Tailoring Suits the Professional Way

The book's aim is to present in understandable, simple language the series of operations a tailor follows in making up coats, trousers, vests, and skirts. It is addressed both to apprentices in the trade and to lay students, and the instructions apply to the production of both men's and women's suits. This manual is the result of the author's experience and training - it contains the fundamentals he felt were important and the book's success is defined by: (1) It presents a common basis on which to design men's and women's coats, and the beginner is purposely confined to a single formula on whose lines he can produce a coat for any near-normal figure. (2) It explains in detail the procedure in fitting, a most important subject usually far too briefly handled by authors. (3) It shows all basic operations in clear, step-by-step diagrams accompanied by concise instructions. Lengthy word descriptions, which seldom succeed at communicating the details of garment construction, are purposely omitted. TAILORING SUITS THE PROFESSIONAL WAY was planned throughout to make the tailoring craft easier to learn. It takes nothing "for granted." Diagrams and other illustrations show how the entire suit and all its parts are designed and made to fit every type of figure. Complete "formulas," in easy, checklist form, help clarify the steps that are to be followed in making the coat, vest, and trousers for men's suits, and the coat and skirt for a woman's suit. Special problems, such as cutting, pressing, stitching, measuring, and adjusting, are illustrated and described in the clearest possible way. A real "friend" for the tailoring apprentice - and the Old Master will want a copy on hand, too, as a day-to-day reference volume.