Enriching wedding dress using draping Techniques

Document Type : Original Article

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Higher Institute of Applied Arts 6th of October City Fashion Department

Abstract

The method of draping on the dress-stand has its own techniques because this method is distinguished from other methods of implementation, Good draping requires the person in charge of the draping to identify the fabrics that he uses in the implementation of the wedding dress with accurate knowledge , and to discover its limits and possibilities, and to innovate within its framework, taking advantage of its capabilities and techniques in draping on the dress-stand and especially those used in the wedding dress to enrich the executed wedding dress designs.
Research aims :
1- Determining some of the innovative mannequin techniques that are used in the wedding dress.
2- Presenting proposals for modern designs of wedding clothes using the techniques of draping on the dress-stand.
3- Determine the opinions of specialists in the designs implemented for wedding clothes.
4- Determining the degree of consumer acceptance of the “research sample” for the designs implemented for wedding clothes.
This research followed the descriptive analytical approach in addition to the applied study, and the sample consisted of (11) specialists in the field of clothing and textile, and (21) of consumers, and the tools included two questionnaires to know the opinions of both specialists and consumers in the designs implemented for the wedding dress using draping techniques On the dress-stand,
1- As for the opinions of specialists:
Design No. (2) achieved the highest quality coefficient of 95.93%, followed by Design No. (4) with 90.37%, while the quality coefficient for the rest of the designs ranged from 84.44% to 93.70%, which represent distinct quality ratios.
2- Concerning the opinions of consumers:
Design No. (2) achieved the highest quality coefficient of 93.56%, followed by Design No. 4 with 92.37%, while the quality coefficient of the rest of the designs ranged from 88.15% to 91.11%, which represent distinct quality ratios.

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