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The Practical Guide To Patternmaking For Fashion Designers: Menswear

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I am so glad I bought this book. I do patternmaking for a living and this book answers questions I have had for a long time and never seen answered anywhere else. It contains standard body measurements for men's sizes from 34 and up for short, regular and tall. Most patternmaking books only deal in drafting misses patterns. This gives the measurements for mens pants, shirt, and jackets. It was worth every cent! I would recommend it for the experienced patternmaker as well as a beginner. A reference book you will want to keep forever.

I bought this book by virtue it was for menswear. I am a theatrical tailor and normally drape suits, and use commercial patterns as slopers. At university, I had trouble with flat patterning.
This book has altered my opinion of flatpattern work. I love it. I recommend it. The instructions are pretty clear; there were only one or two places that I really had to reread, and look more closely at the illustrations. Great, great book.

I have been trying to find a decent book that deals solely with menswear pattern design and I found it with this book. Many others I have from before were very difficult to use as the instructions were very minimal if any at all at times. This manual has excellent illustrations & instructions to make someone who may have never taken a course a good understanding in how to manipulate a men's pattern or create one with an easier understanding.

This book has good illustrations and flats, it studies the garments and shows how to go from beginning to end;it shows how to alter and change the designs to your own desire; i have used it and it helped me out creating my senior thesis at parsons school of design; recommended to all of those who want to learn patternmaking or study fashion design

Detailed, yet understandable text describes design of men's fashion from making sloper to final pattern-making. Describes use of pattern-making tools.

Spiral binding has held up so far under hard use.

I am a tailor and I purchased this book to train my new employees on the basics of suit pattern making. It is great literature for them to take home and continually study. I would recommend this to anyone wanting to learn to make a suit, slacks or shirts.

In the very first chapters a lot of useful information is presented, and a the reader is given a good insight on the fashion industry and the role of patternmaking. Then you're given a list of tools you'll need to begin your own patternmaking and from there on out you should be set with this book as your guide. I've also purchased the women's book and it looks like it will be just as helpful, but one thing at a time...

A serious text book type for aspiring designers. I bought this book simply to make clothes for myself as there is not much out there for men. 99.9% commercial patterns are for women and the 0.1% patterns for men are 80's redux with batwing sleeves and over sized shoulders. So far, I have used the book to make a block pattern for my own body. It's quite easy if you put your mind to it and reread the instructions. I must admit that this book is not suitable for amateurs. Having learned to sew from my mother since I was a preschooler must've helped me understand the term and techniques better as I did not go to fashion school. I am hoping to be the next Ennio Capasa (Costume National) someday, who knows?

Good detailed instructions for certain projects. Give useful tips for certain processes. Provides general pattern info. Images and sketches are good to reference.

This book is a must have for anyone trying to save money by making your own clothes. I am an fashion design student and this book has really opened my eyes in the way that I design and then sew men's clothes.