Basic Patternmaking in Fashion - Softcover

De Castro, Lucia Mors

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3836517213 ISBN 13: 9783836517218

Publisher: TASCHEN, 2009

Synopsis

<div><p><b><p>&#160;The nitty-gritty of basic patternmaking</p></b><p>&#160;</p>Off-the-peg too bland or doesn't fit? Made-to-measure too expensive? Then why not do it yourself?<br>This volume explains the nitty-gritty of basic patternmaking, laying the essential foundations for anyone taking their first steps in tailoring and dressmaking. Four fundamental garments&#151;skirt, dress, jacket and coat&#151;are used to explain patterns step by step, with clear sequences of photographs and descriptions. Gradually, the reader is enabled to tackle ever-increasing complexity in patternmaking, moving toward such activities as customizing, the creative adaptation of basic models, and deriving patterns from pictures.<p>&#160;</p></p></div>

About this title

About the Author

Lucia Mors took her first steps at Vivienne Westwood’s Studio. Since then, she has earned a degree in fashion design at the Meisterschule für Mode, Munich, and added to her resume with two shoe collections for the Selve brand, while gathering experience as head of the pattern-design department of the Misericordia fair-trade company in Peru. Currently, she is continuing her studies at the Academy of Arts in Berlin, determined to give fashion a true element of social conscience.

Edition details

• Publisher: TASCHEN
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3836517213
• ISBN 13: 9783836517218
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104