Draping for Apparel Design - Hardcover

Joseph-Armstrong, Helen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563671026 ISBN 13: 9781563671029

Publisher: Fairchild Books, 2000

Synopsis

This text combines step-by-step instructions illustrated to present the principles and methods of draping. Author Helen Joseph-Armstrong incorporates three draping techniques- manipulating dart excess, adding fullness and contour draping - in design projects featured throughout the text. Projects begin with a draping plan and fashion drawing to identify its creative elements and determine the draping technique required. The author describes the drape of the basic dress and its relationship to every garment in a clothing collection.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The Third Edition of Draping for Apparel Design brings together Joseph-Armstrong's classic step-by-step instructions in a user-friendly two-color format. Three draping principles and techniques are presented manipulating dart excess, adding fullness, and contour draping showing how to turn two-dimensional drawings into three-dimensional garments. New and updated design projects prepare the reader with the draping techniques and creative elements needed to develop a pattern. Designers will gain essential skills that can be applied to their own designs.

About the Author:

Helen Joseph-Armstrong teaches in the fashion department at Los Angeles Trade Technical College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fairchild Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1563671026
• ISBN 13: 9781563671029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496