Corset Cutting and Making contains 19 historical corset patterns and 1 brassiere pattern dating from 1900 to 1920. These historical corset patterns are a goldmine of unusual styles and shapes, ranging from fashionable corsets, to maternity and nursing, athletic and equestrian corsets.The corset patterns include:Nine Edwardian straight-front style corsets, aka S-bend, dated 1900-1907;One pre-World War 1 long line style corset, dated 1911-1912;Five World War 1 era corsets, including one for factory workers, dated 1914-1918;One 1920s athletic corset;Three Children’s waists, dated 1890-1920.These patterns have not been drafted from museum examples, but are drafted from patterns which were published pre-1923. Each pattern is accompanied by a short historical background, construction information and examples gathered from historical catalogs. "I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that this is the best book on corsetmaking since Norah Waugh's Corsets & Crinolines.The patterns are extremely detailed, and the supplementary material is excellent. It's not a hand-holding book, but the combination of original period materials with modern commentary is perfectly balanced. The research is both clear and simple enough for the corset novice to learn from, and in-depth enough for the corset expert to learn from.If you have any interest in corsetry, or in first-quarter-of-the-20th-century fashion, buy this book. You will not regret it." - thedreamstress.com