An essential fashion industry resource, this new book presents a century of fashion illustrations from dress pattern envelopes ranging from the 1890s to the 1990s, this book references the popular shapes, silhouettes, and fashions through nearly 350 patterns for evening wear, lingerie, sportswear, and more. This detailed presentation illustrates cultural, social, and economic changes influencing women's fashions and the stylized illustrations used to capture the mode and ideal body styles of the day. As more design processes go digital, this book offers hundreds of skilful renderings done by hand. This is an ideal collection for fashion industry professionals, design students, and costume historians. AUTHOR: Alice I. Duff has been collecting dress patterns for over 34 years. Her other interests include cats, historic preservation, antiques, miniatures, and reading. She is a professional office manager in Portland, Oregon. SELLING POINTS: ?Nearly 350 dress pattern envelopes from 1898 to 1997 ?Explore the range of shapes and silhouettes in popular fashions through the decades ?Fashion illustrations of evening wear, lingerie, sportswear, and more ILLUSTRATIONS: 345 colour lb/w images *
