Paperback
620 illustrations
240 pages
280 x 216
ISBN 978 1 85669 750 7
$40.00
Published October 2011
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Preparation for Pattern Cutting
Chapter 2: Selecting the Tools
Chapter 3: The Basic Block
Chapter 4: Drafting the Paper Pattern and First Toile
Chapter 5: Converting the Block into the Design
Chapter 6: Pattern Cutting in Practice
Chapter 7: Pattern Cutting and Technology
Glossary of terms
Further Reading
Index
Picture credits and acknowledgements
Size Chart
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This practical book shows students how to interpret the human form and look at clothing through the eyes of a designer rather than a consumer. As well as explaining the proportions of human anatomy, the book introduces key tools and takes the reader from simple pattern-cutting ideas to more advanced creative methods.
Step-by-step illustrations show how to create basic bodice, sleeve, skirt, dress and trouser blocks, and how to adapt these to create patterns for original designs. There is also a chapter dedicated to digital technology, and a selection of the author’s own creative designs encourages experimentation with the potential of pattern cutting.
Dennic Chunman Lo is Director of the Creative Pattern Cutting course at London College of Fashion. He has his own fashion label, Lo and Cabon.
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'Pattern cutting is a truly a life time journey and Dennic Lo's new book is a very solid body of research and exchange of knowledge that will help not only in those early moments of cutting but forever as a source of reference.'
Zowie Broach & Brian Kirkby, Boudicca
'Finally a book that illustrates the art of pattern cutting in a practical and sensible way.'
Leila Nyberg-McAleer, Head Pattern Cutter at COS
'Pattern cutting is a complex subject and this book thoroughly explores the subject in a straight forward, contemporary and visually stimulating manner. It's the perfect book to have at hand in the studio or classroom.'
Richard Sorger, Designer and Senior Tutor, Fashion, Middlesex University
A Central Reference Book
27/06/2011
Dennic Lo’s book on pattern cutting is destined to become a central reference for anyone who is seriously interested in making clothes and wants to develop the necessary skills and understanding. With its clear and concise text and diagrams, this publication gradually guides the reader from simple to advanced pattern cutting. It also clearly demonstrates the central part that good design plays in garment construction. By giving the reader insight into the complexity and ingenuity of pattern cutting and its inventive relationship to the human form, Dennic Lo’s book will give the reader confidence to not only use established patterns, but to also create their own designs.
by Frances Corner, President of London College of Fashion
Inspiring and Instructive
27/06/2011
To begin the art of pattern cutting can be a daunting prospect. With it’s simple and direct approach, this book will inspire and instruct any budding creative pattern cutter through the rudiments of their craft.
by Betty Jackson
An everlasting source of reference
27/06/2011
Pattern cutting is a truly a life time journey and Dennic Lo's new book is a very solid body of research and exchange of knowledge that will help not only in those early moments of cutting but forever as a source of reference.
by Zowie Broach & Brian Kirkby, Boudicca
Excellent book for the beginning fashion student
27/06/2011
Pattern Cutting by Dennic Chunman Lo is an excellent book for the beginning fashion student. Beginning with the basic concepts of how garments hang on the body, this book gives a good overview of the process of conceiving, and designing a garment. Tools, materials, and basic drafts proceed to more advanced designs, and even into experimental patternmaking. A discussion of putting the design into production is placed logically at the end of the text.
When studying fashion in schools, the different parts of the knowledge of making a garment can seem to be separate and segmented to the fashion student. This book pulls them all together, showing how all parts of the knowledge work in concert to create a viable product
by Kenneth D. King, Contributing Editor--Threads Magazine, Professor, Haute Couture--Fashion Institute of Technology, couture evening wear designer, New York City
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