The Fashion Designer’s Textile Directory: A Guide to Fabric’s Properties, Characteristics, and Garment-Design Potential

 

Description*

This valuable materials directory for professional dressmakers and fashion designers is also a good reference source for students of fashion design, as well as for those who make their own garments. The author points out the best fabrics for creating specific garments, explaining how each fabric's qualities make it suitable for various items of apparel. Knowing which fabrics can support a structured silhouette is fundamental to fashion design, and this book explains the use of stiff or crisply textured fabrics for tailored garments, as well as soft textured fabrics for rounded forms. Ornamentation is also discussed, and includes advice on how to work with different fabrics to create what author Gail Baugh classifies as opulent, simple, and in-between decorative effects. 

 

 

Where to Find It and Borrowing Time

The Fashion Designer’s Textile Directory is shelved as Call # TS1309 .B315 2011.

 

As a book it can be found on Bookstack 4 - Shelf 11. This book can be checked out for a period of 2 weeks for students, faculty and staff. 

 

 

Review*

By CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries:

The book's discussion of responsible design and fabric production provides the foundation for detailed descriptions of over 120 fabrics and fabric manipulations...This directory will be a valuable addition for university and college libraries supporting fashion and textiles programs, as well as industry professionals.

 

 

Citations

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