This volume explores and provides clear and detailed and in detail illustrated explanations of all kinds of outerwear patterns for women and men.

Antonio Donnanno is a patternmaking techniques teacher, fashion school director and author of dozens of fashion books.

Famous consultant and author Elisabetta Drudi has illustrated the book.

This second volume of Fashion Patternmaking Techniques, guides readers through and examine the various procedures for transforming bodices, through dart manipulation as well as studying techniques for creating volumes, draping, and fitted patterns. The book includes techniques for creating patterns for knit fabrics; basic dress blocks and how to adapt these to different fabric patterns and types of garment (for example, maternity dresses); sleeves; basic blocks for men’s vests and jackets; size grading for tops and dresses and the fundamentals of pattern layout. This manual prepares the reader to apply these conceptsalong with their own intuition and creativityto constructing patterns.

This new title by best-selling author Elisabetta Drudi offers an inspirational sourcebook of the drawing techniques for fashion details and contains all that is needed to know on how to make accurate technical drawings of details such as collars, pleats, flounces, gathers, drapes, necklines, and so on with three-thousand original fashion drawings throughout.

This title offers an extended, topic-by-topic guide to acquiring and perfecting the skills needed to produce realistic and precise fashion plates that accurately reflect a designer's creative vision. The breadth of information and attention to detail makes this title an invaluable resource for designers, illustrators, artists, students, and anyone who enjoys fashion design.