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Gertie sews vintage casual : a modern guide to sportswear styles of the 1940s and 1950s

Title: Gertie sews vintage casual : a modern guide to sportswear styles of the 1940s and 1950s / Gretchen Hirsch ; photographs by Karen Pearson ; illustrations by Sun Young Park.
Author: Hirsch, Gretchen, 1979-
Publication: New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, [2014].

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Description

223 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm +

Summary

The mid-20th century was an amazing time for American women's fashion! Following the war, women started looking to American designers rather than French couture houses for inspiration and to demand clothing they could move in, even play in. In this follow-up to Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing, Gretchen "Gertie" Hirsch celebrates the classic casual styles that icons like Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, and Rosie the Riveter made famous--think wide-legged trousers, fitted capri pants, beach rompers, shorts, knit tops, jeans, and day dresses. In Part I, Hirsch introduces key techniques for sportswear construction--from working with knit fabrics to the intricacies of pant-making--and in Part II, she showcases a 30-plus-piece vintage-inspired casual wardrobe.

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Note

"A Melanie Falick book."
Includes folded patterns in pocket.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index.

Contents

Finding casual inspiration -- Materials and supplies -- Skills for wovens -- Skills for knits -- Fitting -- Patternmaking -- Pattern maps -- Resources and links.

Call Number

JFF 15-526

ISBN

9781617690747 (hbk.)
1617690740 (hbk.)

LCCN

2014930803

OCLC

885008551

Author

Hirsch, Gretchen, 1979- author.

Title

Gertie sews vintage casual : a modern guide to sportswear styles of the 1940s and 1950s / Gretchen Hirsch ; photographs by Karen Pearson ; illustrations by Sun Young Park.

Publisher

New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, [2014].

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index.

Added Author

Pearson, Karen, illustrator.

Park, Sun Young, illustrator.

Research Call Number

JFF 15-526

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