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MEASUREMENTS DATABASE
A few small books in the Tirocchi
archival material contained client measurements.
Each client who came into the shop to have a
garment made or altered to fit would have had a
series of standard measurements taken. Bust,
waist, hip, neck, armhole, and bicep (or 'muscle')
established circumference at vital fitting points.
Length was measured from neck to waist (back and
front), waist to desired hemline, and full length
(shoulder to hem). Additional measurements were
often taken that enabled a more precise fit for a
specific style of garment. The evidence of
measurements taken (or not taken) helps us
understand the evolution of style. For instance,
waist measurements were rarely noted in the book
dated 1927, when it was the fashion for dresses to
fall straight from the bust to the
hips.
The
database contains measurement records for the
years 1927 - 1933, with a few from 1936. Some
clients were measured several times during this
period, and their records can be browsed and
compared.
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