Draping (Beginner Level) - Face to Face
DRAPAGE;
It is the process of shaping fabric on a live person or inanimate mannequin . The pattern of clothing models can be obtained by draping with paper and/or fabric on a live or inanimate mannequin.
The process performed with this technique is called draping technique.
Situations That Require Draping Work
Model feature: Some models (draped, asymmetrical, etc.) are difficult or quite challenging to create with the cutting method. Creating the patterns of such models with the draping method makes the job easier.
Seeing the entire model: The draping technique is used to see how a desired model will look on a mannequin.
Disproportionate bodies: It is quite difficult to apply pattern and cut to some bodies. For example; body height, hip drop are not proportionate to the body, it is too fat or too thin or there are differences between the right and left sides of the body. In such cases, it is more advantageous to use the draping technique.
To practice rehearsal and control: Draping is also practiced to practice rehearsal and control.
· Provides and improves the ability to work on draping and rehearsal.
· Provides development of model creation skills.
· Provides recognition of the properties of fabrics.
· It allows you to see the proportions of model details (cups, sleeves, pockets, skirt and body, etc.) as a whole and adjust their aesthetic harmony.
It provides the ability to choose models suitable for disproportionate and asymmetrical bodies and to work according to certain rules.
Employment Areas
Those who receive training in this program can work in small and large-scale businesses, fashion houses and boutiques, and produce in their own workplaces or at home.
Content of the Program
· Participants in the program are provided with the knowledge and skills to prepare the pattern, cutting and pre-sewing processes of women's dresses using the draping technique and to sew them.
· Taking model markings (waist, hip, middle etc.).
· Creating the dress pattern and the basic skirt pattern and transferring the patterns to the millage paper in accordance with the technique.
· Sewing clothes and making patterns.
· Application of the model with asymmetrical detail on a polyurethane needle-punched mannequin. The applied model is removed from the mannequin and assembled on the machine as a draft.
· Quickly working on a model on a mannequin.
Ceren Yilmaz
She was born in Istanbul in 1997. She graduated from Beykoz Anatolian Girls' Vocational High School, Department of Women's Clothing and Technologies and completed her undergraduate studies in Beykent University, Department of Textile and Fashion Design. She continued her textile education with a Master's Degree in Textile and Fashion Design at Beykent University. She worked as a designer in Türkiye's leading textile brands and also taught textile, pattern and fashion design to many students.
Sibel ARAL
Since 1988, she has supported her fashion education, which she received during her university years, with fashion fairs and fashion shows abroad and fashion workshops over the years. Some of the trainings she received are Color Analysis Expertise, Modeling and Pattern Knowledge, Retail Sales Methods and Merchandising. She worked as a designer at Foli Giyim between 1992-94. Between 1994-2016, she worked as a Design Coordinator at Faik Sönmez Tekstil, monitoring and controlling everything from the creation of the model to fabric purchasing, and the product entering the warehouse during production. Since 2016, she has been providing consultancy to corporate companies, preparing freelance collections, styling, and also providing individual consultancy, color and size consultancy.





