Making Vintage 1940s Clothes for Women

Description

The 1940s were an iconic period of women's dress history, with the familiar square shoulders, crepe tea dresses and seamed stockings paired with red lips, victory curls and head scarves. This book explains the period's sewing techniques and makes a range of 1940s outfits to recreate the look of those vintage years. With detailed step-by-step instruction and over 300 photographs, it captures the style of the time and explains the impact of wartime austerity on the cut and construction of women's dress. AUTHOR: Sarah Magill specialises in costume cut and construction, with a particular love of early to mid-twentieth century women's dress. She lectures on the Costume and Performance Design course at the Arts University Bournemouth. Her research interests include the Utility and Make-do and Mend schemes during the Second World War. SELLING POINTS: . This new book will help you recreate the clothes and the vintage style of the 1940s 'make do' years. . Of particular interest to costume designers, fashion designers and students, dress historians, historic revival and reenactment participants and home dressmakers with a general interest in vintage dress. . Includes instructions and patterns for recerating a range of women's clothes. . Superbly illustrated with 331 photographs and patterns. . Sarah Magill has a particular love of early to mid-twentieth century womens' dress and is a lecturer on the Costume and Performance Design course at the Arts University Bournemouth 331 colour photographs and patterns

Sarah Magill specialises in costume cut and construction, with a particular love of early to mid-twentieth century women's dress. She lectures on the Costume and Performance Design course at the Arts University Bournemouth. Her research interests include the Utility and Make-do and Mend schemes during the Second World War.