Couture Tailoring: A Construction Guide for Women’s Jackets

Claire Shaeffer

Laurence King Publishing, 2021

75,00

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.
Includes over 900 step-by-step illustrations throughout and photographs of couture jackets by Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and more.

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ISBN: 9781786275752

352 pages, 1000 illustrations, 28 x 24 cm, paperback, English