What not to wear (Spanish edition)

¿Cual es el error que tenemos al comprar ropa?

Alguna gente al tiempo de comprar ropa no sabe la talla correcta que necesita y recurre a la talla que ya sabía que era hace unos 5 años atrás. Un 98% de esta gente no sabe cual es su talla, tiene miedo de cambiar de talla y admitir que esta más gorda(o) o delgada(o) y el otro 2% realmente no sabe que talla es porque creció.

Otro error que comete la gente es comprar ropa muy ajusta que hasta no puede respirar. Este error mucha lo comete y no sabe que malo para la salud causando infecciones y deformando el cuerpo. 

Aprende como buscar tu talla:

1) Mide tu cintura con una cinta métrica. (Por la ropa de cintura que compres)

2) Mide tu cadera con una cinta métrica. (Por la ropa de cadera que adquieras)

3) Mide lo largo: si es de cintura mide desde la cintura hasta lo largo que usted prefiera.

                           si es de cadera mide desde la cadera hasta lo largo que usted guste.

           ( Digo esto porque existen muchos tipos de pantalones. Ejemplos: Capri, short...

4) Mide tu busto con la cinta métrica, esto te va ayudar para blusas, vestidos, ropa interior y más. 

 

*Si no tienes cinta métrica puedes usar un hilo o listón  y después con ese hilo o listón lo mides con tu regla. 

Los peores ejemplos sobre el mal uso

Wedding Dresses

All brides want to look spectacular, beautiful, and unique in their wedding day, they want to feel special for the men of her dreams with which they are going to live the rest of their lives. Some brides have changed the traditional wedding dress as we knew, adding details about her personality or the traditional color to another color. However, these changes that the brides have made to the dresses, have not changed the meaning of wedding dress.

What is the white color meaning of the wedding dress?

The white color is chosen because it expresses peace, happiness, purity and innocence; glory and immortality.

The Nontraditional Wedding Dresses
           (Best examples)

Best Recomendation of Wedding Dresses

Pattern Terminology (Part 2)

Fashion Pattern

Part 2

Landmarks: Designated points (landmarks) around the body that correspond with those of the form. They are used for measuring the body sections when drafting and draping.

Dot mark: A pencil mark indicating a specific point on the pattern or muslin.

Example

A series of dot marks are connected to outline a shape or line on the pattern or muslin.

Pin marking: Placing a series of pins through the muslin or form to evaluate styleline placement.

Tape marking: Styleline placement by tape to evaluate design features, and to provide a guide when draping, or developing design patterns.

Trueing: The blending and straightening of pencil lines, crossmarks, and dot marks for the purpose of establishing correct seam lengths.

                                             Example: Trueing side seam having a side dart.

Blend: A process of smoothing, shaping, and rounding angular lines along a seam for a smooth transition from one point to the next, and for equalizing the discrepancies of joining lines and marks made on the pattern or fabric (muslin).

Blending example

Bust Point: A designated placed on the bust and pattern.

Apex: The highest location of a mound.

Dart: A wedge-shape cutout in a pattern, used as means of controlling the fit of a garment. 

Dart Legs: The two lines that form an open space at the pattern's edge and converge at a predetermined point on the patter.

 Dart Intake: Amount of excess or space confined between dart legs to control the fit of the garment. It purpose is to take up excess where it is not needed, and gradually release fabric where it is needed.

Double-ended dart: Along vertical dart passing through garments having no waistline seam. The dart intake is controlled by two punches and circles placed at the center fold at waist level and 1/8 inch from one side of the dart leg, and 1/4 to 1/2 inch in from the dart at each end.

Uprighting a dart. Moving the dart point so that it takes places the center back or the center front of a garment.

Darts examples on garments.

Pattern Terminology (Part 1)

Fashion Pattern

(Part 1)

Pattern making involves the design and creation of templates from which clothing and craft items can be sewn. Patterns are made of pieces of paper shapes that are traced onto the fabric to be cut, with each individual pattern piece serving as a form for an individual part of the garment or item to be sewn.

Basic knowledge of pattern making terms

Pattern Drafting: A system of pattern making that depends on a series of form or figure measurements to complete the paper pattern.

Pattern Draping: A two-dimensional piece of fabric draped around a form or figure conforming to its shape, creating a three-dimentional fabric pattern.

Basic Pattern Set: A 5-piece pattern set, consisting of a front/back bodice and skirt, and a long sleeve, which represents the dimensions of a specific form or figure.

Working Pattern: Any patterns used as a base for manipulation when design patterns.

Examples: 

    

   

References 
PATTERNMAKING for design by Helen Joseph
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-pattern-making.htm

DRAPING

Many people have asked once in their life, what is the meaning of draping?


Draping is the process of creating clothing patterns on a dress form by taking fabric and manipulating, marking, trueing, blending, and cutting.

What equipment are used in the draping?

1. Carbon Paper

2. French Curve

3. Gingham Fabric

4. Hip Curve

5. L-square Ruler

6. Measuring Tape

7. Muslin Fabric

8. Needlepoint Tracing Wheel

9. Pattern Notcher

10. Pattern Paper

11. Pattern Weights

12. Pencil, eraser and pencil sharpener

13. Pins

14. Scissors

15. Straight-edge Ruler

16. Style Line Tape

17. Vary Form Curve

18. Yardstick

After knowing the materials that you need for the draping. You need to have the knowledge of a dress form.

Examples 

Draping Garments Examples

This dress is from "Maria Barros" Collection 2013 

"Vera Wang" is one of biggest the examples of draping wedding dresses. Collection spring 2010

references:

-Draping Basics by Sally M. Dimarco