Originally Posted by
KLO
That is a heck of an interesting system. Looks like a "one size fits all" setup. Measure yourself, move the "bars" for those measurements, then you have your pattern. What a great idea that was back in the day .... and maybe even now. I am so fascinated by this system for some reason.
It is amazing. The issue was that in the day a Tailor would be paid 5 times what a Seamstress was paid, even though the mans suit was actually a simpler process. The inventor was offended by this disparigy that she made this system to try to make it so that a Seamstress could compete with a Tailor. The other idea was that a woman could even send in measurements and get a dress in return without ever having to "go to the city" to get one.
These are really cool. and they work.