COOL COUTURE: Construction Secrets for Runway Style

Kenneth D. King

Creative Publishing International, Inc., Minneapolis, USA

Year 2008

Pages 177

This is a home sewer’s guide to professional, designer-quality construction and finishing. The author provides step-by-step instruction in the basic, reliable techniques of classical couture. He provides his own shortcuts, careful instruction and advice to help home sewers of every level produce impeccable results. Each technique is presented with simple drawings and detailed step-by-step instruction. Photographs of the designer’s own couture garments and tight shots of fabrics and construction and decorative detail show the finished effects.