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Customers appreciate the book’s patterns, with one noting they are period correct and another mentioning they include instructions for replication. The book features wonderful drawings and fashion plates.
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A quick rundown of this product’s key features:
Contains 184 authentic sewing patterns and instructions for women’s garments. Includes special rulers that enable drafting to custom sizes. Quotes from original fashion magazines and other sources give additional information on construction, materials, and wardrobe planning. Also included is an 87-page, illustrated manual on period dressmaking and millinery. For theatrical and reenactment costumers, vintage clothing collectors, brides, and doll artists.
Our Top Reviews
Reviewer: Pretty Grim Ghoul
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Edutaining!
Review: This book (series, really) is awesome! I am intermediate in my sewing abilities, and found it very easy to decipher and use. I am making a wedding dress from a mix of patterns found in these books. Very period-accurate, nice fashion plates, well written, clearly explained. You could not ask for more. I recommend that you make your first attempt or few from cheap/recycled material, until you are comfortable with how pieces of this time are made, as it is far more complicated than most of today’s simplified and streamlined patterns. Be prepared to put in some hours on a good piece. If you are just want to educate yourself on fashion’s of the Victorian era, this is a great series for you!
Reviewer: Kelly Cochran
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Yea! More pattern books!
Review: Frances Grimble shares her meticulous vision with us once again. A great two book series full of facinating information and patterns galore. I cannot wait to clothe many a pretty lady using them. Not for the faint of heart. The patterns are period correct and I would advise an advanced skill level, or a great deal of patience. Always do a mock up. Remember these are patterns of the age. So start at the skin and work your way out to a glorious new costume.Enjoy.
Reviewer: Emmina
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent Reference Book!
Review: I love sewing. . .but I am not good at taking measurements. This books has the patterns included, but you have to enlarge them and set them to your specifications. It gives you all the instruction that you need to do so, but it can be very dense. I will eventually master the art of pattern making/fitting, but for now it is a wonderful and inspiring reference piece.
Reviewer: MJe
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book
Review: Great book with nice pattern ideas
Reviewer: Iron Belly
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Insightful and Fun
Review: Once again Ms. Grimble has done what no one else has accomplished. A nice two volume set that gives you not only wonderful drawings but great patterns. If you are interested in taking a peek into the Gilded Age these two volumes will certainly take you back in time with both the fashions and etiquette of the times.
Reviewer: Verborgen
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: wonderfuL!
Review: frances grimble is an author who needs to be in every victorian costuming enthusiast’s personal library. get every volume you can! wonderfuL!
Reviewer: B. R.
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I suggest purchasing Volume 1 first.
Review: This book is a great source of historic patterns. However, I purchased Volume 2 first because I was looking for evening gown designs, but then realized that Volume 1 actually has more dress patterns, and some of the basics needed to go with the patterns in Volume 2. So now I own both volumes! Someone may have mentioned that in an earlier review but I must of missed it. It is ok because both volumes are fun to look through and read the fashion descriptions from the 1800s.Have not made a dress from it yet, but am reading and planning for my first one. Will see how it goes!
Reviewer: patty j rhodeback
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fascinating
Review: If you are interested in the history of fashion or a costume designer these books are for you. Pattern drafting knowledge is helpful but the books do have instruction to replicate the patterns. It’s a fascinating trip through history.
Reviewer: Sabrina Abbagnale
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: 5 stelle sono troppo poche: il libro è meraviglioso, pieno di cartamodelli del periodo, immagini di acconciature, gioielli, accessori…Il libro è adatto a chi ha già delle buone basi di modellistica. Consigliato a Costumisti, amanti del settore.
Reviewer: neevad
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Exactly what I wanted
Reviewer: Tésia
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Les ouvrages de Frances Grimble sont de véritables bibles. Seul bémol, il n’y a pas tant de patron que ça et l’image de référence n’est pas toujours présente. Dans ce tome 2, on trouve des tenues de mariage, bal, équitation, plage, manteaux, chapeaux, sacs, coiffures, etc.
Reviewer: K. Krause
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Das Buch “Fashion of the Gilded Age Volume 2” ist in englischer Sprache verfasst und beschäftigt sich mit der Mode von 1877 bis 1882. In dem zweiten Band werden Abendmode, Brautmode, Sportmode, Outdoor-Mode wie Mantel oder Capes sowie Frisuren und Accessoires behandelt. Neben den verkleinerten Schnitten gibt es immer ein Abbild des Modells. Wie man die Schnitte vergrößern kann, wird am Anfang des Buches ausführlich behandelt (allerdings in englisch!).Fazit: Das Buch ist ein interessantes Werk für alle, die sich für die Naturalform-Epoche interessieren. Die Schnitte sind wirklich toll und daneben gibt es Informationen zu dem Leben in der damaligen Zeit. Das Buch ist meiner Meinung nach ein Muss im Bücherregal für Fans der viktorianischen Mode und ist auf jeden Fall das Geld wert.
Reviewer: 久里原
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: 1877年から1882年間の婦人服（ちょいとバッスル～）の作り方本です。内容がイブニング、ブライダルとあってvol.1より華やかさを期待したのですがイマイチ。（あまりvol.1と代り映えしないような…＾＾；）スポーツウェアとして水着の型紙、他コート（マント）の型紙があります。vol.1と同じく前ページに体系別型紙補正の仕方があり、ドレスのパターンは半分くらいで後半はヘアスタイルやアクセサリー、靴、トリミングの精密なイラスト、ゲートル、基本的テクニックになってます。
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