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Draping for Apparel Design | 
 enlarge | Author: Helen Joseph-armstrong
Publisher: Fairchild Pubns
Category: Book
List Price: $94.50
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 26173
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 9.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1563675501
Dewey Decimal Number: 746
EAN: 9781563675508
ASIN: 1563675501
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
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Product Description
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, emphasizing the drape of foundation garments as a base to building
more complex design.
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 Well illustrated draping text October 6, 2008
Really like this text. Lots of good illustrations, good technical instructions. I have her flat pattern book, too, and like both as good solid reference and teaching books. I've learned a lot from these books.
Excellent August 27, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I received the book in a timely manner. It was shrink wrapped and the corners were in perfect condition.
Thank You!
it's very useful January 3, 2007
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
it's required txet book for our college.
it's readable and understandable easily.
if you are a serious learner in this field, it's the one for you.
 Draping for Apparel Design August 24, 2006
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Excellent book about drapping and worth to buy especially for the beginner who learn how to modify your basic pattern, it would be better if in the next edition shown how to modify the pattern more specifically, with measurement sample.
Perfect book for the first-time draper January 23, 2006
40 out of 42 found this review helpful
I wanted to wean myself off dependency on commercial patterns and having invested in a dress form, I came across this book. It's a bit pricey but it turns out that it's a fashion school text book, hence the price tag. The text is very well-written and illustrated. The author has the reader analyze a fashion drawing, and identify the structural components of a particular garment as most embellishments can be broken down to basic components (i.e. dart excesses).
My only peeve was that some definitions for terms I wasn't familiar with (e.g. Princess Line) couldn't be found in the back of the book. Also, not all the formats seen in fashion are portrayed in this book. Most, if not all, garment examples have a waist or empire seam, and designed for woven fabrics (no knits); and as far as I can tell, the author doesn't direct the reader/student on how to accomodate for that. However, I am happy that there is a section on bias-cut gowns (the info. is very hard to come by on the Net) As a self-taught sewer and wanna-be designer, this book will definitely help me to go to further.
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