Garment Styles and Parts Fashion chapter 4

Objectives: Describe the many styles of dresses. Identify neckline and collar styles for men’s and women’s apparel. Describe sleeve, skirt, pants, coat, and jacket styles. Discuss how garments parts can be combined in different ways to achieve new and different fashions.

Garment Parts Pant Skirt Neckline Sleeve Collar Coat and Jacket Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2014. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 

Identify the Garment Part Ask class to look at each picture and identify what garment parts are in each celebrity’s outfit. Tell students to discuss whether the garment parts are flattering to the various body types or not. Why? Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2014. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 

Dress Styles Shift - fitted with a series of double darts Sheath - fitted with a series of single darts Box-fit – elimination of all waist darts, and an increase of intake at the side bust dart Darts are folds (tucks coming to a point) and sewn into fabric to take in ease and provide shape to a garment, especially for a woman's bust. They are used frequently in all sorts of clothing to tailor the garment to the wearer's shape, or to make an innovative shape in the garment. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2014. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 

Basic Dress Styles Sheath dresses have no waistline seam. A-Line dresses are narrow (fitted) at the shoulders. Empire dresses have a high waistline .

Basic Dress Styles Shift or chemise dresses also have no waistline seam. They are straight and loose fitting with no inward shaping at the waist. Tent dresses are large and billowy. They hang loosely from the shoulders. Other dress styles are princess dresses that have seam lines going up and down their entire length. Blouson dresses have a blousy fullness above the waist. Shirtwaist dresses are like long, semifitted, tailored shirts. Coatdresses are heavy dresses that usually close down the front like a coat.

Necklines Décolleté is the French term for low neckline. It is usually used with bare shoulders, such as an evening gown. Jewel or round neckline encircles the base of the neck. Boat or bateau necklines goes straight across from shoulder to shoulder.

Neckline Styles Scoop Neckline is lowered and round. It is usually lower in the back. A horseshoe neckline is up high at the neck in back but goes down like a U in front. A cowl neckline is draped with flowing golds.

Collar styles A popular type of collar for shirts is the button down collar. Some collars have lapels. A lapel is a pointed part of the garment below the collar.

Collar Styles Convertible collar Non-convertible collar (Insert picture example of each style) Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2014. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 

A stock collar is an imitation of an ascot , an ascot is an accessory added at the neck like a necktie. A jabot ( Ja-bow) was originally of lace or ruffle worn on a man’s shirt. Now it is worn on the cllar front or going down from a neckline of a women's garment or men's tuxedo shirt.

The three basic sleeve styles are: 1.Set-in 2.Kimono 3.Raglan Set in sleeves are stitched to the garment around the regular armholes. Kimono sleeves are continuous extensions out from the armhole areas with no seam lines connecting them to the garment. Raglan sleeves have a shaped seam in the garment originating from the underarm.

Pant Styles shorty-shorts (1 ½” below crotch at inseam, ending 1 to 1 ½” above crotch level at side seam bermudas (between jamaicas and knee) knee length toreador (between knee and ankle) capri (1” above ankle) ankle length full length Culotte – pants hang away from the abdomen and buttocks Trouser – hangs straight from the abdomen and buttocks Slack – cups slightly under abdomen and buttocks Jean – contours abdomen and buttocks (Insert information on flattering pant styles for specific body types) Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2014. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 

Skirt Styles micro mini Straight A-Shape (rectangular) (triangular) mini (mid-thigh) knee length midi (mid-calf) ankle floor length Bell Peg (inverted triangle) (Insert information on flattering pant styles for specific body types) Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2014. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 

Skirts Straight skirts have no added fullness at the hem. A-line skirts have extra width at the hem on each side. Dirndl skirt is a slightly gathered skirt that is not very full. Circular skirts are very full at the hem. Full Skirts are pleated or gathered. Pleated skirts have structured folds of cloth.

Flared, Dirndl ,Circular

Coat Styles Coats are warm or weatherproof garments that are worn over a person’s regular clothing. Jackets are simple short coats.

Jacket Styles Single- breasted Jackets are held shut with one row of buttons. Double- breasted Jackets have a wider overlap and tow rows of buttons

We will be designing tiny garment using tin foil. BE CREATIVE!