione in cui si trova.

como cualquiera de los otros tres libros yo he realizado ya algun traje y es algo fantastico sirve muy bien para conseguir realilizar cualquier modelo de los libros

Perfetto! Come descritto, arrivato prima del tempo. Fondamentalmente per chi come me realizza abiti d'epoca!

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