This newest addition to the Victoria and Albert Museum s series on historical dress patterns presents full instructions for the making of men s historical garments in a technically accurate, visually exciting, step-by-step format. The book delves into the intricate detail of the techniques involved in historical tailoring and dressmaking. Scale patterns, precise construction diagrams, an abundance of informative details, and x-ray photographs that reveal the hidden structure of each piece are accompanied by color photography of the whole garment. Edited by the world's leading authorities on historical tailoring, Patterns of Men's Dress 1600 1630 surveys the masculine wardrobe in England during the early seventeenth century. It features twelve chapters, each dedicated to one garment, including an ensemble of doublet and breeches, three doublets, a cloak, a hat, a night cap and a night-cap liner, a picadil, a pair of mittens, a sword girdle and hangers, and a linen stocking. Chapters on tailoring, dressing and inventories of men's dress provide key historical context. Like its predecessors, this book promises to be a unique resource for costume designers, dress and social historians, students, and fashion enthusiasts alike

• Men's wardrobes, 1600-30
• Claire Thornton
• Melanie Braun : Doublet of slashed silk satin ; Slashed silk satin trunk hose with canions
• Jenny Tiramani
• Jenny Tiramani
• Luca Costigliolo
• Claire Thornton
• Luca Costigliolo
• Luca Costigliolo
• Claire Thornton
• Susan North
• Jenny Tiramani
• Susan North Clothing terms
• Dressing men, c.1600-30
• Tailoring the doublet
• Sewing stitches
• Embroidery stitches
• The patterns
• Green silk velvet doublet, 1600-10 / Sir Rowland Cotton's suit, c.1618 / Sword girdle and hangers, c.1618 / Crimson silk grosgrain doublet, c.1620 / Slashed doublet of stamped ivory silk satin, 1625-30 / Embroidered silk damask cloak, c.1560-1600 / Felt hat, 1590-1620 / Silk satin picadil, 1600-20 / Embroidered linen nightcap, 1600-25 / Linen nightcap liner, 1600-80 / Crimson silk velvet mittens with embroidered tops, c.1600 / Embroidered linen stocking, 1590-1630 /