Mary Brooks Picken

Mary Brooks Picken founded the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences in Scranton, Pennsylvania. An expert on fashion, Picken is an authority on dress, fabric, design, and sewing. She taught "Economics of Fashion" at Columbia University and was one of the five founding directors of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. 

Here we have one of her classic books on drafting and dressmaking.

Cope Press

Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences - Drafting and Plain Dressmaking Part 3

Create an account