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Thanks for your kind words. As to your question, there are definitely books about that but they might be out of print. I feel like I've seen some mentioned, perhaps through things like Amazon suggestions, but also in some of the bibliographies of more general books about clothing. Some of the more in-depth books about American clothing brands and fashions might cite books of this nature, which could give you names to search in libraries and on bookfinder.com. You could also check vintage clothing sites and makers' sites (is the cutter and tailor forum still around?).Got Swan Songs by @RJman which finally jump kicked what I've been meaning to do for a while and that's to look into the history of clothing and the cultures and attitudes that accompany them.
If I wanted to know how clothes were made in certain time periods (say 18th and 19th century America), how would I go about that? Are there any books like that or is it all in the dusty avenues of academia?
Just really interested in trends, manufacturing, and attitudes toward clothing in certain time periods, in this case 1800ish-1950ish America. Though I'm not against learning other countries as well.