As I’m swearing over the Bardot dress I’m working on, and thinking about my next project, I’m pondering something that have puzzled me for a long time; why are there so few patterns for men’s clothing?
Whereas there is an abundance of patterns for all kinds of women’s clothes, what you find if you look in the men’s department are shorts, pajameses and nightgowns.
My own answer for this is that professional manufacturing of men’s clothes were traditionally made by (male) tailors whreas women’s clothes were made by (female) seamstresses. (Because of the intimacy in measuring and fitting?) Male expertise is often valued more than the female counterpart, and perhaps the male tailors kept the patterns to themselves, thereby forcing men to buy their clothes from them, 
Or maybe it’s because women “can’t” be seen in the same dress too often whereas men can do with one good suit and so it’s more worthwhile sewing the female wardrobe than the male? Or is there just a bigger market for women’s clothes?
Does anybody know?
sewinggoddess 
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