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Pedagogy and Professional Development

Half-Scale Dress Form as a Design and Fit Tool for Young Designers

Authors
  • Kimberly A. Phoenix (Cornell University, USA)
  • Susan P Ashdown (Cornell University)

Abstract

For a young designer creating a look for a runway show can be an exciting and challenging process. Working with a model and achieving good fit and balance is often a time consuming and frustrating endeavor for a student with limited experience. Working with seven freshman enrolled in a draping class who had only one previous studio design class, we offered them the opportunity to have a custom half-scale dress form made of their model, allowing them to drape on the actual body they would be fitting.

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Phoenix, K. A. & Ashdown, S. P., (2018) “Half-Scale Dress Form as a Design and Fit Tool for Young Designers”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 75(1).

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Published on
2018-01-01

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