Haume Couture Fashioned by Betty Sacker
- Editore:
VDM Verlag
- EAN:
9783639119282
- ISBN:
3639119282
- Pagine:
- 164
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Tedesco
Descrizione Haume Couture Fashioned by Betty Sacker
Barbara Burman's, ed. The Culture of Sewing: Gender,Consumption and Home Dressmaking addressed the largerissues of gender, consumption, and home dressmakingin England. As the first study of its kind, itinspired me to extend the field to examine the livesof American home dressmakers. I developed a four-partmodel: oral histories, observation, "An ArcheologicalDig in the Closet," artifacts and garments. Idocumented the anecdotes, stories, and folkloreembedded in the oral histories of my familyintertwined with the family of my high school homeeconomics teacher and her students. Betty Sacker'ssewing life began in the 1920s and spanned the periodwhen haute couture designs made their way intomiddle-class homes via commercial patterns andfabrics aimed at fashion-conscious American women,creating what I have entitled "Haume CoutureFashioned By Betty Sacker." Passionately written by awoman who sewed since age nine, Betty embodied theglamour and mystique of haume couture. The workrevealed the rich tapestry of the life of homedressmaker Betty Sacker, her family and students. Ihave found that everyone has a story aboutsewing--this is the every home dressmaker's story!
