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Pattern and Costume Designing: Designing With Foundation Patterns, Designing and Planning Clothes
by The Women's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publisher: International Educational Publishing Company, Scranton, PA
Publication Year: 1940
Format: Hardcover; 102 pages; illustrated with drawings
Condition: Good: Pages have some water stains but this copy is still in great shape with tight binding.
Price: $40 shipped (USA)* (this book goes for at least $60 at bookfinder.com). Payment by Paypal or US Postal Money Order.
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A handy primer on the fundamentals of vintage fashion design, originally written for the enterprising homemaker or dressmaker of 1940.
CONTENTS
DESIGNING WITH FOUNDATION PATTERNS
Description and Value
Flat Designing
Equipment -- Precautions to Observe in Designing -- Changing Dart Location -- Grading for Changes in Size -- Meaning and Methods -- Marking-and-Slashing Method -- Shifting Method -- Waist Designing -- Necklines -- Collars -- Yokes -- Closings -- Novelty Fulness in Blouse -- Miscellaneous Waist Designing -- Changing the Armhole Line -- Sleeve Designing -- Value of Knowledge -- set-in Sleeves -- Skirt Designing -- Obtaining One-Piece Effects
DESIGNING AND PLANNING CLOTHES
Advantages and Varieties
Principles of Designing
Required Knowledge -- LIne and its Application -- Meaning and Importance -- Line Applied to the Figure -- Line in Balanced Arrangement -- Contrast and Its Application -- Proportion and its Application -- Theory and Application of Color in Relation to Design -- Selection of Color -- Textiles in Relation to Design -- Decoration in Relation to Design
Designing for Types
Influence of Physique and Personality -- Preparation -- Figure Types -- Figure Characteristics of Average, or Standard, Figure -- Facial Contours -- Short, Slender Figure -- Tall, Slender Figure -- Tall, Large-Framed Figure -- Short, Round Figure -- Figure Large Above the Waist -- Figure Large Below the Waist -- Figure with Enlarged Diaphragm -- Personality Variations
Sources of Design
Importance of Modern Influence in Designing -- Paris Influence -- British Influence -- American Influence -- Importance of Study of Historic Costume -- Early Ages -- Middle Ages -- Renaissance -- Cavalier Period -- Eighteenth Century -- Nineteenth Century -- Influence of Individuals on Costume -- Modern Times -- National or Peasant Costume -- American Fashions -- Special Costumes
Designing by Sketching
Need for Sketching Knowledge -- Equipment -- Fashion Sketching -- Ideal Figure -- Sketching Design Details -- Applying Details to Figures -- Adapting Designs -- Modern Adaptations -- Expressing Historic Influence -- Ideas from Unrelated Objects -- Making the Final Sketch -- Other Varieties in Costume Design -- Developing the Design in Muslin -- Types of Garments -- Designing for the Wholesale Trade -- Stage Designing -- Summary of Principles of Dress Creation
by The Women's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publisher: International Educational Publishing Company, Scranton, PA
Publication Year: 1940
Format: Hardcover; 102 pages; illustrated with drawings
Condition: Good: Pages have some water stains but this copy is still in great shape with tight binding.
Price: $40 shipped (USA)* (this book goes for at least $60 at bookfinder.com). Payment by Paypal or US Postal Money Order.
*PM me for International shipping.
A handy primer on the fundamentals of vintage fashion design, originally written for the enterprising homemaker or dressmaker of 1940.
CONTENTS
DESIGNING WITH FOUNDATION PATTERNS
Description and Value
Flat Designing
Equipment -- Precautions to Observe in Designing -- Changing Dart Location -- Grading for Changes in Size -- Meaning and Methods -- Marking-and-Slashing Method -- Shifting Method -- Waist Designing -- Necklines -- Collars -- Yokes -- Closings -- Novelty Fulness in Blouse -- Miscellaneous Waist Designing -- Changing the Armhole Line -- Sleeve Designing -- Value of Knowledge -- set-in Sleeves -- Skirt Designing -- Obtaining One-Piece Effects
DESIGNING AND PLANNING CLOTHES
Advantages and Varieties
Principles of Designing
Required Knowledge -- LIne and its Application -- Meaning and Importance -- Line Applied to the Figure -- Line in Balanced Arrangement -- Contrast and Its Application -- Proportion and its Application -- Theory and Application of Color in Relation to Design -- Selection of Color -- Textiles in Relation to Design -- Decoration in Relation to Design
Designing for Types
Influence of Physique and Personality -- Preparation -- Figure Types -- Figure Characteristics of Average, or Standard, Figure -- Facial Contours -- Short, Slender Figure -- Tall, Slender Figure -- Tall, Large-Framed Figure -- Short, Round Figure -- Figure Large Above the Waist -- Figure Large Below the Waist -- Figure with Enlarged Diaphragm -- Personality Variations
Sources of Design
Importance of Modern Influence in Designing -- Paris Influence -- British Influence -- American Influence -- Importance of Study of Historic Costume -- Early Ages -- Middle Ages -- Renaissance -- Cavalier Period -- Eighteenth Century -- Nineteenth Century -- Influence of Individuals on Costume -- Modern Times -- National or Peasant Costume -- American Fashions -- Special Costumes
Designing by Sketching
Need for Sketching Knowledge -- Equipment -- Fashion Sketching -- Ideal Figure -- Sketching Design Details -- Applying Details to Figures -- Adapting Designs -- Modern Adaptations -- Expressing Historic Influence -- Ideas from Unrelated Objects -- Making the Final Sketch -- Other Varieties in Costume Design -- Developing the Design in Muslin -- Types of Garments -- Designing for the Wholesale Trade -- Stage Designing -- Summary of Principles of Dress Creation
