APPAREL MANUFACTURING - I 3(1+2)

Lesson 4 : Garment Designing: Techniques

Construction Feature of Dress Form

A dress form is the figure from the neck to the top of the thighs and is fixed on a wood or metal stand. The stand may feature small rollers for easy movement. Having a stand on a dress form allows dresses, skirts and sometimes pants to hang down at an appropriate height. It also lets the dressmaker work with the form at a reasonably comfortable height. For display purposes, the stand holds the dressed form to allow viewing at a comfortable eye level. These are light weight and made of wire, foam and fabric padding.