{"id":1404,"date":"2024-08-06T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:28:56","slug":"standard-processes-in-dressmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/standard-processes-in-dressmaking","title":{"rendered":"Standard Processes in Dressmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Standard-Processes-in-Dressmaking-COVER-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1406\" width=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Standard-Processes-in-Dressmaking-COVER-717x1024.jpg 717w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Standard-Processes-in-Dressmaking-COVER-210x300.jpg 210w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Standard-Processes-in-Dressmaking-COVER-768x1097.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Standard-Processes-in-Dressmaking-COVER-1075x1536.jpg 1075w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Standard-Processes-in-Dressmaking-COVER-1434x2048.jpg 1434w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Standard-Processes-in-Dressmaking-COVER-scaled.jpg 1792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Standard Processes in Dressmaking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>by Alison Kurke<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Standard Processes in Dressmaking<\/em>&nbsp;is a collaged altered book by nine members of the International Collage Community. Using E. Lucy Towers&#8217;s iconic, 1948 instruction manual as a point of departure, artists added fragments to the pages of the book as a means of exploring womanhood and fashion. The result is a collaborative meditation on how the clothes we wear shape identity, meaning, and place in the world. Project lead, Alison Kurke, notes, &#8220;We subverted her dressmaking strictures, narrow rules of structure and construction.&#8221; The altered book is an example of how the International Collage Community operates through project-based collaboration that transcends borders. Participating artists include Carol White (Ireland), Doroth\u00e9e Mesander (Greece), Lisa Sheets (United States), Katie Blake (United States), Sabine Remy (Germany), Susanna Lakner (Germany), Anna Cromwell (United Kingdom), Eve Cromwell (United Kingdom), and Alison Kurke (United Kingdom &amp; Italy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bigcartel.com\/product_images\/379389096\/Dressmaking3.jpg?auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;h=1000&amp;w=1000\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>E. Lucy Towers was a First Class Diplom\u00e9e of the Training College of Domestic Subjects, London, in Dressmaking, Needlework, Tailoring, and Millinery. She was formerly a Lecturer in Dressmaking and Needlework at The Polytechnic, Regent Street, and at Chelsea Polytechnic, London. Her first book,&nbsp;<em>Standard Processes in Dressmaking<\/em>, was originally published by the University of London Press in 1948 and had its eleventh printing in 1976. Her sequel,&nbsp;<em>Techniques of Dressmaking and Soft Tailoring<\/em>, was published by the University of London Press in 1968. With Helen Lewis, she published&nbsp;<em>Basic Pattern-Cutting Folders for Dressmaking<\/em>, Nos. 1-6, in 1954, also by the University of London Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong><br><em>Standard Processes in Dressmaking<\/em><br>by Alison Kurke<br>124 pages; 10&#8243;x7&#8243;; perfect bound<br>ISBN 978-1-927587-70-6<br>Published by Kolaj Institute and Maison Kasini Canada, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purchase the book in US dollars&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.kasinihouseartshop.com\/product\/standard-processes-in-dressmaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<br>Purchase the book in Canadian dollars&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.kolajmagazine.com\/product\/standard-processes-in-dressmaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Kolaj Institute<br \/>\nMaison Kasini Canada &#038; Kolaj Institute, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Standard-Processes-in-Dressmaking-COVER-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8O04t-mE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1489,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions\/1489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}