Patternmaking for Jacket and Coat Design

Description

Jacket design gives students and designers alike trouble, both technically and creatively; the technicality of their design and existing texts on the subject often leave novices and budding designers puzzled. Patternmaking for Jacket and Coat Design covers patternmaking techniques for seven iconic jacket and coat designs, focusing not only on the concepts needed to draft patterns, but also uniquely exploring the history of each garment design to reveal what lies behind their enduring appeal today. Each chapter provides easy-to-follow patterns for the blazer, tuxedo, military, motorcycle and Mao jackets, as well as the balmacaan and frock coats. Patternmaking for Jacket and Coat Design is an accessible, no-fuss, and visually stimulating manual for patterning iconic jackets and coats, providing a completely invaluable resource for both designers and amateur patternmakers.

Pamela Vanderlinde is a professor of fashion design classes at undergraduate level at The Illinois Institute of Art and Columbia College in Chicago, USA

Patternmaking for Jacket and Coat Design is a considered thorough and detailed pattern making sourcebook that will challenge and develop learner's skills, extending their understanding of key pattern making garment construction techniques. -- Jayne Littlehales, Award Leader for FdA in Fashion Studies * Stafford College, UK * An excellent resource that goes beyond the simple, jacket, Patternmaking for Jacket and Coat Design is well thought out and easy to follow; it will make a challenging module to any advanced pattern design class. -- Judy Huyck, owner of Pattern Works International and Lecturer in Fashion Design and Merchandising * Souther Illinois University *