I love when they show the artists in the ateliers. These talented people make the designers dream come to life. It's this kind of hard work in the background that makes it all seem so effortless on the runway! Cheers!
What a pleasure to watch this clip! I'm just a guy and I don't know much about tailoring. In fact, I've learned about draping and what it means only today from this video. Thanks to Christian Dior and this amazing modelist.
Here's what she's done: First she does the calculations of the body measurements and the dimensions, she uses a tape as guide lines of where this and that lays on the body as well as highlighting the bust/waist/hip line being parallel to the floor and the apex point (center of the bust which is useful to create darts ). She cuts a squared patterned cloth and mark the center front/back and places the cloth with the CB/CF lines on the center of the body. And drapes the fabric according the the tape guidelines. She uses a ruler to measure and mark the pleated lines evenly and places it on the body. She does only one side because the other side is exactly the same. What happens later, she should mark the pattern and where the joints are, writing notes numbers or guidelines if necessary. Then she will unpin the cloth and lay it flat on the table , refine the marks. Then this becomes a pattern, this pattern will be placed on top of the design fabric and follow the pattern made. :)
marchela2002 She's retired now but still evaluating my final exams in 2 weeks :O The people are really liking their jobs in this kind of career and they're sharing their passion and that's beautiful
personally i think this is a great video..i have been 'sewing' for 40 years,i've always wanted to know how this was done...i only wish i had taken the opportunity wheni was young to go to college and learn..my parents were right. thank you so very much for posting, i look forward to your future posts also.
Awesome!!!! Thank you so much for posting this. It helps me a lot when it comes to draping. If you have any more fashion draping videos to post it will be greatly appreciated! =)
this is magnificent, i have my final test at the school and is moulage Technic, thank u for this video,u have inspired me very much,,, we want some more pls :D
Thanks for all the great lovely responses! Things have been quite busy around here. There are plans for a series of VERY interesting videos. I'll be showing some genuine haute couture basics from scratch! How to accurately take measures of a body (and a fitting mannequin), compensating for the asymmetries, how to place the bolducs (guiding ribbons) on mannequins, how to make your personal customized fitting mannequin, how to create your base patterns... Just have a little patience! ;)
Just ask for some narrow ribbon! ;) cotton or polyester is fine. Choose one that has a contrasting color to you mannequin. Make sure you accurately and correctly mark the waistline, breast line, hipline, mid front, mid back, shoulder drops, side divisions, and arm girth. You can just pin the ribbon until its correct, but then just use a loose wide stitch to fix it, as these ribbons will always be of pivotal use, when trying out the garments on the mannequin.
Thanks for the heads up on the misspell. My editor has been fired. ;) Moulage (muˈlɑʒ) is a french word that means to make a mold of something, frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped. Its intrinsically connected to the bespoke dummy, made to the clients shape and measurements. French terminology in couture sometimes does not translate as clearly to the english.
I'm utterly amazed that one lone woman did that! I came to this video expecting to see a team of people. Wow, where do you go to learn skills like this because that level of talent isn't seen often.
Currently studying patternmaking in Paris, moulage would be considered the equivalent of draping....but more precise - aka there are set parameters - (grainlines, basic measurements, etc.) to work from to create the look - plus the patternmaker's own objective intepretation of the croquis....hope this helps!
