I'll send you a PM or something. I haven't made enough shirts to have that many examples! I might do some sketches from the book and post those, though.
I think what I find most fascinating about it is that for a long time, there have been two or three ways of "making period shirts" floating around, but when you look at a larger sample of extant shirts, there are actually a lot more ways to make them, and a lot more pieces that aren't strictly rectangular/triangular than simplified directions would suggest.
Patterns of Fashion 3 covers outer clothing. Janet Arnold had measurement issues, too, so like The Tudor Tailor, it takes some fiddling to scale the patterns up.
The King's Servants has patterns specifically for working men's clothing in Henry's reign, although they could be modified for upper class. It's nice because it's so focused, although the patterns probably have the same frustrating aspects as those in The Tudor Tailor. Lots of great information, though!
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Date: 2010-05-06 06:48 pm (UTC)It is an AMAZING book. And it has color photos!
I think what I find most fascinating about it is that for a long time, there have been two or three ways of "making period shirts" floating around, but when you look at a larger sample of extant shirts, there are actually a lot more ways to make them, and a lot more pieces that aren't strictly rectangular/triangular than simplified directions would suggest.
Patterns of Fashion 3 covers outer clothing. Janet Arnold had measurement issues, too, so like The Tudor Tailor, it takes some fiddling to scale the patterns up.
The King's Servants has patterns specifically for working men's clothing in Henry's reign, although they could be modified for upper class. It's nice because it's so focused, although the patterns probably have the same frustrating aspects as those in The Tudor Tailor. Lots of great information, though!