Introduction to Moulage for Fashion Design
The body
A course by Isabel Sánchez , Designer
About the video: The body
Overview
“In this lesson we will prepare the test fabric and we will approach the mannequin to develop our striker and sword. For them we will see how to mark the fabric.”
In this video lesson Isabel Sánchez addresses the topic: The body, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Moulage for Fashion Design. Learn to shape clothes directly on a mannequin and turn them into patterns for future replicas.
Partial transcription of the video
“The body In this lesson we are going to start dealing with weaving. We are going to make the body. As a general rule, when we model, we are going to do two things: one is not to get close to the definitive fabric. I am going to do it because it seemed to me that it was going to be more graphic possibly for you and also because I know the blouse I'm looking for. The moulage is that technique that I take a fabric, I go to the mannequin, and sometimes I am very clear about what I want, but other times not even. I have a garment concept that I want, but I don't know either. We never go with the...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Moulage for Fashion Design
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Category
Craft, Fashion -
Areas
Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing

Isabel Sánchez
A course by Isabel Sánchez
Isabel Sanchéz has dedicated herself to the fashion world for over 40 years. Since the late '80s she has worked alongside and collaborated with some of Spain's most renowned designers like Devota & Lomba, Jesús del Pozo, and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada.
She began combining her design studio collaborations with teaching in 1999, and has since worked at the University of Navarra, the European University of Madrid, and the IED (Istituto Europeo di Design), to name just a few, giving classes on the technical side of dressmaking, pattern design, and draping.
In 2011, she published the book Little Black Dress, which was translated into several languages. The same year, she opened her studio, Laboratorio de Proyectos, where she works on runway collections and any other project requiring the study of fabric volume and behavior.
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