AKTU Advanced Draping (BBFD555) Syllabus PDF – BFAD 3rd Year

Course Objectives

• To improve the skill of draping for dress designing
• To enable students to handle various types of fabrics
• To be able to develop their own designs into a draped garment
• To enable students to develop garments with good fit

Course Outcomes

• Be able to convert flat fabric into a garment with proper fit
• Be able to appreciate the importance of the grain of the fabric in relation to design
• Be able to translate a design into a finished garment
• Be able to express design ideas through draping and dress designing

Course Content

UNIT - I VARIATIONS OF BASIC BODICE

• Halter
• Wrap front bodice
• Waistline variations- lowered or raised Boned
• bodice
• Cowls

UNIT - II VARIATIONS OF SKIRT

• Dirndle skirt
• Dome skirt
• Gored skirt
• Peg skirt
• sarong skirt
• Skirt with built up waistline
• Fitted midriff
• Bodice yoke UNIT– III SHIFT
• Straight shift
• Sheath
• A-line shift
• Blouse Princess dress

UNIT - IV SLEEVE

• Basic dolman sleeve
• Raglan sleeve
• Kimono sleeve UNIT – V PANTS
• Basic straight trouser
• Jeans

Suggested Assignments

• Select a theme and design a garment based on the same. Construct designed garment using draping technique.
• Select any one garment (such as circular skirt, cowl neck top, etc.). Drape fabrics of different material (poplin, denim, chiffon, satin, etc.) and thickness on the chosen garment and make visual comparison of difference in the draping style. Suggested Visits Sampling section of garment manufacturing unit Studio of a local designer Guest Lectures Fashion designer Industry expert from garment manufacturing units

Text Books

Amaden Conie, The Art of Draping, Fairchild, 1994 Annette Fischer, Construction, AVA Publication, 2009 Armstrong, H.J., Draping for Apparel Design, Fairchild Publications, Inc, New York, 2008 Bray Natalie, Dress Fitting, Om Book Services, 1999 Jaffe, H. & Relis, N., Draping for Fashion Design, Prentice Hall Inc., 1993

Reference Books

Aldrich, W., Fabric, Form and Flat Pattern Cutting, Blackwell Science, London, 1996 Cooklin, A.G., Garment Technology For Fashion Designers, Black well Science, 1997 Cooklin. G., Introduction to Clothing Manufacture, Blackwell Scientific Publication, 2000 Crawford, C. A., A Guide to Fashion Sewing, Fairchild Publications, 2008 Fischer, Construction, AVA Publication, 2009 Liechty, E.G., D.N. Potterberg, and J.A. Rasband, Fitting and Pattern Alteration; A Muti-method approach, Fairchild Publication, New York, 2010 Shoben, M. M. and Ward, J. P., Pattern Cutting and Making Up- The Professional Approach, CBS Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 1987 Singer Sewing, Creative Publication International, 1999

Online Resources

http://www.scribd.com/doc/8000105/Draping http://www.scribd.com/doc/32332885/Art-of-Fashion- Draping http://cactusfashion.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/principles-of-draping-for-balanced- patterns/ http://fashionbook.forza6.com/catalogo/categoria_033.html