Draping: The Complete Course

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Fashion draping and fitting are usually done with muslin (an inexpensive, unbleached, loosely woven cotton) to resolve any design and fitting issues of a garment before cutting the pattern in real fabric. However, it is important to drape using a fabric that has similar drape characteristics (the way it falls and folds) as the real fabric of the finished garment. Muslin comes in a variety of weights, and inexpensive synthetic fabrics can also be used in fitting and draping for apparel design.

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This allows you to figure out any design or fitting issues that you might have before you start to cut the fabric you actually intend to use. To really master draping and other dressmaking basics, enroll in the Craftsy course Fashion Draping, taught by designer Paul Gallo. 1. Prep your dress form. When draping, it can also be very tempting to get caught up in the sculptural elements of what you are creating, leading you to forget about more practical concerns such as the fact that you’ve draped part of your garment completely across the armhole, or left the wearer no way of getting into the garment. When marking is finished, the muslin is removed from the dress form and laid flat on a table for “truing”. Truing is the process of using rulers and design curves to connect, smooth out and finalize the markings.This helps the designer to achieve the difficult designs by draping different fabrics. For designs like cowls this method can be used which gives good results. Designer will take the pieces and trace them on the paper to create a pattern for the final garment. This will be used to guide for making the garment, so it is so important for the designer to make detailed marks on the performed fabric. Mechanism of Draping

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To simulate the draping quality of natural or synthetic silk, and knitted cloth, soft muslin is used. Mostly, medium-weight muslin will simulate the draping quality of wool and medium-weight cottons. Coarse muslin will imitate the draping quality of heavy weight wool and cottons. When the canvas muslin considered, it will simulate the draping qualities of heavy weight fabrics such as denim or imitation fur. To prepare the garments of knitted fabrics, less expensive knit fabric should be utilized. However, it should be seen that the sample knit should have the same stretch value as in the fabric selected for the finished garment. Generally, the right side of the front dress form is used to drape the front basic pattern or garment. These steps may vary, however, this is the standard rule when fitting and draping any type of garment. In simple words, draping technique means the way a fabric hangs or falls in a dress form as well as on the human body.This casual style, which can be long or short, is cut for an oversized, more relaxed fit, perfect for a comfortable night out or at home. Dress Draping Techniques

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Draping is a most ancient and popular form of clothing. It is found that many visual arts of the Romans and Indian sculptures, terracottas, cave paintings, and wood carvings, presenting men and women wore the same (unstitched) clothes with the help various wrapping and draping styles. Uttariya, and Antariya are few prominent clothing items of draped garments from the Vedic period. Kasaya, another rectangular piece of the Buddhist robe, is a real example of the draped garment from ancient period. Further evolved forms of draped garments are Sari, Odhni, etc. Peplos, long draped garment worn by women of Ancient Greece, often open on one side, with a deep fold at the top, and fastened on both shoulders.Work in progress on a dress for the label Hervé L. Leroux from the Spring-Summer 2013 couture collection.