If it comes to that, I revived four different 19th- and early
20th-century apportioning scale systems in my books Fashions of the
Gilded Age (Heinrich Klemm's system), Bustle Fashions 1885-1887 and
Directoire Revival Systems 1888-1889 (the first version of William
Goldsberry's system), The Voice of Fashion (the second version of
William Goldsberry's system), and The Edwardian Modiste (Jonathan
Nelson's system). I also did research into early 19th-century pattern
drafting for The Lady's Stratagem and described some techniques there.
But, although I enjoy doing the research and have done more than I have
published, there is not a lot of commercial value in it. Publishing
patterns yes; the research per se, no.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress
On 1/26/2012 2:36 PM, Wicked Frau wrote:
I don't know if this counts, but a number of years ago, a fellow from (I
think) a Missouri Opera company 'revived' a system used in the 19th
century. The guy called it the Sartor system. I think he self published
it. It isn't really a historical study, but it might be of interest.
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