Draping
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- Published: Jul 27 2020
- Pages: 368
- 302 x 228mm
- ISBN: 9781786272317











Covering beginner draping to more advanced techniques, this new series of master classes from bestselling author Karolyn Kiisel provides a complete course. Projects include dresses, skirts, trousers and jackets, highlighting key fashion garments from the runway to the red carpet and iconic costumes from films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's and In the Mood for Love.
Starting with the basics of preparing the dress form and fabric, the book advances through pinning, trimming and clipping, and creating shape using darts and tucks, to adding volume using pleats and gathers, and handling complex curves. Advanced skills include how to use support elements such as shoulder pads, under layers and petticoats, and how to handle bias draping.
Each exercise and project throughout the book is explained with step-by-step photographs and line drawings that bring to life the art of creating fashion in three dimensions.
About the author
About the author
Karolyn Kiisel is currently teaching costume at the Theater Academy of Los Angeles City College, and taught at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles for over twenty years. Her fashion designs have been sold internationally, and her costume work has appeared widely on screen and stage.
Downloads
Downloads
- Instructor's Manual
- 1. Tearing the Muslin (Calico)
- 2. Blocking the Muslin
- 3. Pressing the Muslin
- 4. Marking the Grainlines—Measure and Mark
- 5. Marking the Grainlines—Pick and Pull
- 6. Marking the Grainlines—Thread Tracing
- 7. Analyzing the Three Grainlines
- 8. Visualizing Volume
- 9. Aligning the Grainlines
- 10. Pinning Two Pieces of Muslin Together
- 11. Turning Up and Pinning the Hem
- 12. Pinning, Marking, and Turning Seams
- 13. Transferring the Toile to a Pattern
- 14. Trimming and Clipping
- 15. Side Bust Dart
- 16. Adding Ease and the Difference Between Fit Ease and Style Ease
- 17. Using Draping Tape
- 18. Marking the Drape
- 19. Truing the Drape
- 20. Truing the Pattern: Using the Right Tools
- 21. French Dart
- 22. Long Vertical Darts, Front and Back
- 23. Taping the Style Lines
- 24. Fitting the Dress
- 25. Creating Volume with Pleats and Tucks
- 26. Draping the Bias Circle Skirt
- 27. Turning Front Over Back
- 28. Draping the Sleeve
- 29. Draping the Convertible Collar
- 30. Sleeve and Armhole Curves, and Range of Lift
- 31. Draping the Crotch
- 32. Fitting the Pant
- 33. Draping with Knits
- 34. The Two-piece Sleeve
- 35. Draping Shaped Darts
- 36. Fitting on the Bias
- 37. Draping the Bias Cowl
- 38. Visualizing Fabrics
- 39. Adding Sections of Fabric
- 40. Turning the Seams of a Fitted Garment