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Introduction

This book is a go do to tho principles of modellmg wilh fabnc for the aspiring designer It proyides a systematic course of instfuction which covers the mooel ng of blocks (basie p3tterns) and their deve4opment into garment desięns followed by the modelling of ctothes for speoal occasions The book is arranged with the stmplor exeroses at the beg.nning and the morę complex at the end.

Modeli ng on the dross stand s an essential part of any designer's trammg. However tne onginal patterns may fc* acguirea - by modollmg. (lat paltem cutling, drafting cr straight from the computor - the fmal e<raluation on the dress stand demands the critical eye and manipclativo skills of a ces gner who understands fabnc and fit. how the design should look on tho body when still or in movement and if the design is right for tha: fabnc. Such skiBs aro oeveloped through workmg oo the stand.

The book is mtended for students and teachers involved « dross design in sehcols and m fash-on and art colleges on courses up to and induding degrcc i«vei. for pract tioners m design and sampie rooms in the cloth«nę mdustry; and for indńńdual desgner cressmake*S needmg to make informed icdgements be‘cre and during the process of transformmg fabnc mto garments Arry dressmaker wishmg to ge n a greater understandng of the relationship between garment and wearer will fmd ihis by using the dress stand throughout a prcject the stand is not iust something on wb-ch to display the finished garment. The first step in learning to design dothes is to understond the three-dimensional shape of tne human form and to oppreoate the possibilities anc the limitations of manipulating fiat fabne to the body's contours.

The first part o< the bcok deals with a«hieving the correct shope and s>ze on the dross stand through uride^standing the difference between the stand's measurements and the toerance which must be added to altów for normal body movcment when weanng clothes. The measurement chorts mdicate the amount of tolerance to be added

This 5 followed by the modollmg of basie blocks to classic i nes. a valuable groundmg in practising the technicues usod in design rooms which appesr almost magical to the uninitiatcd The blocks can bo used as a referonco library and be copied w.thout the need to rc-modei similar designs. a great saving of time anc energy in a ousy design studio or designer/dressmaker enterpnse. Błock ćevelopment simpty means «rn ng to adapl the blocks to various stylos: different necklmos. s'eeves and skirt shapes and added opcnmgs.