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The Language of Fashion Design
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The Language of Fashion Design

by Laura Volpintesta
February 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
240 pages
7h 2m
English
Rockport Publishers
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negative shape
Negative shape, however subtle, connotes inva-
sion. The fashion garment invades space with its
silhouette, cutting into it, or conversely a cutout
invades the fashion garment’s shape, cutting away
from it and exposing skin or layers beneath.
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the language of fashion design
The cutout in this garment
is totally integrated with
the construction, simply
resulting from space between
bands of gathered silk.
The edges of that absence create their own
shape, referred to as negative shape, or
negative space for three-dimensional forms ...
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ISBN: 9781592538218