Millinery Manual

Millinery - This vintage book on hat making by Jane Loewen is easily the most complete millinery instructions from the 1920's! This book has 217 pages of step-by-step instructions with numerous illustrations on timeless hat making techniques. Jane Loewen is a Formerly Millinery Instructor at the University of Chicago; Originator of Jane Hedden Hat Patterns; Author of Numerous Works and Articles on Millinery and Designing. This book is a reprint of the classic Millinery book by NovusVintage.com. Learn how to make wire frames; molded frames; pattern frames; crowns; fabric hats; braid hats; transparent hats; draped hats; tailored trimmings; dress-hat trimmings; and remodeled hats.

Excerpt from Millinery: Merchandise Manual Series As reference books, librarians will find the short, clear statements and full indexes invaluable. As an encyclopaedi'a Of merchandise the series con tains scientific information in a simple, compact form which makes it available for children and others to whom the subjects treated are unfamiliar. As textbooks they are adapted for use in commercial schools, high schools, night schools, settlement classes and by teachers of household arts and domestic science. As source books for practical story-telling, kinder gartners, primary and vacation school teachers will find in them an abundance Of interesting material for short true stories on the various industries and crafts, the manufacture Of household articles, such as pins and needles, as well as the making of pottery, glass, and steel. These manuals contain just the material Often hunted for in vain by teachers and librarians. As household helps and shopping guides the young housekeeper will find the manuals her best friends be cause they not only describe the manufacturing pro cesses but tell her how to distinguish well-made articles Of good materials from the inferior and badly made. They also tell her how to care for the clothing or household goods which she has bought. For salespeople and storekeepers they supply the general and specific information about their merchan dise which is indispensable to efficiency, yet very hard to gather from the scattered sources upon which they now depend. These changes should enlarge the usefulness Of the manuals without losing any of their specific value in the field Of salesmanship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Controversial and unconventional, this collection examines Canadian identity in terms of the fashion worn and designed over the last three centuries, and the internal and external influences of those socio-cultural decisions.

Containing 2,729 entries, Kevin L. Seligman’s bibliography concentrates on books, manuals, journals, and catalogs covering a wide range of sartorial approaches over nearly five hundred years. After a historical overview, Seligman approaches his subject chronologically, listing items by century through 1799, then by decade. In this section, he deals with works on flat patterning, draping, grading, and tailoring techniques as well as on such related topics as accessories, armor, civil costumes, clerical costumes, dressmakers’ systems, fur, gloves, leather, military uniforms, and undergarments. Seligman then devotes a section to those American and English journals published for the professional tailor and dressmaker. Here, too, he includes the related areas of fur and undergarments. A section devoted to journal articles features selected articles from costume- and noncostumerelated professional journals and periodicals. The author breaks these articles down into three categories: American, English, and other. Seligman then devotes separate sections to other related areas, providing alphabetical listings of books and professional journals for costume and dance, dolls, folk and national dress, footwear, millinery, and wigmaking and hair. A section devoted to commercial pattern companies, periodicals, and catalogs is followed by an appendix covering pattern companies, publishers, and publications. In addition to full bibliographic notation, Seligman provides a library call number and library location if that information is available. The majority of the listings are annotated. Each listing is coded for identification and cross-referencing. An author index, a title index, a subject index, and a chronological index will guide readers to the material they want. Seligman’s historical review of the development of publications on the sartorial arts, professional journals, and the commercial paper pattern industry puts the bibliographical material into context. An appendix provides a cross-reference guide for research on American and English pattern companies, publishers, and publications. Given the size and scope of the bibliography, there is no other reference work even remotely like it.