Vintage 1972 Soviet Book: Modeling & Design of Women's Clothing – Litvina | Tsar to Soviet Books

Vintage 1972 Soviet Fashion Design Manual: "Modeling Women's & Children's Clothing"

For fashion historians, patternmakers, and collectors of Soviet design literature, this 1972 original Soviet hardcover textbook is an essential technical guide. Published in Moscow by Legkaya Industriya (Издательство «Легкая индустрия»), Modeling and Artistic Design of Women's and Children's Clothing (Моделирование и художественное оформление женской и детской одежды) was co-authored by L. M. Litvina, I. S. Leonidova, and L. F. Turchanovskaya.

Approved by the Ministry of Light Industry of the USSR for technical apparel colleges, this 392-page edition features 369 figures detailing retro 1970s tailoring methodologies.

Soviet Garment Modeling, Pattern Alteration & Mass Production

This manual provides exhaustive instructions across theory, hands-on draping, and industrial garment production:

• Principles of Fashion Composition: Analysis of silhouette forms, structural lines, color relationships, and garment ensembles (ансамбль).

• Technical Pattern Modeling (Наколка): Step-by-step schematics for drafting and altering bodices, dart manipulations, sleeve seams, collar designs, and skirt gathers.

• Industrial & Children's Fashion: Designing functional, aesthetic apparel suited for factory mass production alongside specialized tailoring for children's age brackets.

• 369 Technical Diagrams: Packed with detailed line drawings, mannequin manipulation guides, and early 1970s fashion sketches.

Complete Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Моделирование и художественное оформление женской и детской одежды

• Authors: L. M. Litvina (Л. М. Литвина), I. S. Leonidova (И. С. Леонидова), L. F. Turchanovskaya (Л. Ф. Турчановская)

• Publisher: "Legkaya Industriya" Publishing House (Москва)

• Publication Date: 1972 (2nd Edition, USSR)

• Language: Russian

• Binding: Original publisher's cloth-backed hardcover, illustrated paper boards

• Page Count: 392 pages (369 figures)

• Classification: Soviet Fashion History / Garment Modeling / Vintage Pattern Drafting

Condition & Preservation Report

• Exterior Condition: Hardcover boards show natural shelf wear along extremities and light surface age-toning. Dark cloth spine is firm and intact.

• Binding Integrity: Firm, square, and tight text block with sturdy hinges.

• Page & Diagram Quality: Interior text pages and pattern diagrams are clean and completely legible, showing uniform light cream age-toning. Free from marginal notation, underlining, or library markings.