Bias Cut Blueprints

by Julianne Bramson
Bias Cut Blueprints
Author: Julianne Bramson
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2014-06-13
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ISBN: 9780990464303
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A novel approach to bias-cut garment design and construction. You've probably heard a lot of hearsay about the bias-cut. It's tricky. It's hard to sew. It uses too much fabric. The seams sag or ripple. It needs tons of basting. What if you could stop trying to control the bias and instead start using its unique properties in your favor? What if that enabled you to make fabulous clothes that fit and flatter? Our method: * eliminates bias-cut sewing almost completely; * simplifies textbooks' worth of pattern drafting with a simple math formula, no scientific calculator required! * produces complicated-looking designs with a streamlined process; * is efficient in both time and fabric, with only tiny slivers of material left over. The projects in this book are modular and have many options to create various garments. There are five blouses, three neckline variations, three sleeves, and eight skirt variations. Over 200 unique combinations are possible! Embrace bias-cut garment design with ease and flair!

Bias Cut Blueprints

by Julianne Bramson
Bias Cut Blueprints
Author: Julianne Bramson
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2014-06-30
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ISBN: 9780990464310
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A Novel Approach to Bias-Cut Garment Design and ConstructionTimeless, sexy, and romantic. A bias-cut dress can make any woman feel like a goddess. However, when you talk about sewing one, you might hear some negative views about it. "It's tricky to sew." "It uses too much fabric." "The seams sag or ripple." "It needs tons of basting."What if you could stop trying to control the bias and instead start using its unique properties in your favor? What if that enabled you to make fabulous clothes that fit and flatter?The Bias Cut Blueprints method:- Eliminates bias-cut sewing, most seams are on the straight-of-grain- A wide range of sizes is included, as well as a method to make the garments for any size!- Produces complicated-looking designs with a streamlined process- Is efficient in both time and fabric, with only tiny amounts of material left overThe projects in this book are modular with many options for mixing and matching.5 Blouses3 Neckline Variations3 Sleeves8 Skirt VariationsAdd in tunic and dress lengths and over 200 garments are possible!

Bias-cut Dressmaking

by Gillian Holman
Bias-cut Dressmaking
Author: Gillian Holman
Publisher: Batsford
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2001
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780713486247
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This book has step by step instructions and diagrams for making over 40 items of bias-cut clothing - including lingerie, skirts, dresses and eveningwear - with a spread for each item. The information is clearly written and laid out, making bias-cut accessible to those not overly familiar with this type of dressmaking, including fashion students and amateur dressmakers.

Madeleine Vionnet

by Betty Kirke
Madeleine Vionnet
Author: Betty Kirke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:
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Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975) was the greatest dressmaker in the world, considered a genius for her innovations with difficult bias cut designs. Vionnet dressed the movie stars of the 1930s and invented new pattern-making techniques. This definitive study of an astonishing woman and her work contains 38 original patterns for Vionnet dresses. Over 400 illustrations.

Madeleine Vionnet

by Pamela Golbin
Madeleine Vionnet
Author: Pamela Golbin
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2009
Genre: Art
ISBN:
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Famous for the "bias cut," Madeleine Vionnet’s sophisticated approach to couture remains a pervasive influence today. Eschewing artificial and restrictive padding and stiffening, she liberated the female form with designs that integrated movement and comfort into women’s fashion. She also championed unusual fabrics that were luxurious and sensual yet simple and modern—chiffon, silk, crêpe de chine, gabardine, and satin. Her most revolutionary creations—the handkerchief dress, cowl neck, and halter top—cling to and seamlessly move with the wearer. Vionnet’s principles of elegance, movement, architectural form, and timeless style continue to inform contemporary fashion. This lavishly illustrated book showcases Vionnet’s daringly original designs worn by 80 internationally famous models photographed especially for this book alongside original patterns and archival images by such icons as Horst and Steichen.

Madeleine Vionnet

by Jacqueline Demornex
Madeleine Vionnet
Author: Jacqueline Demornex
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 305
Release: 1991
Genre: Costume designers
ISBN: 9780847813872
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Smart about Cities

by Maarten A. Hajer
Smart about Cities
Author: Maarten A. Hajer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN: 9789462081482
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"The discourse on "Smart Cities" is everywhere. It promises an era of innovative urban planning, driven by smart urban technologies that will make cities safer, cleaner and, above all, more efficient. Efficiency seems uncontroversial but does it make for great cities? In this book, Maarten Hajer, Director-general of PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and Ton Dassen, urban sustainability researcher at PBL, plea for a "smart urbanism" instead of uncritically adopting "smart cities". Such smart urbanism needs to find solutions for what modern 20th century urbanism has forgotten to take into account: the "metabolism" of cities - the variety of flows that connect city life to nature. What are we taking in, what are we discharging, and how efficiently are we doing that? Illustrated by 50 infographics, this book highlights both the challenges and opportunities for change. It calls for a "globally networked urbanism" that allows cities worldwide to learn faster and jointly identify effective strategies. A viable 21st century planning, rather than including top-down innovation, opts to embed technology in social innovations."--Contratapa.

Form, Fit, Fashion

by Jay Calderin
Form, Fit, Fashion
Author: Jay Calderin
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2009-12-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1616736755
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An indispensable primer for students and first-stop reference for professionals, Form, Fit, and Fashion guides the fashion designer through the entire design process, from conceiving a garment to marketing it. This handbook collects the information and ideas essential to planning and executing fashion projects of every scale and distills them in an easy-to-use format that is compact enough to slip into a tote. Linking six central phases in the cycle of fashion—research, editing, design, construction, connection, and evolution—Form, Fit, and Fashion will help designers to develop effective strategies for building a cohesive collection and communicating their vision.

Blueprint

by Robert Plomin
Blueprint
Author: Robert Plomin
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0262357763
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A top behavioral geneticist argues DNA inherited from our parents at conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses. This “modern classic” on genetics and nature vs. nurture is “one of the most direct and unapologetic takes on the topic ever written” (Boston Review). In Blueprint, behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality—the blueprint that makes us who we are. Plomin reports that genetics explains more about the psychological differences among people than all other factors combined. Nature, not nurture, is what makes us who we are. Plomin explores the implications of these findings, drawing some provocative conclusions—among them that parenting styles don't really affect children's outcomes once genetics is taken into effect. This book offers readers a unique insider’s view of the exciting synergies that came from combining genetics and psychology.