Advanced Draping

• To improve the skill of draping for dress designing
• To enable students to handle various types of fabrics
• To be able to develop their own designs into a draped garment
• To enable students to develop garments with good fit

After completion of the course student will be able to:

1. •Be able to convert flat fabric into a garment with proper fit
2. •Be able to appreciate the importance of the grain of the fabric in relation to design
3. •Be able to translate a design into a finished garment
4. •Be able to express design ideas through draping and dress designing

Textbooks

1. Amaden Conie, The Art of Draping, Fairchild, 1994 Annette Fischer, Construction, AVA Publication, 2009 Armstrong, H.J., Draping for Apparel Design, Fairchild Publications, Inc, New York, 2008 Bray Natalie, Dress Fitting, Om Book Services, 1999 Jaffe, H. & Relis, N., Draping for Fashion Design, Prentice Hall Inc., 1993

Reference Books

1. Aldrich, W., Fabric, Form and Flat Pattern Cutting, Blackwell Science, London, 1996 Cooklin, A.G., Garment Technology For Fashion Designers, Black well Science, 1997 Cooklin. G., Introduction to Clothing Manufacture, Blackwell Scientific Publication, 2000 Crawford, C. A., A Guide to Fashion Sewing, Fairchild Publications, 2008 Fischer, Construction, AVA Publication, 2009 Liechty, E.G., D.N. Potterberg, and J.A. Rasband, Fitting and Pattern Alteration; A Muti-method approach, Fairchild Publication, New York, 2010 Shoben, M. M. and Ward, J. P., Pattern Cutting and Making Up- The Professional Approach, CBS Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 1987 Singer Sewing, Creative Publication International, 1999

Online Resources

1. http://www.scribd.com/doc/8000105/Draping http://www.scribd.com/doc/32332885/Art-of-Fashion- Draping http://cactusfashion.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/principles-of-draping-for-balanced- patterns/ http://fashionbook.forza6.com/catalogo/categoria_033.html