DRAPING FOR APPAREL DESIGN (3rd edition)

Helen Joseph Armstrong

Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., New York, USA

Year 2013

Pages 644

This new edition combines author’s classic step-by-step instructions with a user-friendly layout. To show how to turn two-dimensional drawings into three-dimensional garments, she presents the following three draping principles and techniques: manipulating dart excess, adding fullness, and contour draping. New and updated design projects illustrate how to prepare a draping plan. Design analyses identify the creative elements of each design and help determine draping techniques required to develop patterns. This text emphasizes the importance of draping foundation garments for building more complex designs. Designers will gain essential skills to creatively apply draping techniques to their own designs.