Draping is the process of transforming a clothing design into a three-dimensional form through techniques like stitching loosely hanging material to create flowing effects. It allows designers to manipulate fabrics on a dress form and see how designs take shape. Common tools used in draping include fabric, pins, marking tools, and dress forms. Different cultures have traditional draped garments like sarongs, togas, and sari that are wrapped and tied in distinctive styles. Draping requires skill to create accurate fitting and is considered a creative pattern making method.

1. DRAPING
Presented by:
Glazel E. Adam

2. DRAPIN
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3. WHAT IS DRAPPING?
Draping is the process of transforming a clothing design into
a three- dimensional form. Currently, it is considered to be an
important part in fashion designing.
The method of draping includes stitching the garment by the
use of loosely hanging material to create a flowing effect.
Fashion Draping is the process of positioning and pinning
fabric on a standard size dress form, to develop the structure
of a garment design.
Even it can create for a very impressive effect when
finished appropriately.
Draping needs ability and practice to do exact fitting, fall and
fullness.

4. WHY USE DRAPING?
Designers love the art of draping because their designs
come to life as they manipulate the fabric on the dress
form. They have to consider lot of aspects when they are
draping the fabrics
Even though a designer may start out with a design
sketch, during the draping process a new and more
interesting design usually takes shape. This is why
draping is considered the more creative method of
pattern making.
However most of the designers would have a preference to
experiment with fabrics to check how they hang. There are
some specific ways to check the fabric’s draping mode.
This can be over either by identifying the thickness and
stiffness of a fabric sample or the method of using a tool
called as drape meter.

5. THE PROCESS OF DRAPING TECHNIQUE
One of the first things you
need to know before starting
the actual process of fashion
draping is that fashion
designers drape garments in
sections. This means that
you can drape, for example,
the front bodice, the back
bodice, the front skirt and
back skirt, and so on.
Another thing to remember
is that only the right side of
the garment is draped.
However, this is only
available if the apparel
design is asymmetrical.

6. Now it is time to tell you about the general
process of fashion draping. So here is what you
need to do.

7. 1.CUT AND
PREPARE
THE PIECES OF
MUSLIN
In this step, you need
tomeasure, tear,
block, press and
mark grain
lines and
reference
lines
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Once you finished the
preparing step, you
can start the actual
draping process. This
involves pinning the
fabric to the dress
form and positioning
it to form different
darts, gathers, tucks
and others alike, to
give shape and fit to
the garment.
3.MARK THE
MUSLIN
So you achieved the
desired design. Now,
you can mark the
muslin while it is still on
the dress form, to
point out where the
darts, seam lines and
other things are
situated on the fabric.
4.REMOVE THE
MUSLIN
FROM THE
DRESS
FORM
Once you finish
the
marking, remove
the
muslin from the
dress
form and lay it flat on
a
table, to prepare it
for truing.

8. 5.TRUIN
G
During this process,
you use rulers and
design curves to
connect, smooth out
and finalize the
markings you did on
your muslin.
6.ADD SEAM
LINES
8.PIN TOGETHER
THE MUSLIN
Pin the muslin together
with all darts pinned and
then place it back onto
your dress form. This
helps you to check for fit
accuracy. It also
enables you to drape
any extra parts of the
garment.
9.FINALIZE
THE
PROCESS
You checked the
muslin
for fit accuracy, and
you
are satisfied with
the appearance
and fit of
your pinned
garment.
Now you can remove
the
muslin from the
dress
form and press it
flat.
Transfer all seam
lines,
grain lines,
notches,
markings and so on to
paper. Now your sewing
pattern for the garment
is created!

9. MUSLI
N
Garments made of woven
goods are usually draped
in muslin or an
inexpensive fabric where
the grain and cross grain
are quite visible
.The quality and hand of the
muslin should represent the
texture and characteristics
of the actual fabric used for
the garment design.

10. FABRICS USED FOR DRAPING
Fabrics and clothes must relate to our lifestyles and our active
lifestyles are made of many different fabrics such as stretchy
knitted fabrics, chiffon, georgette, organza, sheer cottons, voile,
and light weight silk fabrics are most suitable for fashion draping
purpose.
Drape ability plays an important role in making sophisticated
draped garments. Mostly, very light weight to medium weight
fabric is suitable for draped garments.

11. TOOLS & EQUIPMENT USED FOR
DRAPING
Draped-cloth, scissors, arm hole curve,
graduated- square, pins, marking-chalk, pencils,
sharpeners, notches, French-curves, foot-ruler,
grade-ruler, dark colored twill tape, measuring
tape, hip curve, sleeve curve are the tools
required.

12. TYPES OF DRAPING
o A SARONGis a large tube or
length of fabric, often
wrapped around the waist,
worn in
the India, Southeast Asia,
the Arabian, and on many
Pacific islands. The fabric
often has woven plaid or
checkered patterns, or may be
brightly colored by means
of batik or ikat dyeing.
Many modern sarongs
have printed designs,
often depicting animals or
plants.
Different types of sarongs are
worn in different places in the
world,
the lungi in the Indian and
the izaar in the Arabian Peninsula.
The lungi is a type of sarong,
originating from the South
East Asia, and a traditional
skirt-

13. o A CHITONis a form of tunic that fastens at the shoulder, worn by men and women of Ancient Greece and
Rome.
o A LOINCLOTHis a one-piece garment, sometimes kept in place by a belt. It covers the genitals and, at least
partially, the buttocks.
o The TOGAa distinctive garment of ancient Rome, was a roughly semicircular cloth, between 12 and 20 feet
(3.7 and 6.1 m) in length, draped over the shoulders and around the body.

14. o The STOLAwas the traditional
garment of Roman women,
corresponding to the toga, that
was worn by men. The stola was
usually woolen.
o A SARI, saree or shari is
a women's garment from the India
that consists of an
unstitched drape varying from 4.5 to
8 meters (15 to 26 feet) in length
that is typically wrapped around the
waist, with one end draped over the
shoulder, baring a portion of
the midriff. There are various
styles of sari.

15. o The DHOTI, also known as panche,
vesti,
dhuti, mardani, chaadra,
dhotar, panchey.
A type of sarong that resembles trousers,
it
is a lower garment forming part of the
national or ethnic costume for men in the
India.
The dhoti is fashioned out of a
rectangular
piece of unstitched cloth, usually around
4.5
meters (15 ft.) long, wrapped around the
waist and the legs and knotted either in
the front or the back.
o A CLOAKis a type of loose garment that
is worn over indoor clothing and serves
the same purpose as an overcoat; it
protects the wearer from the cold, rain
or wind for example, or it may form part
of a fashionable outfit or uniform.
Cloaks have been used by historic
societies; many climates favor wearing
a full-body garment which is easily
removed.

16. o PAREOa wraparound skirt. Originally it was used only to refer to women's skirts, as men wore a loincloth. Nowadays
the term is applied to any piece of cloth worn wrapped around the body.
o A PONCHOouter garment designed to keep the body warm. A rain poncho is made from a watertight material
designed to keep the body dry from the rain.
o A SHAWLfrom Persian: long Urdu shāl, which may be from Hindi: द
श
ुुाला dushala is a simple item of clothing, loosely
worn over the shoulders, upper body and arms, and sometimes also over the head. It is usually a rectangular or
square piece
of cloth

17. CONCLUSION
 In modern days women prefer to wear draped style garments.
Fashion draping is mostly used in theatrical costumes. Evening wear,
stage wear, and party wear garments are made with the fashion
technocrats. Draping normally requires little bit of extra time but,
with continuous practice this will become easier and more
customers can be satisfied with accurate draped dresses in less time.