1940s Czech Fashion and Pattern-Cutting Manual with Colour Plates

Kadrnka & Kadrnková-Weissová – Technika střihů [The Technique of Pattern Cutting]

proporční soustava pro dámské a pánské odívání. Dámské vydání [The Technique of Pattern Cutting: A Proportional System of Body Measurement for Women’s and Men’s Clothing. Women’s Edition]. Brno: J. Kadrnková-Weissová, [ca. 1947]. Third, newly arranged and expanded edition. Large folio (34.5 × 24.5 cm). 142 pp. Original metal spiral binding with printed card covers. Numerous technical diagrams and full-page fashion illustrations, many printed in colour.
An elaborate Czech professional manual of women’s tailoring, dressmaking, and pattern construction. It presents the Kadrnka proportional cutting system through detailed measurements, calculations, instructions, and full-page pattern diagrams. The designs, numbered 701–748, encompass coats, suits, dresses, blouses, skirts, trousers, sportswear, ski trousers, and children’s clothing. The colour plates offer an extensive record of Czech fashion immediately after the Second World War.