Basic Patternmaking in Fashion

<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>

<div><p><b>Lucia Mors</b> took her first steps at Vivienne Westwood&#8217;s Studio. Since then, she has earned a degree in fashion design at the Meisterschule f&#252;r 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. <p></p></p></div>