Introduction to Moulage for Fashion Design
Disassembling the toile: from tissue to paper 1
A course by Isabel Sánchez , Designer
About the video: Disassembling the toile: from tissue to paper 1
Overview
“In this lesson we are going to take reference points and poise, and we will carefully disassemble our garment to be able to refine on this toile. Remember that fine-tuning at this point and dedicating time to it is not wasted time, it is always time invested. In this lesson I will teach you how to put on paper the work we did in fabric on the mannequin, transferring the front, back and sleeve to paper.”
In this video lesson Isabel Sánchez addresses the topic: Disassembling the toile: from tissue to paper 1, 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
“Disassembling the toile: from tissue to paper Once we disassembled the toile from the mannequin, We will transfer all that information to paper. Remember that we must be very sure before disassembling it, that we take all the benchmarks, all the poise, we write everything. We will invest time in all that, because the final garment will thank us and that will give it quality. We will appreciate it because deep down it will save us time. It is never wasting time. I'll move on to the forward now. I draw this line and the line here that says CD, the "Front Center", I will support you on this li...”
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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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