Sewing Pants for Women...Preparing the Pattern for Alteration Step 6, Part 7

Continuing with the Sewing Pants for Women by Else Tryoler.  Today, will we start with Step 6 of the seven giant steps to pants perfection:

Leg Alterations:

How tight should a pants leg be?  A woman with particularly heavy thighs or heavy knees will be more comfortable and look more presentable in wider ones.  A pleasing hem width would be one equal to the calf measurement.  For a semi-tapered look use the calf measurement minus about 1-inch. 

To widen a pants leg:  Add an equal amount to both Front and Back at the hemline, continuing up in the same manner past the knee line.  Taper in to the lower hip line.

To attain the popular tapered look, first check your chart for your instep measurement, or you'll have a lovely pair of tapered pants you can't get into!  Taper an equal amount on all four seams at the hem-line, blending into the seam-line and running slightly above the knee.  For very slim legs, taper all the way to the crotch and hip line.  See dotted in line in Figure 22.  Whenever you change the width of the legs, it must be done in equal amounts on all four seams to keep the crease line in the true center of the knee line. 


Question:  Can you tell that this is written in the early 60s?  How does the statement in the first paragraph apply to today or does it?

Happy Sewing!