DRAPING (PRACTICAL)

Paper Code: 
CFSD 603
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
120.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To acquaint students with the techniques of draping of fabrics.
  2. To design and construct garments using the draping techniques.
Unit I: 
Course Content
  • Introduction to draping:                                                            12 hrs
  • Tools and equipment for draping
  • Draping principles
  • Preparation of muslin before draping
  • Draping and Construction of Basic bodice and basic skirt block

 

  • Adaptation of Bodice:                                                               30 hrs
    • Manipulating dart excess at different locations
    • Dividing dart excess- Waist and side seam ; waist and shoulder
    • Dart equivalents – Gathers, pleats and tuck darts
    • Asymmetrical darts
    • Intersecting darts
    • Princess line
    • Halters
    • Cowl

 

  • Adaptation of Skirt:                                                                        24 hrs   
  • A-Line: Flared, Panel
  • Gathered
  • Pleated
  • Stylized yoke with flare, gathers and pleats
  • Peplons and Godets

 

 

  • Construction of one Top and one Skirt according to the current trend using draping technique                                                                 24 hrs      
Essential Readings: 

    1.   Jaffe. Draping for Fashion Design, Prentice Hall Ltd., London.

    2.   Armstrong, H  Joseph.,  (2000). Draping for Apparel Design, Fairchild, New York

    3.  Cooklin, Gerry., Pattern Grading for children’s, women’s, men’s clothes technology of    sizing, Oxford B.S.P. Professional Book, London.

    4. Goulboum, M. (1971) Introducing pattern cutting, grading and modeling. Batsford publication.

 

 

 

References: 

 

  1. Crawford, C.A., The Art of Fashion Draping, Fairchild Publications, New York.
  2. Hillhouse, M.S. and Mansfield, E.A., Dress Design- Draping and Flat Pattern, London.
  3. Sheldon, Maratha Gene., Design through draping, USA Burgers Publishing Company.

     4.   Minott, J., (1978). Fitting Commercial patterns, Minnesota Burgess, Minneapolis.

   5.    Mee, J. and Prudy, M. (1987) Modelling on the stand. Oxford: BPS Professional Books.

Academic Year: 
2019-20
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