Dress Fitting
Basic Principles and Practice
2nd Edition
Published on 22. January 2003
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-0-632-06499-1 (ISBN)
Description
The techniques Natalie Bray pioneered and perfected revolutionised dress pattern designing, assisting the rise of the modern fashion industry. Her teaching has had a profound influence on design, production and education and her works are classics: fashions change but the principles of designing patterns in the flat do not. To be able to understand what is happening when observing a defect is already to have an idea of how to correct it. Here problems of figure, posture and of pattern adjustment are clearly explained so that the dressmaker can, with the confidence that comes with practical experience, learn to identify a defect and choose the best method of dealing with it.
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Edition
Classic Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 289 mm
Width: 224 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-06499-1 (9780632064991)
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Person
Natalie Bray trained in Paris while connected with a Court dressmaking business in London. The techniques she pioneered and perfected revolutionised dress pattern designing. Her teaching has had a profound influence on design, production and education.
Ann Haggar, who wrote the Fashion Supplement, has many years' experience both in industry and in education, and combines her writing with teaching at St Martin's School of Art and with couture.
Ann Haggar, who wrote the Fashion Supplement, has many years' experience both in industry and in education, and combines her writing with teaching at St Martin's School of Art and with couture.
Content
Preliminary modelling exercises; The fitting of a bodice; The fitting of sleeves; Neckline and collar fitting; The fitting of skirts and slacks; The problems of the one-piece dress; Kimono, raglan, drop-shoulder fitting; Pattern adaptation to individual measurements