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).

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.

Traditional tailoring is a fascinating craft, which has not changed for many centuries, however, the techniques are now known only by a few practising in the best couture ateliers and bespoke tailor's workrooms. Nothing feels quite so luxurious or sophisticated as bespoke clothes, but the tailoring skills they require are often seen to be shrouded in mystery and the clothes therefore only accessible to the rich and famous. This practical book reveals the trade secrets of couture tailoring and brings vintage couture tailoring within the reach of all. With step-by-step photographs and professional tips throughout, it shows how a ladies' jacket is made and thereby introduces a range of fundamental tailoring techniques. These can be used for garments for either gender, as well as other sewing projects: moulding fabric to shape with the iron; employing loose interfacings; hollow shoulder construction; pad stitching canvas; interlining and weighting hems;making tailored and bound buttonholes;.... and many more forgotten techniques.Written by a tailor of international repute, Vintage Couture Tailoring is dedicated to all who appreciate the highest standard of craftsmanship, and who like using their eyes and hands to produce beautiful garments.Vintage couture tailoring is practised by only a few establishments around the world today and this practical book reveals the trade secrets of couture tailoring. An invaluable guide for professionals wishing to further their skills, and for enthusiasts with an interest in traditional tailoring. Shows how to make a ladies' jacket from preparation through to assembly and reveals the exquisite finishing details that are the hallmark of couture tailoring. Superbly illustrated with 417 colour step-by-step photographs.Thomas von Nordheim is a tailor of international repute.