A History of Maternity Wear: Design, Patterns, and Construction, 1st Edition eBook

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A History of Maternity Wear: Design, Patterns, and Construction explores pregnancy clothing worn throughout the decades, providing historical information, images, and patterns. Filled with photos showing extant attire, with intricate details and sample patterns that can be recreated to scale, this book examines how maternity clothes were constructed, provides historical context, and aids readers in designing their own maternity garments. Each chapter includes examples of commonly worn maternity styles from a number of regions of the English-speaking world, with information from the United States, Britain, Australia, and Canada. The book concludes with a chapter on historically accurate underpinnings from the 17th century to the present day. A History of Maternity Wear: Design, Patterns, and Construction is written for costume professionals looking to research historically accurate characters and costumes for production, as well as fashion historians and costume enthusiasts.

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A History of Maternity Wear: Design, Patterns, and Construction 1st Edition is written by Lydia Semler; Jana Hill; Ilea Magdelina Bonner and published by Focal Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for A History of Maternity Wear are 9781000957495, 1000957497 and the print ISBNs are 9781032440842, 1032440848. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781032440859, 9781003370369, 9781000957471.