Excerpt from Bayne's Self-Instruction Book for Dress Cutting by the French Glove-Fitting Tailor System: By Exact Measure, A Manual for the Use of Bayne's Paris ScaleAs the aim is to secure a perfect fit and avoid all necessity for changing, a careful observation of the rules and illustra tions will save time in the end.First - Tie a cord tightly around the waist, see that it is well down all around to the smallest part of the form. Then measure all the rounds first, commencing with the neck.Take the neck measure close under the collar at the place indicated in the cut.Second - Arm's eye measure tight, as shown in the cut (you cannot take this measure too tight.) Third - Bust measure, tight above the fullest part of the bust, close under the arms and over the shoulder-blades, as in the cut.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.