Fashion Patternmaking

From one chapter to the next, readers will learn the fu ndamental skills necessary to master the essentials of constructing women’s skirts. Th is book includes QR codes for video explanations.

PATTERNMAKING FOR WOMENSWEAR:

Constructing Base Patterns, vol. 1: Skirts Dominique Pellen

ISBN: 978-84-17656-75-1 21.5 x 29.7 cm | 8 ½ ” x 11 ¾ ” 256 pages | Fully illustrated in b&w English | Paperback May 2022 Distribution: Worldwide £29.99 | $39.95 | €35.00 Imprint: Hoaki

The first volume of a series comprising all aspects of patternmaking for womenswear, this book is a comprehensive approach to the fundamentals of flat-pattern comprehensive approach to the fundamentals of flat-pattern drafting for skirts in all their variations and forms.

Developed by fashion designer and teacher Dominique Pellen, Developed by fashion designer and teacher Dominique Pellen, the patternmaking method is explained in this book in a simple, clear, precise, highly detailed manner, and covers the information necessary for creating every style of skirt one could information necessary for creating every style of skirt one could imagine. Flat-pattern drafting is the process of creating volume imagine. Flat-pattern drafting is the process of creating volume from a 2-D surface by outlining the pattern on paper, using specific body measurements to which ease is added according to the desired style of the garment. This book is suitable for a wide-reaching audience, including professionals, students and fashion addicts, and can also be used at professional schools and institutes, where this method has been approved and tested to great success. Individuals who want to design and make clothes will discover all the elements necessary for the construction of just about any style of skirt, easily adapting the book's lessons to their skill level. This volume is the first in a series of invaluable guides that explore the exciting world of garmentmaking and fashion, a gateway for users to successfully begin making patterns of their own.

Passionate about the arts, Dominique Pellen studied drawing and painting, and has focused his artistic career on fashion design and patternmaking. Since 2003, he has alternated collaborations with different brands with lectures on styling, design and patternmaking at the exclusive school of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne (the Haute Couture Trade Association of Paris). The school is internationally known for the quality of the lessons it offers students, who come from all over the world, on the demands, techniques and know-how of haute couture, and its traditional excellence. In France, Dior, Lanvin, Balmain, Mandel and Anne Valérie Hash draw upon the school's expertise.