Best Books on Sewing + Fashion Industry

Our comprehensive guide to the best sewing and fashion industry books available at the Central Library of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library, from the basements to the business section.  Read on for a  carefully curated selection of the best books by a library worker…

Sewing Basics in the Fine Arts Department 

DK The Sewing Book by Allison Smith

Sew Step by Step by Allison Smith

How to Machine Sew by Susie Johns

How to Use a Sewing Machine by Marie Clayton*

She Wears the Pants by Yuko Takada*

Fashion Design Course by Steven Faerm

Twinkle Sews by Wenlan Chia

Making Trousers for Men & Women by David Coffin

Couture Techniques by Fox Chapel

Basic Black by Soto Watanabe

Pattern Making Templates by Alice Prier

In Intimate Detail by Cora Harrington

Sleeves: A Treasury of Ideas by Louise Cope

Fashion Industry in Business, Science and Technology 

How to Set Up and Run a Fashion Label by Toby Meadows

The Fashion Designer Survival Guide by Mary Gehlhar 

Start Your Own Clothing Store by Julie Miller

The Fashion File: Advice From the Costume Designer of Mad Men by Janie Bryant

The Dangling Scissors by Maria Zehren

Style and Subculture in Social Science and History

Fashions of a Decade: The 1920s by Jacqueline Harold

The Anthropology of Dress and Fashion by Brent Luvaas

Style Tribes: The Fashion of Subcultures by Caroline Young

Don't forget, we have one of our three basements entirely dedicated to bound collections of old magazines, including Vogue from the 1900's and onward!

*This item is unavailable through EPFL, but can be requested through Marina