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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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embellishment
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A garment is cut, fit, and finished. Embellishment
denotes a last step, a finishing touch, an extra, yet
not without prior consideration.
Since the beginning of history, decoration
comes after the essential step of creating the base
the language of fashion design
garment except where decorative adorn-
ments, and not garments, were the only form
of body decoration.
In fashion, a base garment may exist
only for the purpose of carrying the orna-
ment, or inversely an ornament is applied to
a finished garment, calling attention ...
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ISBN: 9781592538218