How to tailor a woman's and man's suit, step by step. Thanks to his skills inherited from the top Parisian tailors, Yukio Kakita helps comprehend the sensitivity behind the techniques for making a suit. Follow his step-by-step explanations to understand how cuts andshapes, reinforced by the inside structure, can express your desires and take you from ready-to-wear to Luxury Womens wear to Bespoke men’s suits and thus discover ... The Art of Tailoring. ABOUT THE AUTHOR After spending many years working for high end fahion brands, Yukio Kakita now manages his own tailoring workshop in Tokyo where he also teaches men gaments at ESMOD. More than a master, this great teacher knows how to guide tailoring apprentices towards success in his book ""The Art of Tailoring"" (ESMOD Editions).

Tailoring is the complete photo guide to sewing jackets and coats. Written by sewing professionals, this book teaches the trusted, proven methods for sewing tailored jackets with impeccable details and perfect fit. Written for the intermediate sewer who wants to move on to more challenging projects, this book ensures success with detailed, step-by-step instructions, more than 400 photos, in-depth discussions about products and how to use them. Tailoring offers guidance for every aspect of tailoring a jacket: fitting and pattern alteration, fabrics and tools, interfacings, interlinings, seams and finishes, hand stitches, collars, pressing, topstitching, shaping shoulders, setting in sleeves, sewing pockets, vents, and making perfect buttonholes.

Welcome to the wonderful art of tailoring. In this book, you will find the skills needed to master your craft and run a profitable sewing business. If you have the slightest sewing skills, you can learn the trade of tailoring to make money full time or part time or just altering garments for yourself. This book teaches you step-by-step skills of how to master each altering task to make garments look professional. The same skills that I teach in this book are the mastered skills I used to own and run several alteration shops in my twenty-five-year career. The skills are written in simple form, so you can understand the tasks clearly. Many books out there you have to read so much unnecessary writing to get to the real how to do task. This book gets right to each task and explains tailoring clearly, so you can read it and start making money with a little practice right away. I have never seen a book that is written as simple and as straightforward as this book. You will be so proud of yourself after reading this book and the knowledge you have gained in tailoring. This book not only explains the alteration task, but it offers inside tips that only someone working in the trade can give. It will explain simple tips that will also bring in more income just knowing them. Once you read this exceptional book, it will also explain how to deal with customers the professional way. When you apply your skills from this book correctly, you will have clients coming to you year after year for your expert service. The skills you will learn here will help you to define your sewing knowledge and with practice earn money. This book will help you to become self-sufficient in earning your own living and becoming more in control of your own destiny.

Bestselling author Claire Shaeffer teaches you everything you need to know to plan and sew the perfect jacket. Based on couture techniques learnt from master tailors, this book begins with the equipment, materials, design elements, and sewing and construction techniques used in all types of tailoring. Part Two provides an illustrated step-by-step guide to making a couture jacket, explaining all the design options and alternative methods for making every element including collars, sleeves and pockets. Couture Tailoring includes over 800 step-by-step illustrations throughout, over 200 photographs of couture jackets by Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and more than 100 couture tips. Any aspiring tailor must have this book in their fashion library.

Since its first publication, Classic Tailoring Techniques for Menswear has been the authoritative resource for custom hand tailoring production. Providing in-depth, step-by-step instructions for the processes required by bespoke and couture-level manufacturing, this book retains its value and relevance for young and established tailors alike. Continuing this great tradition, the third edition introduces new discussions of traditional tailoring processes in the industry and highlights the value of hand-crafted construction in the context of environmentally-sustainable design. New to this Edition: - Learning Objectives let you know what you'll learn in each chapter - New Tricks of the Trade feature offers helpful tips - End of chapter discussion questions help you test your knowledge of the chapter concepts - A new, extended Glossary and Key Terms throughout emphasize a renewed focus on essential vocabulary STUDIO Features Include: - Download additional student exercises to practice newly learned skills - Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary Instructor Resources Include: - The Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom - PowerPoint® presentations include images from the book and provide a framework for lecture and discussion