The Fashion Design Reference & Specification Book: Everything Fashion Designers Need to Know Every Day

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An essential primer for students and first-stop reference for professionals, The Fashion Design Reference & Specification Booktakes the fashion designer through the entire design process, from conceiving a garment to marketing it.

This valuable handbook contains the information and ideas essential to planning and executing fashion projects of every scale and distills them in an easy-to-use format that is compact enough to slip into a tote. Linking six central phases in the cycle of fashion—research, editing, design, construction, connection, and evolution—The Fashion Design Reference & Specification Book helps designers develop effective strategies for building a cohesive collection and communicating their vision.

The Reference & Specification Book series from Rockport Publishers offers students and practicing professionals in a range of creative industries must-have information in their area of specialty in an up-to-date, concise handbook.

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Reference & Specification Book Series

Chapter 15: Patternmaking

Couturier Hardy Amies in the workroom with Miss Beard, head fitter, 1952

Patterns are as invaluable to the fashion designer as plans are to the architect. Adding volume to a garment or eliminating fullness are the result of decisions about fabric manipulation made during pattern drafting. Every restriction and every bit of ease is built into the pattern. A creative individual armed with a yardage of fabric and a few carefully placed pins can drape themselves into a dress. Transferring this idea onto a fl at pattern, with all the information needed to duplicate the process, is where the professional’s skill comes in.

Tool Kit

For the draping and drafting of patterns, the designer needs a set of tools to facilitate the collection and transfer of measurements, along with cutting and sewing instructions, onto a map that anyone can use to create a sample garment.

Tool Kit Armscye (armhole curve) Awl Cloth weights C-thru ruler Dotted paper French curve Hip curve Hole punch Iron and board Long stapler L-square Mechanical pencil Muslin Needle point tracing wheel Notcher Oak tag paper Pattern hooks Pattern punch Pencils (black, blue, red) Rotary cutter and cutting mat Scissors (fabric and paper) Sewing gauge Straight pins Style tape Tailor’s chalk or wax Tape measure Yardstick

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rockport Publishers; Illustrated edition (July 1, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592538509
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592538508
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.88 x 8.13 inches