The Art of Fashion Draping 3rd Edition

by Connie Amaden-Crawford

Book Overview

Intended for students of fashion design, clothing, and dressmaking, this easy-to-follow bestseller teaches the different methods and principles involved in draping fabric on the dress form. The Art of Fashion Draping, 3rd Edition, is organised from basic to more advanced topics. New and revised illustrations keep the book up to date.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563672774
• ISBN13: 9781563672774
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Fairchild Books & Visuals
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.0" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

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Very helpful instruction!!

This book is great!!! Even without the professor guidance I was able to achieve the final product. I have only gone through the initial chapters by now but I recommend it .

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I am very please with this purchase. The book was in great condition and arrived earlier than expected.

Very easy to follow

I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Crawford and she is SO knowledgeable. THis book is a testament to her knowledge and experience in the fashion industry. I also recommend her patternmaking book as well (which I also own). This is one of my favorite references in my extensive art and design library. I definitely recommend it. It has a very easy to follow format and has lots of information not found in other draping books. I use this in conjunction with another book to get a full spectrum of techniques and inspiration for my own methods of draping.

good intro to draping

Excellent intro for novice sewers as a text, or experienced sewers wanting to learn draping skills. Covers tools/equipment, terms/elements of draping, the basic bodice/skirt/shift/sleeve, princess bodice/dress, skirt variations, pants, sleeve and armhole variations, collars, cowl necks, yoke variations, knits, and a few intermediate fashion features like sculptured pleats, bias, boned bustier, ruffles/flounces/gathering, and peplums. To follow the exercises, you must have a dress form (preferrably professional) to work with. But with numbered steps giving a very simplified process, and the very clear and numerous b/w diagrams, you should be able to teach yourself the rudiments of draping unless you are also a beginner at sewing. As a veteran sewer and novice draper, I received this as a textbook for my first draping class and appreciated it as a reference. But it's no substitute for a beginning sewing class. I would strongly recommend this for home sewers ready to move beyond commercial patterns or for first year fashion students.