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HECOL 454

Apparel Design and Product Development II

3 units

Winter 2025

Topics

  • Understand the relationship between apparel design and special fabrics utilized in contemporary fashion design
  • Adapt a variety of production techniques to any of the special fabrics including elastomerics
  • Understand and apply traditional and contemporary tailoring production techniques to a variety of fabrics
  • Execute and/or modify patterns for special fabrics or functions
  • Develop creative problem solving skills and experimentation techniques to research solutions to apparel design problems and fit
  • Use draping as the method for pattern development
  • Utilize creative fabric surface manipulation in garment designs

Readings

  • Aldrich, Winifred (2011). Metric Pattern Cutting for Women’s Wear, Blackwell Publishing
    required
  • Amaden-Crawford, Connie (2011). A Guide to Fashion Sewing, Fairchild Publications Inc
    required
  • Joseph-Armstrong, Helen. (2010). Patternmaking for Fashion Design. New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, Inc
    unspecified
  • Shaeffer, Clair B. (2012). Sewing for the Apparel Industry. Prentice Hall, Inc
    unspecified
  • Tain, Linda. (2010). Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers. New York: Fairchild Publications
    unspecified
  • Brown, Sass. (2013) Refashioned. Cutting Edge Clothing from Upcycled Materials. Laurence King Publishing
    unspecified
Winter 2020

Topics

  • Understand the relationship between apparel design and special fabrics utilized in contemporary fashion design
  • Adapt a variety of production techniques to any of the special fabrics including elastomerics
  • Understand and apply traditional and contemporary tailoring production techniques to a variety of fabrics
  • Execute and/or modify patterns for special fabrics or functions
  • Develop creative problem solving skills and experimentation techniques to research solutions to apparel design problems and fit
  • Use draping as the method for pattern development
  • Utilize creative fabric surface manipulation in garment designs

Readings

  • Aldrich, Winifred (2011). Metric Pattern Cutting for Women’s Wear, Blackwell Publishing
    required
  • Amaden-Crawford, Connie (2011). A Guide to Fashion Sewing, Fairchild Publications Inc
    required
  • Joseph-Armstrong, Helen. (2010). Patternmaking for Fashion Design. New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, Inc
    unspecified
  • Shaeffer, Clair B. (2012). Sewing for the Apparel Industry. Prentice Hall, Inc
    unspecified
  • Tain, Linda. (2010). Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers. New York: Fairchild Publications
    unspecified
  • Brown, Sass. (2013) Refashioned. Cutting Edge Clothing from Upcycled Materials. Laurence King Publishing
    unspecified
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