Patternmaking for Dress Design

Pamela Vanderlinde is a lecturer in fashion design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago, USA. Pamela is an independent designer whose design practice, philosophy and teaching are grounded in her study of historical and contemporary bespoke fashion. She is the author of Patternmaking for Jacket and Coat Design (Bloomsbury, 2017).

• Introduction 1. The Empire-waist Dress2. The Sheath Dress3. The Shift Dress4. The Trapeze Dress5. The Wrap Dress6. The Strapless Dress7. The Shirtwaist Dress8. The Coat Dress9. The CheongsamGlossaryBibliographyAcknowledgements/Image Credits

Patternmaking for Dress Design is a marvelous combination of history, and why these dresses are considered iconic, and practice, detailing how to create some of the most popular styles in fashion and theatre design. Perfect for novice patternmakers, the instructions and illustrations are clear and provide many tips on not only how to draft the pattern, but how to achieve the perfect fit.