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The Modern Tailor Outfitter and Clothier - Vol. I.

by A. S. Bridgland
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781445505633
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Obscure Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Obscure Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 302
  • Original Price: GBP 26.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 531 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Fashion

Originally published in 1928, The Modern Tailor, Outfitter and Clothier, is a classic three-volume work detailing the tailoring and clothes-making industry, including design, sales practices and production methods, in the early 20th century.


Extremely well illustrated with photographs, many helpful diagrams, and detailed instructions for designing and constructing various garments. It provides the reader with a detailed snapshot of the tailoring trade and its history.


Volume one contents include:

  • Tailoring as a Vocation
  • Gentlemen's Garment Cutting
  • Trouser Cutting - Vest Cutting -
  • Measures and Measuring - Coat Cutting -
  • Over Garments -
  • Cutting for Corpulent Figures -
  • Trying On -
  • Manipulation -
  • Anatomy for Tailors -
  • Measuring for Ladies Garments -
  • Skirt Cutting -
  • Coat Cutting -
  • Breeches Cutting -
  • Colour and Clothes -
  • Juvenile Garments -
  • Alterations -
  • Collar Cutting -
  • Catering for American Clients -
  • West End Models -
  • Draft of West End Morning Coat -
  • Scales of Measurements etc.


Many of the earliest books on fashion and clothing, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing this vintage volume in a modern and affordable edition, complete with a new introduction and high quality reproductions of the original illustration plates.

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