Bias-cut Dressmaking is the best easy-to-follow guide to bias-cut
clothes. It provides step-by-step instructions and diagrams for making
over 40 items of clothing that are cut on the bias. The bias-cut
technique is used by designers for cutting clothing to utilize the
greater stretch in the bias or diagonal direction of the fabric. This
allows the fabric to accentuate body lines and curves and drape softly.
Bias-cut garments were an important feature of the designs of Madeleine
Vionnet in the 1920s and 1930s but are now timeless.
This classic text on the subject includes making skirts, dresses,
trousers, eveningwear and even lingerie. You can make a halterneck
evening dress, a cowl-necked shift dress, palazzo pants, bias-cut
culottes, a cowl camisole, a strapless evening dress or a slightly
flared bias skirt.
The text is clearly written and laid out, making the beauty and the
comfort of bias-cut clothing accessible to those not overly familiar
with this type of dressmaking, including fashion students and amateur
dressmakers.