Bunka Fashion Series Garment Design Textbook 2 - Skirts & Pants

The first five Garment Design Textbooks in the Bunka Fashion Series have been published in English, and are designed to help the student acquire garment-making skills and a general knowledge regarding clothing, as well as develop the student’s creativity and sense of aesthetics. Volume 2, Skirts & Pants, is designed for beginners and looks at the history of these two garments as well as providing design related information, explaining the measuring method which forms the basis of pattern making, the pattern drafting theory based on this measuring method, and techniques to develop the basic pattern into various different silhouettes, using a method that combines pattern drafting and pattern manipulation. This book adopts high sewing standards in its fundamental dressmaking method, placing emphasis on making clothing to match individual physiques and figures. Ample use is made of diagrams to ensure that all the processes from cutting, basting, and fitting to final stitching are clear [...]and easy to understand. The English textbooks are exact translations of their Japanese counterparts and were designed to be easy to use by Bunka Gakuen students wanting to go beyond Japan’s shores, as well as to act as a bridge between Bunka Gakuen and students studying fashion elsewhere in the world.