Grading Techniques for Fashion Design Second Edition

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A very pleased customer.......2000-08-12

This book is not only an introduction to the amateur covering basic grading techniques on simple garments. It is a complete guide to grading women's clothes covering every possible style for the misses and junior size garments. Additional information on grading women and menswear size garments is also included.

I am not an expert on the field of grading and this is why this book by J. Price and B. Zamkoff (who teach in the FIT) has proved to be of great help to me, as it is full of simple step by step instructions combined with many many clear diagrams. This is definitely a very practical book.

The book comprises: Part1: A STUDY OF GRADING, including, types of grade, grading machines, computer grading, a guide to good grading, using the grading charts, grading chart etc. Part 2: GRADING BASIC DESIGNS, including, from bodice, back bodice with shoulder darts, back bodice with neck dart, torso, straight skirt, pants, set-in sleeve, collars, men's wear shirt Part 3: GRADING INTERMEDIATE DESIGNS, including, shawl collar, chemise dress, bodice and yoke, bodice and midriff, front princess bodice, back princess bodice, six gore skirt, circle skirt, sarong skirt, skirt with variations Part 4: GRADING ADVANCED DESIGNS, including, front kimono sleeves, back kimono sleeves, kimono raglan sleeve, square armhole, front gusset sleeve, back gusset sleeve, set-in raglan sleeve, princess bodice and sleeve-in-one, dropped shoulder sleeve, big shirt dolman sleeve Part 5: GRADING CREATIVE DESIGNS, including, halter bodice, assymetrical bodice, bustier, cowl neckline bodice, semi-fitted jumper, batwing sleeve with surplice bodice and peplum Part 6: ADDITIONAL DESIGNS FOR GRADING, including, from bodice with shoulder and waistline dart, armhole princess line bodice, front bodice with multiple darts or pleat, two-piece sleeve, puff sleeve, house gusset, shirtwaist sleeve with french cuff bishop sleeve with cuff bell sleeve with facing, shirt pocket, notch collar, cape, flared sleeve, cap sleeve, hood, skirt with circular flounce and shaped waistband, flared dress, culottes.

Book Description

The explosion of comic books and graphic novels into the mainstream has demonstrated their universal storytelling power. Roadstrips is a unique comics anthology that takes a fresh look at our definitions of America in an era of upheaval and widespread soul-searching. Like a new On the Road for the 21st century, Roadstrips explores our national psyche through the work of 22 top cartoonists—among them Peter Kuper, Gilbert Hernandez, Jessica Abel, Pete Bagge, Richard Sala, Brian Biggs, and Lloyd Dangle. Exploring identity on both a micro and a macro level, they illustrate today's post-modern patchwork with bilious narratives, thoughtful tales, and hilarious memoirs. Taken together, their powerful and thoughtful stories create a composite national portrait like few others.

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Third Book in Legal Briefs Series

"Sizzler!"

Hot! Highly recommended

typical terrific Tori-d tale

Going Too Far: Legal Briefs (Harlequin Blaze, No 73)
Tori Carrington
Manufacturer: Harlequin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0373790775

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Third Book in Legal Briefs Series.......2006-05-30

Going to Far by Tori Carrington is the final book of the Legal Briefs Series. This is fun afternoon read about a Sicilian family (The Bertelli's) facing mob charges and being represented by Ian Kilburn ,Marie Bertelli first love/lust. Check out the entire series A STRANGER'S TOUCH (1), FIRE AND ICE (2), GOING TOO FAR (3).

"Sizzler!".......2003-05-23

I disagree with the title this time "Going Too Far" I don't think when it comes to romance that one can go too far! Loved the book by the way, it is a sizzler!

Hot! Highly recommended.......2003-02-17

Marie Bertelli once let her bad girl rule in a steaming encounter with Ian Kilborn, to whom she gave her virginity. Eight years later, they are both attorneys spending time in the same courthouse, but Marie's father hire Ian to handle his affairs when the Treasury Department begins to investigate him for money laundering. Marie is outraged that not only did everyone in her family know of her father's legal difficulties, but that she was not consulted regarding the case.

Marie's well meaning, but traditionally interfering family has kept men like Ian at a distance. But when she propositions him, Ian cannot resist the opportunity. Marie's transformation from shy to siren has Ian counting the hours to their next encounter. But when their sizzling passion brings out strong emotions, the question remains if Ian will be willing or ready to pursue something more than scintillating sex.

Writing team Tori Carrington once again presents the kind of heat fans of come to expect in GOING TOO FAR. Marie and Ian discover the naughtiness of indulging hidden desire, indulging fantasy-inspiring trysts that will make reader's toes curl. But they fail to account for the result of such soul stirring passion and its emotional ramifications. While Marie comes from a stereotypical Italian family, Carrington skillfully gives them marvelous personalities that absolutely sparkle, especially with Marie's attempt to get her brother and his wife back together. The secondary senior love plot also adds a wonderful pizzazz! GOING TOO FAR comes highly recommended.

typical terrific Tori-d tale.......2003-02-15

As teens in the same neighborhood, Marie Bertelli and Ian Kilborn had the hots for one another, which finally consummated with a heated interlude in her house. Their passion scared each other so much they avoided one another like the plague ever since.

Eight years later, Marie and Ian practice law when they both make a court appearance at the same time. They still cannot resist one another and soon starts a heated affair. However, her brother has moved in with Marie after being tossed out of his house by his wife. Ian worries that he may suffer a few broken bones from her protective family so he persuades Marie to hide their romance. Meanwhile her father hires him to represent him against mob criminal activities. Marie wants more from her beloved so she forces the issue of a permanent commitment, something that Ian fears.

GOING TO FAR is not a Blaze; it is an inferno, as the audience will burn their fingers from the Venusian-level heat generated by the lead couple. The return of characters from previous novels (see the first legal brief book FIRE AND ICE and A STRANGER'S TOUCH) adds a neighborly touch to the fine tale. Though Ian acts like an idiot at times, this novel remains the typical terrific Tori-d tale.

Harriet Klausner

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Psychotic murk compels me to beat up Tony's detractors

Informative, egotistical, overblown...

not far enough

VERY INTERESTING, BUT...

WARNING: Another Boomer Narcissist Shows Us His Spleen.

Going Too Far
Tony Hendra
Manufacturer: Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0385232233
Release Date: 1987-10-06

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Psychotic murk compels me to beat up Tony's detractors .......2005-06-07

Hendra's forte is journalism. Not the actual writing of actual comedy. Although he's certainly had his moments. In fact, he even managed to out-poeticize Sean Kelly via DETERIORATA. Tony's analysis of Lenny Bruce is an indispensable supplement to Albert Goldman's book about Bruce. Also included is his description of Chris Ross's brilliant ACID skit. A skit which otherwise might've completely disappeared from public record. (Unless it appeared in a movie called A SESSION WITH THE COMMITTEE.) My favorite thing in the book is a certain phrase that Tony came up with: "the psychotic murk of machismo".

Informative, egotistical, overblown..........2004-04-28

Yes, the contradictions in the review title describe the way Tony Hendra chose to do his "history" of Boomer humor, which he tracks down from Mort Sahl through Second City, Nichols and May, Lenny Bruce, right up to the National Lampoon and SNL. Witty, welldone, but also reaching in many respects, this is a good primer on the way humor came to shape national consciousness in the Fifties and beyond.

I picked up Hendra's tome for the Lampoon memoir alone (having aspirations of getting published on the web version myself) and hadn't really intended to read the first section dealing with the Fifties and so on. But I decided to do so anyway, and found it to be very interesting and essential to setting up Hendra's own time at National Lampoon.

There are problems I have with the book, starting with the bitching about pretty much everything P.J. O'Rourke did at the Lamp. Hendra, writing this in '87, might very well be telling the truth about his feelings towards the more successful O'Rourke, but it comes off as petty in the book. Hendra is not himself totally without fault. As a previous reviewer points out, Hendra's vehement denials and so forth seem to serve the opposite purpose of giving lie to his statements.

I came away from this book liking Hendra in spite of his more self-absorbed writings. In contrast to the same reviewer whom I cited earlier, I found the descriptions of the various issues of Lampoon to be fascinating (I wish I knew of a store in my area that sold old issues, just so I could see for myself). Also, the portraits that emerge of Hendra's collegues (Doug Kenney, O'Donaghue, Henry Beard, Bruce McCall, Chris Miller and even P.J. O'Rourke to an extent) show them for all their faults to be the best writers at that time for the Lampoon.

All in all, I'd recommend this to anyone interested in the arc of Boomer humor, or just postwar comedy in general. The railing Hendra does against TV should also be of interest to social historians, because it justifies attacks on television as being artifical (contrary to reality shows' bread and butter), and narcotic in its effects. The brief time spent on SNL was illuminating because it revealed what I felt all along: Lorne Michaels is a phony.

True, some will argue that Hendra's speil against Michaels and others is part of some bitterness over not being as successful as his peers. That certainly tempers the book for an informed reader, but it shouldn't distract from the fact that, while associated with the Lampoon, Hendra did some very good work that shouldn't be forgotten or tossed aside. Also, his is the only real "history" of the Lampoon that I would trust for an introduction.

So get this book if you want to learn the real meanings behind Animal House, the story of great writers like Kenney, Beard, et. al, and the contributions of Bruce and Sahl and so many others. A more expansive volume covering the period would be desired, but so far this is the best that's out there. I enjoyed it, and I hope future readers of the book will too. (Fans of Reagan might not like it, but tough luck)

"Nothing is over until we say it is!"

not far enough.......2001-06-11

The premise is that "boomer humor" equals getting a laugh while prodding the sacred cows of post-WW2 America. Along with scattered remarks about other humorists/comedians, Hendra tracks a progression from Saul to Bruce to Second City and the Committee to R. Crumb to the National Lampoon to Saturday Night Live, where he says "boomer humor" becomes co-opted, loses its vitality, and dies. The analysis is very good, his writing is clear and clever, and there are plenty of reprinted examples.

But Hendra gets long-winded and defensive when covering his involvement with the Lampoon and "Lemmings". We get far too many pages about his interpersonal dealings with his associates ...,("I did not steal O'Donohue's girlfriend", "I did not introduce Belushi to coke", "I did not rip-off Monty Python") while dozens of great artists are ignored in this 454 page book. Aside from the denial, for example, you get nothing else about Monty Python.

It's an entertaining and informative read, but a very subjective and narrow treatment, given its length. Nevertheless, if you're interested in the subject, it's worth your time.

VERY INTERESTING, BUT..........2001-06-11

The premise is that "boomer humor" equals getting a laugh while prodding the sacred cows of post-WW2 America.

Along with scattered remarks about other humorists/comedians, Hendra tracks a progression from Saul to Bruce to Second City and the Committee to R. Crumb to the National Lampoon to Saturday Night Live, where he says "boomer humor" becomes co-opted, loses its vitality, and dies. The analysis is very good, his writing is clear and clever, and there are plenty of reprinted examples.

But Hendra gets long-winded and defensive when covering his involvement with the Lampoon and "Lemmings". We get far too many pages about his interpersonal dealings with his associates ("I did not steal O'Donohue's girlfriend", "I did not introduce Belushi to coke", "I did not rip-off Monty Python"), while dozens of great artists are ignored in this 454 page book. Aside from the denial, for example, you get nothing else about Monty Python.

It's an entertaining and informative read, but a very subjective and narrow treatment, given its length. Nevertheless, if you're interested in the subject, it's worth your time.

WARNING: Another Boomer Narcissist Shows Us His Spleen........2000-01-23

GOING TOO FAR is a haphazard and poorly edited attempt to stuff three books into one. Author Tony Hendra should have started out with attempt to explain just how countercultural "Boomer" humor came about, but aside from rare and banal observations (e.g., "(C)omics got their start in a network of jazz clubs..."), his "explanation" of the phenomenon is really an unrelieved rant about the Post WWII military-industrial complex and blandness of American mass-culture. The fascinating story of how the military, "multiveristies", and the FCC tried to blandize American society (for reasons of "national security") is not one you will read in this book, as all Hendra does is snarl.

The First Book of uninformed social commentary flows into a Second Book of short biographical sketches of various comic minds. There are some very funny bits here only because Hendra quotes at length brilliant humorists such as Mort Sahl, Bob Newhart, and Dick Gregory. It is good that there is so much quotation because with the exception of the chapter on Sahl, and an interesting story of the Smother's Brothers battle with Cold War censorship, there is no sense of the times or the flavor of the comic styles. The chapter on the history of the Second City school of improvisation just gives names and dates, so only those already familiar with the Second City style would understand what Hendra is talking about.

The entire book is riddled with factual errors. Hendra's incompetence as a historian of humor is most clearly shown by his stupid one paragraph write off of the inventive surrealist troupe The Firesign Theatre. Hendra wrongly categorizes TFT as "drug humor"; Hendra just confused TFT with Cheech and Chong. (Since Hendra did not offer an insightful view of the Cold War, it would be instructive to listen to the Firesign's classic--and drug-reference free--commentary on Cold War media, the album DON'T CRUSH THAT DWARF, HAND ME THE PLIERS.)

Eventually the Second Book of history peters out into a pathetic and very long memoir of Hendra's time at the NATIONAL LAMPOON. Over a third of this tome is an example of a major Boomer trait: SELF-ABSORPTION. We are treated to a laundry list of every issue of the LAMPOON that Hendra was involved in. Hendra ignores major comic figures to dwell on his unimportant friends. He expresses envy toward his more successful contemporaries (such as Lorne Michaels and PJ O'Rourke) and and then tries to excuse his raving by accusing his brethren of not being "progressive" enough. After a couple of hundred pages of snarling at religion we are eventully told of his personal falling out with religion--"the Personal is the Political" indeed! Hendra discusses his personal drug use and goes into a tortured blow by blow account of his acts of adultery. A typical Boomer narcissist, Hendra admits that he ignored his family, and evaluates the the story of his infidelity with "And it must have been fun for my wife." As low as all that is, Hendra hits rock bottom when he tries to drum up excuses for his passing a Monty Python routine off as his own. Apparently his early '70s act of plagiarism was still hurting his career in 1987 when he published GOING TOO FAR, as it should. Hendra would have us believe that he is not a plagiarist, but a victim of circumstance--yet another Boomer trait.

In short, GOING TOO FAR is a pathetic manuscript of a hack comic writer. Apparently the publisher did not assign an editor to this 400+ page monstrosity.

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Third Book in River Heights Series

Going Too Far (River Heights #3)
Carolyn Keene
Manufacturer: Simon Pulse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0671677616

Customer Reviews:

Third Book in River Heights Series.......2002-12-22

"Going Too Far" revolves primarily around Robin Fisher and Brittany Tate and their respective boy trouble with Calvin Roth and Jack Reilly. First up, Brittany dislikes all of the attention her college boyfriend (Jack) is showing her family, because she's ashamed of them. Brittany tries everything she can to keep Jack and her family apart, though she has some difficulty keeping her young lovesick sister at bay.

And in fitting with the title of this book, it seems that Robin Fisher has gone too far with her steady boyfriend (Calvin) and fears she may be pregnant, which puts strain on their relationship since Robin won't tell him what's wrong. And Brittany, being the sneaky gossip that she is, finds out about Robin's secret (though she's not certain if it's Robin who is pregnant or one of her friends) and spreads it around River Heights High.

Book Description

Spirited adventurer Bliss van Bon is set for three months travelling around South America. When her travelling partner breaks her leg, she must begin her journey alone. Along the way, ther's no shortage of company. From flirting on a plane to being tied up in Peru; from sex on snowy mountain peaks to finding herself out of her depth with local crooks, Bliss dosen't have time to miss her original companion one bit. And when brawny Australians Red and Robbie are happy to share their tent and their gorgeus bodies with her, she's spoilt for choice. A tropical, fast-paced adventure of a young woman caught up in sexual intrigue and global politcs.

Customer Reviews:

a wild ride through south america.......2003-06-17

i thought the story was daring and racy. any woman brave enough to trek through the jungles of south america and have sexual adventures while doing it should be a dream vacation for any woman with the gumption to do it. a very entertaining read.

Was there really a storyline to this book?.......2003-03-24

I sure couldn't find one. Don't waste your money.

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GOING TOO FAR ENOUGH
ALLEN H
Manufacturer: Smithsonian
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1560983671

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READING THIS WILL WASTE 15 HRS OF YOUR LIFE - TRY OTHER'S

Going Too Far
Catherine Alliott
Manufacturer: Headline Book Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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READING THIS WILL WASTE 15 HRS OF YOUR LIFE - TRY OTHER'S.......2006-02-05

tHIS SHOULD GET A MINUS 2. but amazon doesn't have that score. It annoy's me that alliot's characters always bite a certain nail, or lick their lips under stress.

Rosie Meadows Regrets and The Wedding day were really good, intelligent and realistic. But with "Going too Far" alliot has gone from being fresh milk, to being the dodgy milk that was past its use by date a decade ago.

Please don't read "going too far" by alliot - I can assure you, you'll waste 10 - 15 hours of your life on absolute unbelievable fairy floss, and a character that licks her lips, 152 times in the book.

Yes, it was so bad ... you start actually remembering the flaws, the main character was dumber than dumb, and so completely stupid, that if I met her in the street, I'd want to punch her teeth out, and I've never ever done one violent act in my life.

alliot was obviously on a 3 book deal or something from her publisher, and to fulfil her contract "going too far" was the one - a complete and utter load of crap.

If she was not an acknowled author, I can assure you, this manuscript would've been binned, and I wish it had. A waste of trees to print complete non-inspired, non-interesting rubbish.

The female lead had the intelligence of an 8 year old, and was too scared to speak when asked, then had to endured the consequences of knowing what really happened, but being too scared to speak to it to her loving husband and straigten it out within the first 5 mins, instead, - we get this extrememly basic contrived soap opera conflict - and boy, WAS IT BORING AND TEDIOUS.

When yes, after about 400 pages, she actually does stop licking her lips, biting her nail, and lay the deal straight to hubby, this should really be 13 yrs old teenie fiction.

Not adult fiction. it was so embarrassingly trite and childish, I will never read one of her books again, what a scammy author.

She must think her readers are so stupid, that we'd take this juvenile rubbish, read it and like it and buy more of her books?

Nah, GOING TOO FAR was so bad, I'm ashamed to have stuck with it, on the hope that "it may get better towards the end". It didn't.

Bin this book if you have it, you'll embarrass your mates by sharing it with them, its THAT bad.

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A bit preachy
Outstanding Work!!!!
Outstanding Work!!!!
a shining example
great stuff

Going Too Far
Steven Gardner
Manufacturer: Hollis Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1928781403

Customer Reviews:

A bit preachy.......2001-06-14

This would be a better book, but it's too simple and a bit preachy. Although I love the thoughts behind the book, I went though something very similar about 10-12 years ago. Reading an extremely simplified version of it wasn't very thought provoking for me...

So if you are searching for who you really are or looking to find a better, happier life, I would recommend this.

If you can't imagine a better life and are happy with who and where you are, you might be a bit bored.

Outstanding Work!!!!.......2001-01-31

Somebody gave me a copy of Gardner's book and I didn't really know what to expect. What I discovered was a very pleasant surprise. Gardner has a knack for turning a work of fiction into a work of art. His book seems simplistic in the sense that his characters are the people who live next door to us, yet it takes a gifted writer to transform something which seems so commonplace into something worth reading. I was surprised that it was as good as it was but maybe I shouldn't have been. Gardner apparently has writer's genes. I have heard that his oldest brother is an outstanding writer with works waiting to be published.

a shining example.......2000-08-10

I knew it couldn't be a simple novel that Steven was writing. He has so much to offer people in the way of spiritual awareness. He brings his wisdom and life experience into the pages of his book for a great lesson. I think that anyone who is on a path of self-discovery will find a lot of familiar ground here, but covered in a new and fresh light. Steven expresses so much feeling and depth through his characters that they become friends to the reader very quickly. Thank you for sharing so intimately with your audience.

great stuff.......2000-08-07

I really didnt know what to expect from this book, but I found it to be easy reading, interesting and thought provoking!! I look forward to more excellent works from this author!

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Going Too Far
Caroline Lassalle
Manufacturer: Victor Gollancz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0575044403

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Going Too Far
Caroline Lassalle
Manufacturer: PENGUIN PUTNAM * TRADE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SFN5I6

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