Metric Pattern Cutting for Women's Wear

This book by Winifred Aldrich is a great introduction to the principles of form pattern cutting for garments to fit the body shape and flat pattern cutting for casual garments and jersey wear.

This book offers a range of good basic blocks, an introduction to the basic principles of pattern cutting and examples of their application into garments.  This is an essential purchase if you are looking to understand pattern cutting and building confidence in developing your own pattern cutting style.