Making Vintage 1930s Clothes for Women, Paperback

Explores the history and context of 1930s clothing styles, cuts, and designers, to give a full understanding of how fabric was manipulated to create figure-hugging silhouettes. Takes 10 examples of 1930s garments ranging from a lingerie set to a heavy coat, to create a 1930s-inspired capsule collection, and explains how they can be reproduced or reinterpreted.

Ciara Phipps is the curatorial manager at Southend Museums Service. She works extensively with the dress and textiles collection, and specializes in historic swimwear and exhibition curation. Claire Reed is the conservator at Southend Museums Service, working extensively across all collections. She previously worked as a theatrical costumier and seamstress, and also spent many years working as a self-employed wedding dressmaker.