ZARAPKAR SYSTEM OF CUTTING
 

This book is little known in the US but a staple of flat pattern making in India (post-Raj) so it has a wonderful and very useful combination of Indian national dress jackets, dresses, pants and all the 'saree' blouses along with proper British frocks, men's coats (including corpulent), slacks and a dressing gown -- like Cary Grant or George Clooney in the movies.  It also includes children's styles!  The book is packed with lots of sleeve and collar styles and it also has a basic block pattern for Kameez with variations -- it's a like a street length tunic with inserts and yokes -- very flattering.  One of the best things is an ingenious way of cutting bias Chudidar pants (the Indian ones that are skinny on the calves) from a bias bag.  This is a drafting book which means that you are working from custom measurements but the drafting instructions are of the quicker variety with good diagrams for speedy pattern making.

Perfect bound paperback. 208 pages  5.5" x 8.5"