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.New to this edition:-- Draping designs based on geometric shapes-circles, rectangles, and others.-- Illustrates draping projects via Vionnet's method, which allows the fall of the grain to control the direction of an unknown design. -- Building inner frames to support the silhouette of a design before draping begins. -- Projects with period garments and costumes. -- Introduces foundation garments from the 1920s to the present day.-- Foundations, fabrics, nettings, hemming possibilities, construction, and sewing tips for bridal wear.-- A series on how to make fabric flowers, tricky bows, and other trims to embellish a design.
