Couture Tailoring

Construction Guide for Women's Jackets

Couture Tailoring
Claire Shaeffer
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Paperback
h280 x 240mm - 352pg
7 Jan 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781786275752
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Bestselling author Claire Shaeffer teaches you everything you need to know to design and sew the perfect jacket in Couture Tailoring: A Construction Guide for Women' s Jackets, the perfect guide for fashion students. Based on couture techniques learnt from master tailors, this book begins with the equipment, materials, design elements, and sewing and construction techniques used in all types of tailoring. Part Two provides an illustrated step-by-step guide to making a couture jacket, explaining all the design options and alternative methods for making every element including collars, sleeves and pockets. Couture Tailoring includes over 900 step-by-step illustrations throughout and photographs of couture jackets by Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and more.
Claire Shaeffer is the author of more than 20 books and taught college-level sewing courses for 22 years. She has lectured at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and San Francisco Fine Arts Museum.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781786275752
Published: 7 Jan 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Laurence King Publishing
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 280mm
Width: 240mm
Pages: 352

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