Contemporary Books on Vintage Sewing and Designing:
"Vincent's Systems of Cutting all kinds of Tailor-Made Garments" By W. D. F. Vincent 1903 (reprint 1991 by R. L. Shep)
"Ladies' Tailor-Made Garments" By S. S. Gordon 1908 (reprint 1993 by Lacis Publications)
"Lippincott's Home Manuals - Clothing for Women" By Laura I. Baldt, Instructor at Columbia University 1916 (original)
"Parisian Ladies' Tailoring System" By A. Z. Zeisler 1917 (reprint 2009 by Gnosis International Inc.)
"First Steps in Dressmaking - Essential Stitches and Seams, Easy Garment Making, and Individualizing Tissue Patterns" in one volume, By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1922,1927, 1926 (original)
"Sewing Materials - Development of Textiles, Cotton, Linens, Wools, Silks and Laces" By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1923 (original)
"Home Sewing" By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1923 (original)
"Drafting and Pattern Designing) By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1924 (reprint 1994 by Lacis Publications)
"Harmony in Dress" By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1924 (original)
"Hats and How to Make Them" By Virginia C. Patty, Professor in Home Economics, University of Washington in Seattle 1925 (reprint 2008 by Bramcost Publications)
"Designing and Planing Clothes" By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1925 (reprint 2008 by Bramcost Publications)
"Tailored Garments" By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1925 (original)
"Underwear and Lingerie, Part One and Part Two" By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1925, 1926 (original)
"Draping and Designing with Scissors and Cloth" By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1926 (reprint 2008 by Bramcost Publications)
"Millinery" By Jane Loewen, millinery instructor at the University of Chicago 1926 (reprint 2008 by Bramcost Publications)
"Children's and Maternity Garments" By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1927 (original)
"Art of Dressmaking" By The Butterick Publishing Co. 1927 (original)
"Dressmaking, Perfection in Details - Trimming and Finishing" By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1927, 1928 (original)
"Cutting and Fitting" By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1928 (original)
"Decorative Stitches and Trimmings" By the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Inc. 1929 (original)
"Easy Ways to Pretty Frocks" By Clarks O.N.T Threads 1929 (reprint 2007 by Emailed Vintage Patterns)
"Practical Dress Design - Principles of Fitting and Pattern Making" By Mabel D. Erwin, Professor and Head of Department of Clothing and Textiles at the Texas Technological College 1933 (original)
Modern Books on Vintage and Historical Sewing and Designing:
"Corsets and Crinolines" By Norah Waugh 1954 (reprint 1996 by Routledge?Theater Arts Books)
"The Fashion Dictionary" By Mary Brooks Picken 1939, revised 1957, 1973 (original)
"French Hand Sewing" By Sharah Howard Stone 1981 (original)
"Paterns of Fashions 2" By Janet Arnold 1966 (reprint 1977 byMacmillian Publishers)
"Women's Wear of the 1920's with Complete Patterns" 1998 (original)
"The Great War - Styles and Patterns of the 1910's" By R. L. Shrep 1998 (original)
"Fashion in Costume 1200 - 2000" By Joan Nunn 2000 (original)
Source Books and Vintage Catalogs:
"Montgomery Ward & Co. Spring and Summer 1926" Catalog from Montomery Ward & Co. Chicago Ill. 1926 (original)
"Slenderizing Fashions for Stout Women and Misses Spring and Summer 1927" Catalog from Lane Bryant of New York 1927 (original)
"FASHION a History from the 18th Century to the 20th Century" in two volumes from the Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute 2005
"Everyday Fashions 1909 - 1920 As Pictured in Sears Catalogs" Edited by JoAnne Olian, Dover Publications 1995
"Everyday Fashions of the Twenties as Pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs" Edited by Stella Blum, Dover Publications 1981
"Fashion Sourcebooks - The 1920s" by John Peacock, Thames and Hudson Ltd 1997
"Bellas Hess & Co Summer Bargains 1920" catalog reprint by unknown publisher 2010
"Underwear - Fashion in Detail" by V & A Publishing, The Victoria and Albert Museum 2010
