I wrote a book titled _After a Fashion:  How to Reproduce, Restore, and
Wear Vintage Styles_.  It covers making authentic reproductions of
men's and women's styles from the 12th century through the 1920s.  It
includes researching and planning a costume; choosing fabrics and
trims; and using and altering modern reproduction patterns, scale drafts
of period garments, and vintage patterns.  There is an extensive
bibliography and list of mail-order suppliers.  The book is an 8 1/2" x
11" quality paperback with 352 pages and 147 new line drawings.  It is
available from Lavolta Press, 20 Meadowbrook Drive, San Francisco, CA
94132.  The price is $35 + sales tax for California residents + $3.50
shipping.  There are wholesale terms for multiple-copy orders from
bookstores, museum shops, libraries, etc.

Frances Grimble