Patternmaking for Dress Design: 9 Iconic Styles from Empire to Cheongsam

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Patternmaking for Dress Design covers patternmaking techniques for 9 iconic dress 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 sheath, empire, shift, trapeze, wrap, strapless, shirtwaist, cheongsam and coatdress.

Pamela Vanderlinde is a lecturer in fashion design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago, USA. Pamela is an independent designer whose design practice, philosophy and teaching are grounded in her study of historical and contemporary bespoke fashion. She is the author of Patternmaking for Jacket and Coat Design (Bloomsbury, 2017).

Patternmaking for Dress Design is a marvelous combination of history, and why these dresses are considered iconic, and practice, detailing how to create some of the most popular styles in fashion and theatre design. Perfect for novice patternmakers, the instructions and illustrations are clear and provide many tips on not only how to draft the pattern, but how to achieve the perfect fit. -- Lisa Borton, Costume Designer, University of Michigan-Flint, USA This is an essential pattern-cutting manual for designers who wish to create iconic dress styles. Written in an accessible way, it provides clear and easy-to-follow instructions, as well as exciting illustrations of the patterns and the garments themselves. -- Dr Kevin Almond, Lecturer in Fashion, University of Leeds, UK