APPAREL MANUFACTURING - I 3(1+2)

Lesson 4 : Garment Designing: Techniques

Dress form and its Importance

A dress form is a three-dimensional shape used for designing and displaying clothing. Dressmakers and designers use dress forms to work with fabric pieces to construct a clothing item of a specific size, while fashion merchandisers may display finished garments on a dress form. (Figure 2)

Difference between Mannequin and Dress Forms

Dress forms differ from full-size mannequins in that they don't have a head or limbs. Dress forms model a female figure from the neck to the top of the thighs and the form is fixed on to a wood or metal stand. While the mannequins are the complete figures of human being, basically used for displaying purpose, rather than designing. (Figure 2)