The Modern Maker: Men's 17th Century Doublets

This is an outstanding book for it's research and ability to demonstrate a project.However, it's print quality and layout are not quite A-materials. More of a B+.I know how difficult it can be to self publish, but one should be extra aware of how unfairly a self published author must be the height of perfection. The choices of photos too sometimes don't really demonstrate the step he is describing.I was also hoping for more. Bravo To Gnagy. I'm sorry Amazon won't let me give him an extra half star: this is really a 4.5! book. If you care about the clothing of the period, you need this book.

This is a must have for anyone doing historic costuming, and those who do modern tailoring will take away a treasure of insights as well. I've been sewing for a year and was able to follow the techniques in this book and come out with great results. Buttonholes! The period tape method of measuring a form and coming up with a custom pattern was spot on with only a few alterations (shoulder slope and sleeve preference). If you want to up your game in tailoring, get this book and study up.

Great color photos, laid out well and easy to follow. Great tool to learn how to make button-holes and buttons! I'm so glad I bought it! If you want to make a costume for late-period SCA or for a more historically accurate costume for Ren-faire, this book is for you. Shows you how to PROPERLY hand sew a garment, not just whip something together but to re-enforce and shape a garment so that it will last for years with proper care.

I used this title yo help recreate Tudor style clothing using the Tudor measurement system. Although the measurement system is a bit involved, it does make wonderfully fitting garments.

Historically informative, this book covers the creation of a doublet, all the work done by hand in as period a fashion as possible with notes on how to alter to different but periodly similar styles. I think that perhaps the most delightful part is that the entire project in all of its wonderfully documented detail is done by a man and for a man. The insight of a male perspective on wearing and creating is invaluable and an unexpected bonus. I can't wait to work on some of these projects.

Detailed visuals how to make men's 17th century doublets are wonderful! Highly recommend this book to those constructing and sewing doublets from this time period. I purchased Mathew Gnagy Volume II as well.

This is a fantastic book. The research is great and the instructions are really good. It would be worth the money just for the buttonhole instructions (for some reason I could never find good instructions for doing a buttonhole by hand) but there's so much more there. It's hard to find a book on historical costume that gives you in depth information on how clothes were originally made and how to do it yourself. This book does just that. I think both experienced and novice sewers alike will get a lot out of this book.

OMG! This book is to die for for anybody making menswear of the period. Mathew Gnagy has done a fantastic job of making it understandable for even the folks who are not Professional seamstresses! The photos are fantastic as well. So much information is contained between the covers of this book, a must have for a costumers library.

I am a reenactor..that is all that needs to be said

What a brilliant book, Mathew's attention to detail is priceless. I have learnt so many little tricks reading this in the past 24 hours which will improve all my historical sewing. The book gives a very good over view of tailoring, no detail is overlooked. There are a lot of period costume books on the market but this is worth adding to your collection. I look forward to future volumes

This is a fantastic book the detail that has gone into it is brilliant, well worth getting.

Das Buch "The Modern Maker: Men's 17th Century Doublets" ist ein sehr umfangreiches Werk zum historisch korrekten Schneidern von Oberteilen des 17. Jahrhunderts. Anders als Werke wie der Todor Tailor werden bei diesem Buch genau erklärt, wie ein Schneider des 17. Jahrhunderts ein Schnittmuster erstellt hat, und wie diese Technik noch heute zu replizieren ist.Der Autor ist Maßschneider und Modehistoriker - das merkt man im positiven Sinne. Hier gibt es eine volle Kaufempfehlung.

Nous espérons que ce cadeau fera plaisir car nous avons chercher un beau cadeau et nous aimons bien.Allez au travail maintenant ce n'est pas les idées qui manquent.