num_pages: 544
description: This text combines step-by-step instructions illustrated to present the principles and methods of draping. Author Helen Joseph-Armstrong incorporates three draping techniquesmanipulating dart excess adding fullness and contour drapingin 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.
language: English
title: Draping for Apparel Design
publisher: Fairchild Books