Introduction to Fashion Draping: Create Custom Womenswear
How to Position Your Drape
A course by Reagen Evans , Fashion Designer
About the video: How to Position Your Drape
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you where to place your fabric depending on the design you want to drape. For that purpose, I will explain where your excess fabric allocation should be for specific design features, how to know you are using the fabric in the right direction, as well as where you need to snip the material for it to lay correctly on the 3D form. ”
In this video lesson Reagen Evans addresses the topic: How to Position Your Drape, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Fashion Draping: Create Custom Womenswear. Learn how to design and construct unique items of clothing from start to finish using the draping method.
Partial transcription of the video
“How to Position Your Drape Now, I'll show you where to place your fabric based on the design you want to drape. In front of me, I have my calico, which I'll be using for my draping. It's also handy at this point to have a few pins set aside for when we place the fabric on the mannequin. I've left the straight of grain and the selvage edge down the side of my fabric so that I can see which part of the fabric I need to use and where I need to use it. The selvedge trim down the side of the fabric is quite useful for lining up with the centre front of the mannequin. To start, I'll take the fabr...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Fashion Draping: Create Custom Womenswear
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Category
Craft, Fashion -
Areas
Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing
Reagen Evans
A course by Reagen Evans
Reagen Evans is a womenswear fashion designer from Shropshire, England. Growing up, he was always making things and was interested in fashion in particular from a young age. After graduating from school and working as a civil engineer, Reagen realized that engineering was not for him and decided to pursue his passion for fashion as a career. He founded Bewde, a couture fashion house specializing in contemporary womenswear, at just 22 years old.
Reagen’s designs combine art and fashion with the aim of making the women who wear his clothes feel confident. He has dressed clients including Emma Manners, the Duchess of Rutland, and he shares his designs with over 200K followers on Instagram.
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