Practical Guide to Patternmaking for Fashion Designers: Menswear - Softcover

Knowles, Lori A. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1563673290 ISBN 13: 9781563673290

Publisher: Fairchild Books, 2005

Synopsis

The Practical Guide to Patternmaking for Fashion Designers: Menswear offers patternmaking techniques for a variety of garment styles and includes information on sizing, lining and a variety of fabrics. Covering everything from casual to tailored designs, it can serve both as an introduction to the pattern-drafting skills necessary for menswear and as a more in-depth treatment of patternmaking techniques. The guide covers the patternmaking process for an array of menswear garments, as well as the accompanying theories and concepts.

About this title

About the Author

Lori A. Knowles worked for 13 years as a patternmaker and production manager for Marie Clayden Inc. in Los Gatos,CA, and taught for nine years at West Valley College in the department of Fashion Design and Apparel Technology. She has had a consuming interest in vintage clothing and costuming since childhood and possesses a large Edwardian and Victorian clothing collection that includes pieces dating back to the 1840s.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fairchild Books
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1563673290
• ISBN 13: 9781563673290
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 224