Books I use for sewing and millinery.
Inspiration
- London Couture 1923 – 1975: British Luxury by Amy de la Haye & Edwina Ehrman
- Christian Dior by Oriole Cullen & Connie Burks K
- 20th – Century Fashion in Detail by Claire Wilcox & Valerie D. Mendes
- How to Read a Dress by Lydia Edwards
- In Intimate Detail by Cora Harrington
- Vogue on Elsa Schiaparelli by Judith Watt
- 100 years of Fashion Illustration by Cally Blackman
- Madeleine Vionnet by Betty Kirke
- The Master of Us All: Balenciaga by Mary Blume
Sewing Techniques
- Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire B. Shaeffer 2011
- We Sew By Ourselves by I. A. Ter-Hovakimyan 1958 (Russian translation from German)
- The “Haslam” Practical Guide to Dressmaking & Tailoring by G.A. Haslam & F.A. Haslam 1920s? 7th ed.
- Waisted Efforts by Doyle Robert 2002
- Lynn Hillson Practical Home Dress Making Illustrated 1948
- The Big Book of Needlecraft by Various Authors 1935
- Gertie’s Ultimate Dress Book by Gertie Hirsch
- Dress Decoration and Ornament 1925
- Designing and Planning Clothes 1930
- Complete Pleats by Paul Jackson 2015
Millinery
- Vintage Hats & Bonnets 1770 to 1970: Identification & Values by Susan Langley 2009
- Talking Through My Hats by Lilly Dache 1946
- Hats on Heads by Mildred Anlezark 1990
- Fabric Manipulation by Singer Ruth
- Hats an Anthology by Stephen Jones
- How to Make and Trim Your Own Hats by Vee Powell 1944
- The Mode in Hats and Headdress R. Turner Wilcox
- Making and Arranging Silk Flowers by Anne Hamilton & Kathleen White 1990
- Silk Flowers by Judith Blacklock 1995
- Hats by Madame Paulette by Annie Schneider 2014
- Millinery the Art of Hat Making by Sarah Lomax & Rachel Skinner 2017
- Dior Hats by Stephen Jones 2019
- Headwear: Hats, Bonnets and Caps from the Hopkins Collection by Alan and Vanessa Hopkins 2020
- How to Make a Hat by Aage Thaarup and Dora Shackell 1957
- A textbook of Model Millinery by Ethel R. E. Langridge 1957
- From the Neck Up by Denise Dreher 1981
- Balenciaga: The Elegance of the Hat Exhibition Catalogue Museu del Disseny Barcelona 2021
- Fifty Hats that Changed the World Design Museum Fifty 2011
Pattern Cutting & Fitting
- Dress Fitting by Natalie Bray
- Dress With Taste by V. Voevodina & R. Dubinina 1961 (Russian)
- Sew It Yourself by Z. I. Davydova 1957 (Russian)
- Metric Pattern Cutting by Winifred Aldrich 2018 6th ed.
- The Cutting Technique by Line Jaque 1977 2nd ed. (Russian translation from French)
- The Elements of Euclid by Oliver Byrne 1847
- Pattern Drafting and Grading by Michael Rohr 1961
- Fundamentals of Pattern making for Women’s Apparel 1 & 2 by Esther Kaplan Pivnick 1955
- Lingerie Design A Complete Course by Pamela Powell 2016
- Vintage Lingerie by Jill Salen 2012