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| The Voice of Fashion: 79 Turn-Of-The Century Patterns With Instructions and Fashion Plates | 
 enlarge | Creator: Frances Grimble
Publisher: Lavolta Press
Category: Book
List Price: $42.00
Buy New: $30.66
You Save: $11.34 (27%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 463
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.9 x 1
ISBN: 0963651722
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.478
EAN: 9780963651723
Publication Date: April 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 7 to 12 days
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Voice of Fashion - originals from Chicago August 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Strange that credit for the original publications are not given. I have the original pattern books published in Chicago by Goldsberry and Doran in the late 1800s and it was their Diamond Garment Cutter System that is referenced in this book. I have six of these original publications, that include clothing for men, boys, girls, and women, which are amazing. I bought them at an auction years ago in a huge box filled with antiquated sewing stuff.
It bothers me that someone just went out and made photocopies of these booklets and the true publications are lost in the editing.
 A treasure for living history, but not for the faint of heart March 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Between this book and Grimble's "Edwardian Modiste", I'll never have to buy another antique "Gibson girl" pattern again. The illustrations in my opinion don't do the dresses justice; the garments themselves are just stunning when you actually make them. Having said that, these patterns are not beginner-friendly. If you want a quick-and-easy Edwardian ensemble you'll be very disappointed because these patterns require a lot of forethought, a lot of time, and a lot of work. They are not the modern "here's-how-to-sew-a-seam" kind of patterns you see commercially available today. Most of the tucks, for example, are not marked, nor are they allowed for in the pattern; you'll have to draft those yourself from scratch. The same thing goes for trimmings, lace insertion, and shirring. Also, very few patterns mark locations for fastenings, and many lack patterns for things like cuffs and collars, which can't always be made from a straight strip of fabric and still look right on the garment. You can substitute collars from other patterns in the book but there's no guarantee that they will fit properly. Plus, the patterns in this book must be scaled according to your measurements, which still involves a good deal of tedious arithmetic even with the "rulers" included with the book. Overall, I love this book to the point that it's starting to fall apart from use. However, the buyer should be aware that the patterns in this book are not for the faint-of-heart or the impatient.
The Voice of Fashion February 23, 2008
Excellent book. Frances has given us all an opportunity to "try" to recreate the patterns she has in each of her 4 books. You do have to read the instructions on how to enlarge them OR as I have done...take them to a drafting company and have them enlarged. I give her book a 10. She has done a large amount of research and I own all 5 of her books. ( Call me crazy but I love her books )
It's not as hard to make these fashions as it first seems to be! October 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I first got this book I had a lot of fun just looking at the fashions during that time period. I bought the book to make an outfit for a re-enactment. I read the instructions for using the Diamond Cutting System and the rulers provided on the back pages of the book, and although I read it all through a few times, I was very confused on how to draft the patterns. My sewing experience is limited to following the instructions that come with today's regular tissue patterns. I had never drafted a pattern before. But once I started the "hands on" work it suddenly made sense! I picked up some old curtain materials at garage and rummage sales for my project. I started with the simplest skirts and I even found it very easy to modify the draft to fit irregular body shapes using the rulers which I photocopied from the book, cutted out, and pasted to cardboard. Pattern paper is impossible to find these days therefore I drafted the patterns onto old bedsheets. I also had to use an ordinary carpenter's angle to work with the rulers. The only tool I don't have, which the book tells me that I need, is a scroll or french curve to shape the armholes, neck curves and some skirt curves. To make the skirts I found that I didn't need this curve tool for the simpler patterns. However, once I start into the more complex patterns it will become a necessity. Pattern instructions are scarce, but if you have some sewing experience this fact should not discourage you too much. Yardage required is also seldom given, so you will have to estimate how much you need once you have drafted the patterns - or just buy yards and yards of old curtain material to start with! I so pleased with this book that I intend to make many more outfits than I had originally intended to make before I bought the book!
much like the other Frances Grimble books March 22, 2006
This book features patterns for dresses, skirts, shirts, jackets, underclothing (etc.) for the years 1900-1906
25 (patterns) from 1900
18 from 1901
5 from 1902
16 from 1903
7 from 1904
5 from 1905
3 from 1906
This is a good book, well up to Frances Grimble's high standards. It contains many patterns but can also double as a sourcebook, as it contains many pictures of clothes from fashion plates. I would recommend buying it, but make sure to research these years to find out if you really want it.
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