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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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Fabric, whether knitted or woven, is a symmetrical
raw material, rectangularly produced in bands by
hand or machine. A minimally cut square woven
or knitted piece of fabric, joined at the shoulders
or side seams, creates simple, clean, symmetric
asymmetry
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the language of fashion design
shapes, like the poncho, caftan, gathered-
waist skirt (dirndl), or drop-crotched pant by
cutting half shapes on a fold of fabric and
opening them into a bilaterally symmetrical
form. Most likely, saris, scarves, and wrapped
pieces of woven cloth tied onto ...
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ISBN: 9781592538218