DVD for Patternmaking for Fashion Design

Description

New to this Edition!

In addition to the outstanding comprehensive patternmaking coverage, this fifth edition boasts the following new features:

•  Added tools and up-to-date advances in CAD- E Simulation (Chapter 1)
• Comparisons of human variations and examples of how to take and record personal measurement (Chapter 2)
• Self-evaluation tests for the majority of chapters
• Updated challenging design problems (Chapters 6, 7, 8, 10)
• Design projects (Chapter 11)
• Updated placket coverage and banding with sewing instructions (Chapters 14, 21)
• Expanded menswear (Chapter 22)
• Fit problems and corrections (Chapter 25)

• 1. Patternmaking Essentials for the Workroom
• 2. Form Measurements and Figure Analysis
• 3. Drafting the Basic Pattern Set
• 4. Dart Manipulation. (Principle #1)
• 5. Designing with Darts (Tuck-Darts, Pleats, Flare and Gathers)
• 6. Stylelines
• 7. Added Fullness (Principle #2)
• 8. Yokes, Flanges, Pin-Tucks, and Pleat Tucks
• 9. Contouring (Principle #3)
• 10. Collars
• 11. Built-up Necklines
• 12. Cowls
• 13. Skirts/Circles and Cascades
• 14. Sleeves
• 15. Kimono, Raglan, Drop Shoulder, Exaggerated Armholes
• 16. Buttons, Buttonholes, and Facings
• 17. Plackets and Pockets
• 18. Dresses without Wasteline Seams (Based on Torso Foundation)
• 19. Strapless Foundations and Interconstruction
• 20. Patternmaking for Bias-Cut Dresses
• 21. Shirts
• 22. Women’s Jackets and Coats
• 23. Men’s Wear
• 24. Capes and Hoods
• 25. Knock-Off Copying Ready-Made Designs
• 26. Pants
• 27. Knits — Stretch and Shrinkage Factors
• 28. Knit Top Foundations
• 29. Activewear for Dance and Exercise
• 30. Swimwear
• 31. Introduction to Childrenswear
• 32. Drafting the Basic Pattern Set: Measurement Taking, Standard Measurement Charts
• 33. Collars, Sleeves, and Skirts
• 34. Dresses and Jumpers
• 35. Tops
• 36. Pants and Jumpsuits
• 37. Bodysuits, Leotards, Mailott, and Swimwear

FEATURES:

• Completely updated with modern, cutting-edge sketches and designs.  
• Ribbing added to the knit section of Chapter 27.
• More materials on children’s wear and swim wear.
• Knock offs.
• Fitting corrections—Includes fitting corrections for the basic patterns.
• A unique section on patternmaking for bias-cut garments.

~ Illustrates a procedure that guides the patternmaker in adjusting design patterns to offset stretch; integrated into chapters covering cowls and bias-cut dresses.

• Revised drafting instructions and standard measurement charts.

~ Provides a revised procedure for drafting the front and back bodice and the sleeve to reflect the measurements of the newer model forms.

• Constructed support for strapless designs—Expands upon discussion and includes an additional strapless foundation.
• Bias-cut dresses—Emphasizes bias-cut dresses that cling to the figure, as influenced by Madeline Vionnett.
• Advanced design projects—Adds one or two advanced designs to selected chapters.
• A practical introduction to patternmaking—Opens the book with discussions on the workroom, the model form and measuring techniques, and how to draft the basic pattern set.
• Complete coverage of the three steps of design patterns: dart manipulation, added fullness, and contouring.
• Chapter projects—Includes a fashion sketch for each project with an analysis of the design, and focuses on pattern plot and manipulation for developing the patterns.

Contains animations that show how to fit a model virtually.