The Fundamentals of Fashion Design by Richard Sorger and Jenny Udale

Author:Richard Sorger and Jenny Udale
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

13 Comme des Garçons Autumn/Winter 2016–17

This sculptural dress utilizes darts to create the volume and shape of each section.

Creating volume

In clothing terms, “volume” refers to excess fabric. Creating volume in a garment means that, strictly speaking, it no longer follows the human form and alters the silhouette to some degree.

Using seams and darts to create volume

We create fit with seams and darts, but they can also be used to create volume. The easiest way to imagine how seams or darts are used to add volume is to visualize an image of the world as it appears in an old-fashioned atlas, illustrated flat like the skin of a carefully peeled orange. Where the curved lines of each section join, they form a three-dimensional globe. The triangular spaces between each section behave a little like darts. If we were to cut through the darts and separate each section, seams (rather than darts) would be required to rejoin them (this is how seams can replace darts). Employing seams or darts to create volume in this way offers endless possibilities for creating form.

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