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An ambitious marketing operation, it could not afford to take chances on haute couture; its fashions were geared as closely as possible to the prevailing tastes of the American people. \u003cbr\u003eFor this historically accurate sampling of authentic 1930s fashion, Stella Blum, former Curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, selected for reproduction 133 representative pages from rare Sears catalogs of the period (fall and spring catalog for each year from 1930 to 1939). Hundreds of illustrations record what men, women, and children were actually wearing in the 1930s when, as a copyline from the Fall 1930 catalog proclaimed: \"Thrift is the spirit of the day. Reckless spending is a thing of the past.\"\u003cbr\u003eYou'll see here how simpler women's fashion designs — of more traditional, affordable material — recaptured the feminine form with a more natural waistline and lower hemlines than seen in the twenties. For evening wear, longer dresses replaced flamboyant beaded short gowns while cloche hats, another twenties trademark, were replaced by berets, pillboxes, and turbans. The seriousness of the accessories and dresses endorsed by such Hollywood legends as Loretta Young, Claudette Colbert, and Fay Wray.\u003cbr\u003eFor historians of costume, nostalgia buffs and casual browsers, these pages afford a rare picture of how the average American really dressed during the thirties. 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Today's costume historians and sewing enthusiasts will find fascinating instruction in such long-lost arts as boning a bodice perfectly, creating skirt sweepers and bust enhancers, concealing hooks and eyes, and other vintage dressmaking techniques.\u003cbr\u003eAn indispensable archive of information on late-Victorian and turn-of-the-century clothing, this volume will be of immense interest to anyone fascinated by the fashion and costume of the period. 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Every wardrobe necessity for the Victorian lady is covered — from nightgowns and wrappers for boudoir and breakfast, a riding habit and tennis outfit, to walking dresses for town and visiting, elegant dinner dresses, and elaborate evening gowns.\u003cbr\u003eAn introduction and brief instruction for using the patterns are also included in a volume that will not only find practical use among costume designers and students of fashion history, but will also delight browsers, Victorian enthusiasts, and anyone intrigued by the evolution of clothing styles. 498 illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDover Original.\u003c\/div\u003e pattern drafting;clothing construction;tailoring techniques;sewing patterns;victorian clothes;hand sewing;period correct;victorian clothing;models wearing;fashion plates;riding habit;costume design;sewing techniques;fashion history;period clothing;vintage clothes;fashion magazines;vintage photographs;color photos;butterick;gridded;modiste;apportioning;boned;costumer;proportionate;bustles;enlarging;dressmaking;inset;enlarge;dressmaker;1896;turn-of-the-century;1905;garments;sleeves;gowns;1890s;measurements;outfits;fashions;seamstress;scales;edwardian;collectors;costumes;rulers;coat;diagrams;dresses;books on fashion magazines;books on costume designs;books on period clothings;books on vintage photographs;books on fashion histories;books on 1890s;books on gowns;books on clothing constructions;books on coats;books on sewing patterns;books on measurements;books on scales;books on dressmakings;inseting;books on collectors;books on dressmakers;books on diagrams;books on sewing techniques;books on hand sewings;books on fashions;books on outfits;books on garments;books on buttericks;books on rulers;books on color photos;books on fashion plates;books on bustles;books on costumes;books on dresses;books on vintage clothes;books on sleeves;books on seamstresses","brand":"Edited by Kristina Harris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160019321153,"sku":"9780486407210","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/3262\/5985\/products\/9780486407210_d48a6601-7794-4100-bc62-1c31f6527b5a.jpg?v=1710193487"},{"product_id":"9780486781204","title":"Manhattan Moves Uptown","description":"This fascinating chronicle traces New York City's growth from Wall Street at the end of the Revolutionary War to Harlem at the turn of the twentieth century. 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