Draping. Art and Craftsmanship in Fashion Design

Draping. Art and Craftsmanship in Fashion Design (English)

 

                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moulage. Kunst en Vakmanschap in Modevormgeving (Dutch)

Author: Annette Duburg, Rixt van der Tol

Publisher:  d’JongeHond

ISBN number for the English book:   978-90-89100-87-0

ISBN number for the Dutch book:  978-90-89100-86-3

Type of binding: Paperback

Number of pages: 248 page with 1000 illustrations

Weight:  869 gramme

Price: Euro € 39,95

 

Take a look inside this book at:  http://www.copyrightbookshop.be/books/details/1729/5

Christian Dior 1952 Moulage

This is THE most fantastic and thorough reference book about moulage and draping.  It is a new book published November 2008 and I bought this book in December 2008 .  I bought of course the Dutch version called Moulage Kunst en Vakmanschap in Modevormgeving.

But it is also translated into English as Draping  Art and Craftsmanship in Fashion Design.  This book is like having a private teacher on hand in moulage and draping technique.  It is chock full of very clear pictures and diagrams which will guide you through each step. It covers the history but also the present and will teach you how to make 3 dimensional patterns by using a dress form.

There are 1000 pictures which help you to achieve to moulage/draping patterns. It not only teaches you how to make a bodice, skirt, dress, jacket , coat and pants etc but also variations on those garments.

Additionally, the book shows you how to make a moulage pattern which mimics some famous designer outfits; on page 160-243 it covers 12 famous designer outfits and what to do to get a similar look.  The 12 designers outfits examples are from Charles Frederick Worth, Cristoff von Drecoll, Madeleine Vionnet, Madame Grès, Christian Dior ( 2), André Courèges, Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Yohji Yamamoto .

This book is a must have for anyone who wants to know and learn more about  moulage.  I have several moulage/draping books both in Dutch as well as in English  but this is the most comprehensive and I can without question recommend this book to you as a valuable addition to your sewing library.

pleated skirt

 

pictures source publisher DeJongeHond

I searched for a link where you can order this book in English and found a Belgium website where you can order this book. For international orders you can sent an email to inquire, click at the button “Enquiry” at the top of the above link.

Barbara added the  index for the English book see comment 21 below.

 

PS

I contacted the publisher for some more information about translation on their website for this book in English and also for ordering this book.

You can order this book in English or Dutch via the  publisher  see below

email sent to kristel@dejongehond.nl 

For ordering they need the following information:

-the book title,

-how many books,

-your name and address,

– if your credit card has a different address please share this information too 

De Jonge Hond publisher can ship this book to you for € 10,00 to Europe and € 20,00 for outside Europe destinations.

 Or you can order this book from the US from center for pattern design  

 

 

Book “Sewing for Men and Boys”

By Diva Els 

Last month I won a book on ebay called “Sewing for men and boys”. I had no idea what the book was about, besides sewing men clothes but the title sounded interesting enough to buy it.
I received the book today, it is a soft cover with 97 pages published in 1973 by Simplicity.

I was very pleased to see that a lot of tailoring sewing techniques I learned from a Dutch tailor are clearly described with a lot of pictures/ diagrams.
This is the first time I noticed that real tailoring techniques are available for the home sewer.

I have other tailoring books but this one is very well written and does have great accompanied pictures so you can see what to do.
Also pressing techniques and the specific pressing tools are described very well.
The sewing and tailoring information can also be used for sewing for woman like jackets and coats.
You can see the index

This book is OOP ( out of print) but worthwhile to search for if you want to learn more about tailoring techniques.

Divinely Elegant

I cleaned out the sewing shelf at King’s Books in Tacoma on my recent trip there. Among the many treasures I found of used and rare books was “Divinely Elegant – The World of Ernst Dryden” by Anthony Lipmann.

Lipmann rescued a trove of Dryden’s design archives in 2 trunks that were being thrown out in 1976 after the death of his great-aunt Helene Wolff Budischowsky. Years later he was able to piece together the story of Dryden’s journey from famous German poster artist to Hollywood costume designer and publish this exquisite book. His incisive analysis of European art and modes of the early part of the 20th century is far beyond the usual scope of a fashion book.

Here is a window on the lost world of the Austrian graphic artist and designer Ernst Deutch (1887- 1938). Originally a student of Gustav Klimt, Dryden (pronounced ‘Dreeden’) came to prominence in pre-World War 1 Berlin. He was one of the first commercial artists to become involved in advertising and poster art. A scandal forced him back to Vienna and to change his name after the war. He opened his own studio in Vienna, and kept a staff of young students busy there, including the young Fritz Lang. (Lang later became a legendary film director, but at this time he was more interested in fashion)

Dryden worked as a designer for the Viennese menswear company Knize, and was reponsible for the total redesign and branding of the label. He created the logo, designed the shop front and displays, a line of toiletries, as well as the ineffably elegant clothing for the venerable house. He was one of the originators of the concept of ‘branding’. Ralph Lauren acknowledges his debt to Dryden openly, as well he might – Dryden used the image of a polo player as a symbol of the company long before Lauren even created his company.

Eventually Dryden left Europe for the USA, fleeing impending doom before the Nazi takeover, along with many others who ended up as Hollywood exiles. He was part of a German – Austrian expatriate community that included Billy Wilder and Marlena Dietrich. Already succesful as a designer, he made the leap to costume design. The most famous of the films he worked on are The Garden of Allah (a largely forgettable movie that remains famous for being one of the very first Technicolor films and its luminous costumes for Dietrich) and Lost Horizon.