Boning

Boning

• To use whalebone to stiffen the fabric and create structure

Jean Paul Gaultier

Thom Browne

Valentino

Dart

Dart

•  A stitched tapering fold in a garment

 

Viktor and Rolf

Knotting

Knotting

• A fastening made by tying together lengths of material
• A decorative bow of ribbon, fabric, or braid

Dolce and Gabbana

Cording

Cording

• A raised rib on the surface of cloth, a fabric or cloth with such ribs.

 Preen

Gore

Gore

• A triangular or tapering piece of material used in making a garment, sail, or umbrella.

Godet

Godet

• A triangular piece of material inserted in a dress, shirt, or glove to make it flared or for ornamentation.

Alexander McQueen

Pleating

Pleating
accordion pleat one of a series of narrow, evenly spaced parallel pleats withalternating raised and recessed folds set into cloth or other material, usually by a commercial pleating machine.

box pleat a double pleat, with the material folded under at each side.

inverted pleat a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.

knife pleat a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded inthe same direction.

partial pleat softer, less solid pleats.

projecting pleats folds lifted from surface of fabric and and arranged so they stand out from fabric itself.

wrinkled pleats irregular ridges made by securing damp bunched fabric and leaving it to dry.

Frayed

Frayed
Unravel or become worn at the edge, typically through constant rubbing.

                                                                         Miu Miu
Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen

Ruched

Ruched
a pleated, fluted, or gathered strip of fabric used for trimming

Altuzarra Fall 2009 rtw

Padding

Padding
Soft material such as foam or cloth used to pad or stuff something.

Giles

Asymmetry

Asymmetry
-Having parts that fail to correspond to one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking symmetry.
-Having parts or aspects that are not equal or equivalent; unequal in some respect.

Anthony Vaccarello

Bias Cut

Bias Cut
an oblique or diagonal line of direction, especially across awoven fabric

Basso and Brooke

Draping

Draping
-To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds
-To arrange or let fall in loose folds
-To hang or rest limply

Valentino

Deconstruct

Deconstruct - break down into components; dismantle.

Chalayan

Vitcor and Rolf

Tailoring

Tailoring
-to do the work of a tailor
-to make or fashion as the work of a tailor
-to make or adapt to suit a special need or purpose
- to fit with clothes
- to style with trim straight lines and finished handwork

Dolce and Gabanna

Gathering

Gathering is a sewing technique for shortening the length of a strip of fabric so that the longer piece can be attached to a shorter piece.

In simple gathering, parallel rows of running stitches are sewn along one edge of the fabric to be gathered. The stitching threads are then pulled or "drawn up" so that the fabric forms small folds along the threads.

Marc Jacobs

Layering

Layering fabric, is simply placing one fabring ontop of the other, this can be repeated as much as you want. This technique can be used on any fabric,heavy, medium or lightweight.

Victor and Rolf - Layering Fabric

Tucking

A Tuck is a fold or pleat in fabric that is sewn in place.
Small tucks, especially multiple parallel tucks, may be used to decorate clothing or household linens. When the tucks are very narrow, they are called pintucks or Pin-tucking.


 each tuck two inches wide and two inches apart, eight tucks in all, box-pleating at the bottom."

Victor and Rolf - Tucking 

Studio Space

Bleached T-shirt

Texture Boards

Leatherette with lime green yarn top stitch , spray paint of grafitti patterns with  scored black muslim ontop.

Lime green dyed calico with lime green netting, black spray painted drawing pins.

Spray painted lime green calico, grafitti prints with flock prints.

lime green calico with black latex, cut  into black leatherette with lime green latex on the sides.

Statement

For our project on pattern, I took photos of New York City and was inspired by the urban life, bold colours, bright lights, graffiti and the art galleries. My idea was to contrast flock patterns with urban graffiti, to create something bold, colourful and exciting.  I found the mark marking class really helped me to develop these patterns. Also, that spray paints and latex really helped to develop my designs and give that urban effect.  I really enjoyed this project as I got to bring in painting skills into the project and play around with fabrics.

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