A fully-lined double-breasted habit made in black cord based upon the "Ladies' Tailor Suit" from The Voice of Fashion, volume X, No. 39, Winter 1896 as reprinted in the Dover Publication 59 Authentic Turn-of-the-Century Fashion Patterns, by Kristina Harris, Dover Publications 1994.
The following Simplicity Patterns pieces were used
as the starting base for modifications:
Simplicity 8375 -- skirt and
sleeve pieces
Simplicity "New Look" 6733
-- jacket body and collar pieces.
Consultation books were:
The Direct System of Ladies
Cutting 1897, by T.H. Holding, R.L. Publishing 1997
Victorian and Edwardian Fashions
from "La Mode Illustree," Edited by JoAnne Olian, Dover
Publications 1998
English Women's Clothing in
the Nineteenth Century, C. Willett Cunnington, Dover Publications
1990
Unmentionables were made using:
Ladies Victorian Underwear #100
Corsets,etc, Patterns, by Laughing Moon Mercantile
Edwardian Underthings, Folkwear
Patterns
