Description
Unlock your creativity with our comprehensive guide to draping, perfect for aspiring fashion designers and experienced seamstresses alike. This essential resource covers everything from beginner techniques to advanced draping skills, making it your go-to fabric manipulation book. Authored by bestselling fashion expert Karolyn Kiisel, this master class series offers a complete course tailored for those looking to master the art of draping in fashion design. Dive into 368 pages of insightful content, featuring iconic projects that include dresses, skirts, trousers, and jackets, inspired by runway trends and classic films like Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Learn how to prepare your dress form and fabric, grasp the fundamentals of pinning, trimming, and clipping, and explore how to shape garments using darts, tucks, and pleats. With step-by-step photographs and detailed line drawings, you will gain the confidence to create beautiful, well-structured garments.
Enhance your skills with advanced techniques, including the use of support elements like shoulder pads and petticoats, and unlock the mysteries of bias draping. This draping book provides everything you need to elevate your fashion creations from concept to runway. Start your draping journey today!
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781786272317
Year: 2020
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Pages: 368
Description:
Covering beginner draping to more advanced techniques, this new series of master classes from bestselling author Karolyn Kiisel provides a complete course. Projects include dresses, skirts, trousers and jackets, highlighting key fashion garments from the runway to the red carpet and iconic costumes from films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's and In the Mood for Love.
Starting with the basics of preparing the dress form and fabric, the book advances through pinning, trimming and clipping, and creating shape using darts and tucks, to adding volume using pleats and gathers, and handling complex curves. Advanced skills include how to use support elements such as shoulder pads, under layers and petticoats, and how to handle bias draping.
Each exercise and project throughout the book is explained with step-by-step photographs and line drawings that bring to life the art of creating fashion in three dimensions.
Learn how to prepare your dress form and fabric, grasp the fundamentals of pinning, trimming, and clipping, and explore how to shape garments using darts, tucks, and pleats. With step-by-step photographs and detailed line drawings, you will gain the confidence to create beautiful, well-structured garments.
Enhance your skills with advanced techniques, including the use of support elements like shoulder pads and petticoats, and unlock the mysteries of bias draping. This draping book provides everything you need to elevate your fashion creations from concept to runway. Start your draping journey today!
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781786272317
Year: 2020
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Pages: 368
Description:
Covering beginner draping to more advanced techniques, this new series of master classes from bestselling author Karolyn Kiisel provides a complete course. Projects include dresses, skirts, trousers and jackets, highlighting key fashion garments from the runway to the red carpet and iconic costumes from films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's and In the Mood for Love.
Starting with the basics of preparing the dress form and fabric, the book advances through pinning, trimming and clipping, and creating shape using darts and tucks, to adding volume using pleats and gathers, and handling complex curves. Advanced skills include how to use support elements such as shoulder pads, under layers and petticoats, and how to handle bias draping.
Each exercise and project throughout the book is explained with step-by-step photographs and line drawings that bring to life the art of creating fashion in three dimensions.