num_pages: 175
description: The most popular 1950s styles, from couture to everyday work clothes, ensembles, sportswear, lingerie, and evening dresses, plus toys, needlework, and gifts, are presented here in 550 color photographs of pattern envelopes from companies like Advance, Butterick, Hollywood, McCall, Simplicity, Vogue, and others. A wide array of pattern-related items is presented, including publications and advertising, display dolls, tools, and various forms of packaging. The pattern envelope illustrations are wonderful period drawings of '50s fashions. All who enjoy these great styles will find Blueprints of Fashion to be a refreshing approach and an important book on this growing field of interest.
language: English
title: Blueprints of Fashion: Home Sewing Patterns of 1950s
publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd