Designing Apparel Through the Flat Pattern
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (624 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0870057375 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It is what is says a DESIGNING book DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK UNLESS YOU ALSO BUY " HOW TO DRAFT BASIC PATTERNS" BY THE SAME AUTHORS. This book is good because it teaches how to use the basic "slopers" (basic patterns) and manipulate them to create OTHER design styles. IT DOES NOT, however, describe in detail how to develop the basic sloper patterns. It skims over that part, showing only brief pictures and giving basic information about the basic slopers and assumes that you already have the slopers to create new flat pattern designs. "How to Draft Basic Patterns" i. Klunky, overly simplified process Godzilla's Godchild I used to have this book--I bought it as a text book, along with 'How to draft basic patterns' by the same authors for a costume pattern making class I took years ago. There are better books that combine the material from both books--as other reviewers have mentioned. Personally I prefer Natalie Bray's books, of what is now easily available.'Designing apparel though the flat pattern method' shows the drafting process for lots of styles. However, a lot is left 'between the images and text' so to get the most out of the book, y. Designing Apparel A Customer I bough this book expecting a more through coverage of apparel design. i was somewhat disappointed, mainly due to the fact that you have to buy the partner book, Pattern drafting, by the same authors in order to do anything with the instructions given. Pattern Making for Fashion Design By Helen Joseph Armstrong is a much better, easy to follow book for all levels of the pattern drafter and designer.
About the AuthorErnestine Kopp, Vittorina Rolfo, Beatrice Zelin and Lee Gross all teach at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.
It presents thoroughly the use of the three basic slopers - waist, sleeve and skirt - and some popular variations of these such as the kimono waist, raglan sleeves and pants. A companion text to How to Draft Basic Patterns (4th Edition), the book provides a number of applications for each sloper variation to supply variety and sufficient practice.. This classic reference provides a detailed introduction to the use of the flat pattern as a means of developing original ideas effectively and efficiently. The rapid output of new flat pattern designs, facilitated by sloper
Ernestine Kopp, Vittorina Rolfo, Beatrice Zelin and Lee Gross all teach at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.