High Fashion Sewing Secrets from the World's Best Designers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Sewing Stylish Seams, Buttonholes, Pockets, Collars, Hems, And More (Rodale Sewing Book)

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Author: Claire B. Shaeffer
ISBN: 1579544150
Number of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2001-02-24
Publisher: Rodale Books

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If you want your notched collars to lie smoothly like Ellen Tracy's, your pants zippers to be as invisibly fused with the inseam pocket as Giorgio Armani's, and your topstitched facings to have the impeccable look of Chanel, this is the book to have. Home sewers need and want exactly the kind of painstaking construction tips that Claire B. Shaeffer provides. She not only tells you how to add designer details such as those mentioned above, but also how to copy any garment, alter a sleeve, change seams to darts or folds (or vice versa), and make a basic pattern. This is one of the best intermediate sewing guides on the market.

Book Description
Internationally known sewing expert Claire Schaeffer reveals the secrets of high-fashion legends such as Geoffrey Beene, Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Liz Claiborne, and Calvin Klein. Claire's illustrated, step-by-step instructions let you duplicate the design details made famous in expensive ready-to-wear. Plus, Claire's timesaving patternmaking and copying methods can be used to create one-of-a-kind, original garments.

Only a few simple tools and patternmaking skills are needed to copy your favorite garments.

Customer Reviews (27 total reviews)

textile artist
by Customer A1JKX6OJAWJABB at August 07th, 2008
This is a wonderful resource for anybody wishing to raise the quality of the garments they are producing. It is clear and easy to follow

this is the one
by Customer AQIJTDRFT105F at May 23rd, 2008
If you're going to buy one sewing book, this is the one! It is packed with useful and ... (read more)

Excellent for the High Fashion Designer
by Customer A3SMT15X2QVUR8 at March 21st, 2008
This book is filled with information and great sewing techniques so that no matter what you make, it will fit... but it won't just fit, it will fit as if you had it custom made by Chanel. There are lots of secrets that make sewing seem like a snap.

I've been sewing for years, and I love the book.

comperhensive but hard to read
by Customer A1FK7AVOREKZXW at March 03rd, 2008
I admit I haven't read much of it. Just skimmed through it. It's just quite hard to read...too technical (good for those who like things technical ..I"m a more visual person) and too much information in one seating. But it's worthwhile to take time to study it once I've got more time on my hand.

I am torn on this book
by Customer A24YSRIURKGEJ2 at September 24th, 2007
It does have some great tips, and instructions on copying clothes etc. but one cannot deny that ... (read more)

great idea book
by Customer A2BD4U6N5JURER at July 27th, 2007
The book is good. The service fast. -just not exactly what I had expected for the type of book.

If you're still learning about sewing - BUY This book
by Customer A3QBKUGWM947YE at March 30th, 2007
There's a lot of books out thee - but if you're still learning a lot of the more advanced tricks - ... (read more)

Wow!
by Customer A8F0JFB4YCSI3 at March 17th, 2007
This book packs in so many tips and techniques! The author could have written 10 books with all ... (read more)

Pretty Good Stuff
by Customer AN77A02ME9W57 at March 09th, 2007
This book is much more basic than Shaeffer's Couture book, and some of the style and design ... (read more)

Advanced tips for non-advanced sewers
by Customer A3SZFYYX8RKFIJ at January 10th, 2007
I wouldn't bother with this book if you're at all an experienced stitcher or designer.
It's a bit dated and I didn't get anything new from it.