Other editions of book Better Dressmaking

There are no mysteries about good clothes today. Good style, good fabric, and good workmanship are the essentials. Good style depends upon an awareness of the current mode and how it may be adapted to the individual. The selection of good fabric depends upon knowing actually what goes into the making of fabrics. Good workmanship depends upon understanding process and upon acquiring skill through practice. In this book, Spears has told the story of these three elements of good clothing simply and clearly with pictures and a minimum of text. This book is designed to be useful to the person who wishes to buy clothing intelligently, as well as for those who make their own clothes, or direct the work of others.

There are no mysteries about good clothes today. Good style, good fabric, and good workmanship are the essentials. Good style depends upon an awareness of the current mode and how it may be adapted to the individual. The selection of good fabric depends upon knowing actually what goes into the making of fabrics. Good workmanship depends upon understanding process and upon acquiring skill through practice. In this book, Spears has told the story of these three elements of good clothing simply and clearly with pictures and a minimum of text. This book is designed to be useful to the person who wishes to buy clothing intelligently, as well as for those who make their own clothes, or direct the work of others.