Patterns of fashion: The content, cut, construction and context of bodies, stays, hoops and rumps c. 1595-1795

Abstract

"The fifth volume of the Patterns of Fashion series, published by the School of Historical Dress, includes patterns for 26 pairs of stays, a farthingale, 10 hoops and a rump. 160 pages in full-colour, including the patterns." -- http://theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk.

Contents

List of patterns taken from original objects -- The evolution of stays 1595-1645 -- Terms for stays and hoops -- Materials for stays, hoops and rumps -- The cut and construction of stays -- Fitting & wearing stays -- 'The staymaker's tale' -- The evolution, cut and construction of hoops -- Padded hoops, rolls, hips and rumps -- Stays and hoops for rich and poor -- Patterns for stitched and smooth-covered stays -- Patterns for hoops -- More extant hoops in museum collections -- European units of measurements and scale rulers -- Making bodies and stays today -- 17th and 18th century pattern drafting techniques -- Using patterns of 17th and 18th century garments -- Vocabulary of textile and dress terms.