1893-98 Cutter's Practical Guide Available Online

[Jim_Ruley]

Some of our tailors may find this interesting:

http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/1893to1898cuttersguide.htm

Thanks,

Jim R.

[kellydorman]

Thank you so much!!!!

This is a great help for those of us interested in multiple time periods (and Richard Collier's clothing was, of course, horribly out of date)

Regards,
Kelly

[Dean McElroy]

..thanks for the link,Jim..I've downloaded most of it..pair those scans of the Cutter's guide with Tailoring in the Belle Epoch(1903) by WDF Vincent edited by Shep and with the Hasluck tailoring guide,one has a powerful text for learning late Victorian/Edwardian tailoring techniques..the Shep reprint is kinda sparse on the written deatails:the scans fill in the gap nicely. The 1880's thru the early teens is the other time frame I'm studying..recently picked up an 1885 medical desk reference..covers types of fevers and various known tropical diseases(beri-beri) that sort of thing...an easy-to-read text considering the time frame...more OT..the Sears catalogs I have(1897-1908) also carry a lot of detail about their made-to-measure men's clothing business..lots of detail about measuring and coat lengths vs. height of the wearer..they were already experimenting with fusing interfacings at this time is some of their cold weather jackets for men(parkas,ect)around 1900...but the business clothing was solidly hand and machine stitched with the traditional interfacings and the work shops seemed to be set up along the Savile Row model..lots of documentation during this period for us to learn from..-DM

[Prof. Pennybags]

This is quite a valuble resource, litterally. In order to find some of these, if you can, are anywhere in the neighbourhood of 50 to 100 pounds each. But I do warn the casual observer, as with all systems will take time to master. Also remember these are incomplete series and one or two have missing pages. also the majority of these are from the edwardian period (the ones marked date unknown).