The little black dress - review

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The little black dress is written by Simon Henry. The beautiful, large book is about the little black dress and offers sewing patterns and many instructions. It is informative and a nice coffee table book.

The versatile little black dress
No woman in the world should be without a little black dress! And that's an understatement...
The little black dress is always chic, always classy and ideal for styling for different occasions: an evening party, a formal business-meeting or just a nice casual day. Add some accessories, handbags, a coat, shoes or boots or combine it with sneakers. Everything is possible and timeless beautiful.

But where to find a little black dress that really fits?
Here you have the answer: make one yourself! A tailor-made Little Black Dress  ('LBD') could be yours.
The back page of the book promises it is possible even though you do not have any experience with sewing. Expert dressmaker Simon Henry will guide you through the process of making the perfect little black dress.

Do you need any sewing experience?
Unfortunately we do not agree with the book about the required sewing-level. It takes some knowledge of sewing and some experience in cutting the pattern, shaping it on a dressform and sewing your own tailor-made little black dress.

But we agree everything about the great guide the book offers. The pictures of the instructions are loud and clear. The drawings are perfect and the back ground information is really very nice.

All the other photographs of the book are stunning and the layout of the whole book is really worth every penny.

We definitely recommend this book. But make sure it will not be your first project, otherwise it probably won't work. Unless you are really very talented.

Good!

• The book is informative and very useful.
  
• Lots of information and instructions.
  
• Advanced sewing techniques explained, some basics as well.
  
• Lot's of extra detail to finishing and fit technique.
  
• Beautiful photographs.
  
• Beautiful styling.
  

A little less good:

• Although it claims to be perfect for a beginner, we recommend you should at least have some experience with sewing.
  
• You need a lot of advanced sewing materials like a dressform, an overlocker, a rouleau hook and a designers square. These materials  are often used by advanced seamstress who have been sewing for years.
  

Good luck! We are sure wyou will create a perfect-fitting LBD and would like to see the results. Feel free to send photos of your creation!

Model: Marga van der Vet, Photography: Erik Bolding (The Netherlands)