Draping Womenswear Design Short Course

In this beginners course, you will learn different draping techniques for womenswear design. You will develop a deep understanding of manipulating various fabrics, whether to design clothes for yourself or high-end fashion collections.

Topics Covered

• The origins of draping and historical costumes
• How to prepare your dummy
• Experimenting on the dummy
• How to cut your piece of fabric
• Examples of draping in contemporary fashion
• Introduction to draping with fabric manipulations
• How to photograph your designs
• Draping a skirt
• How to mark a garment
• Draping without pins
• Designing garments based on your draping
• Draping a bodice
• Draping with bias detail
• Developing your designs in 2D
• How to prepare a presentation of your work
• Making collages and sketches
• You will undertake your own visual research before you start to drape and sketch. By twisting, folding, gathering and layering fabric you will learn how you can get the most amazing results. Working in a sketchbook as well as working with fabric on a dummy will help you to develop and build up your ideas for shapes and details for a fashion collection. Your collection will be made into a presentation for your portfolio at the end of the course.