History of Maternity Wear

<p><em>A History of Maternity Wear: Design Patterns and Construction</em> explores pregnancy clothing worn throughout the decades providing historical information images and patterns.</p><p>Filled with photos showing extant attire with intricate details and sample patterns that can be recreated to scale this book examines how maternity clothes were constructed provides historical context and aids readers in designing their own maternity garments. Each chapter includes examples of commonly worn maternity styles from a number of regions of the English-speaking world with information from the United States Britain Australia and Canada. The book concludes with a chapter on historically accurate underpinnings from the 17th century to the present day.</p><p><i>A History of Maternity Wear: Design Patterns and Construction </i>is written for costume professionals looking to research historically accurate characters and costumes for production as well as fashion historians and costume enthusiasts.</p>