1920 Fall-Winter Fashions for Women
The information is 85 years old. It is like having a dressmaker from the 1920's standing by your side and giving you first hand knowledge - not a modern interpretation. She will describe the styles, materials, colors and techniques necessary to make genuine 1920's dresses.
Introduction
The Woman's Institute Fashion Service is dedicated to members of the Woman's
Institute who are studying the subject of dressmaking and
designing. Its purpose is to serve by giving current fashions
with a key to their development through accompanying text.
Two numbers, the Fall-and-Winter Service and the Spring-and-Summer Service, will be presented to every Woman's
Institute dressmaking student whose record shows her to be
interested and eager for advancement.
Once the principles of design, which include color, line, and fabric, and of construction, which include cutting, fitting, and finishing, are understood, beautiful garments will result. This book comes to you as an aid to this desired goal. Read the text of every page and reason out the why of every illustration and description that your comprehension of designing and construction may be enlarged and your appreciation made more acute.
For the rest, the hope is that the book, with its counsel, will prove helpful in planning and developing your own clothes for the seasons just approaching.
Two numbers, the Fall-and-Winter Service and the Spring-and-Summer Service, will be presented to every Woman's
Institute dressmaking student whose record shows her to be
interested and eager for advancement.
Once the principles of design, which include color, line, and fabric, and of construction, which include cutting, fitting, and finishing, are understood, beautiful garments will result. This book comes to you as an aid to this desired goal. Read the text of every page and reason out the why of every illustration and description that your comprehension of designing and construction may be enlarged and your appreciation made more acute.
For the rest, the hope is that the book, with its counsel, will prove helpful in planning and developing your own clothes for the seasons just approaching.
