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'He Who Wears a Bespoke Suit, Does Look Like a Gentleman': Tailoring in Finland from the 1920s to the 1960s
| Title: | 'He Who Wears a Bespoke Suit, Does Look Like a Gentleman': Tailoring in Finland from the 1920s to the 1960s |
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| Authors: | Kaipainen Minna |
| Source: | TEXTILE. 10:290-301 |
| Publisher Information: | Informa UK Limited, 2012. |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Subject Terms: | 05 social sciences, 8. Economic growth, 0601 history and archaeology, 06 humanities and the arts, 0509 other social sciences |
| Description: | Textile crafts have mainly been women's work in Finland, but tailors—the makers of men's suits and coats—have mostly been men. There were still 2,500 tailors in Finland in the 1940s, but bespoke tailors gradually lost their customers because of ready-made clothes. However, in the countryside, bespoke tailoring lasted until the 1960s. One of those country tailors was the author's grandfather, Einari Tiainen (1908-76), who worked as a tailor from the 1920s to the 1960s. In this article, Finnish tailoring practice is studied from the point of view of Einari Tiainen, but also from the point of view of trade publications. This article concentrates on the processes of designing and making clothes, and on the gendered aspects of tailoring practice. In order to define tailoring in contrast to dressmaking, this article compares the country tailor's practice with that of his sisters who were dressmakers. The study shows that garment making was divided between the tailor and the dressmaker according to gende... |
| Document Type: | Article Other literature type |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1751-8350 1475-9756 |
| DOI: | 10.2752/175183512x13505526963985 |
| Access URL: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2752/175183512X13505526963985 |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e3676b6507192d54c118ee860c8b4e05 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 17518350 14759756 |
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| DOI: | 10.2752/175183512x13505526963985 |