Synopses & Reviews
Get Ready
- Preparing For Success in Fitting and Alteration
- Using the Elements and Principles of Design
- Fitting Standards
Get Set
- Methods of Figure Evaluation and Style Selection
- Methods of Fitting the Figure
- Methods of Pattern Alteration
- Methods for Using Personalized Patterns and Slopers
- Methods of Garment Alteration
Go
- Skirts and Pants
- Bodices
- Sleeves
- Combined Bodices and Skirts
New To this Edition
- Reorganized table of contents to reflect industry perspective
- Instructions for applying concepts to men's wear and children's wear
- Over 100 fitting variations and solutions to fitting problems
- Covers the elements and principles of design as they relate to fitting
- Multi-method approach to figure evaluation, fitting, and alternation includes both slash and pivot method
- Learning Objectives and important terms listed at the beginning of each chapter
- Review Questions at the end of each chapter
- Interactive exercises within each chapter
- Double-page format for each figure variation
Synopsis
This textbook teaches students how to recognize, evaluate, and correct fit for over 100 figure variations by utilizing a multi-method approach that is logical and easy-to-follow.
Synopsis
This textbook teaches students how to recognize, evaluate, and correct fit for over 100 figure variations. The book utilizes a multi-method approach that is both logical and easy-to-follow, and each procedure is clearly identified and fully-illustrated. The second edition will include new information concerning figure evaluation, methods for working with multi-sized patterns, and instructions for correcting garments that have more than one fit problem.
Synopsis
Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach to the Art of Style Selection, Fitting, and Alteration, 2nd Edition, shows readers how to recognize, evaluate, and correct fit for 88 figure variations. This comprehensive guide presents proven methods of style selection, fitting, and alteration that are rooted in the elements and principles of design. The authors use a multi-level approach that is both logical and easy to follow, and each procedure is clearly identified and fully illustrated. Highlights of this edition include alternative methods of figure evaluation, information about choosing the right style to enhance ones figure, and instructions for working with multi-sized patterns and correcting garments that have more than one fit problem.
About the Author
Elizabeth Liechty is Professor Emerita at Brigham Young University.
Della N. Pottberg-Steineckert is Professor Emerita at Brigham Young University.
Judith Rasband is the founder and CEO of Conselle L.C. and director of the Conselle Institute of Image
Management.
Table of Contents
Get Ready
Preparing For Success in Fitting and
Alteration
Using the Elements and Principles of Design
Fitting Standards
Get Set
Methods of Figure Evaluation and
Style Selection
Methods of Fitting the Figure
Methods of Pattern Alteration
Methods for Using Personalized
Patterns and Slopers
Methods of Garment Alteration
Go!
Skirts and Pants
Bodices
Sleeves
Combined Bodices and Skirts