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GARMENT DESIGN [14 records]

Record 1 2022-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Clothing (General)
  • Sewing (General)
DEF

[A person who] makes women's garments; such as, dresses, coats, suits and other dress clothing, applying knowledge of women's garment design, construction and styling...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
  • Couture (Généralités)
DEF

Personne qui confectionne des vêtements pour dames, tels que robes, manteaux, costumes et autres vêtements en y appliquant ses connaissances de la création, de la confection et de la mode [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Sewing
  • Men's Clothing
CONT

To become a master tailor traditionally requires five years of theory and practical study followed by two years working under the supervision of a senior master tailor.

OBS

[A master tailor] makes men's garments, such as suits, topcoats, overcoats and other dress clothing, applying knowledge of men's garment design, construction and styling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Couture
  • Vêtements pour hommes
OBS

[Le maître tailleur] confectionne des vêtements pour hommes, comme des habits, des pardessus, des paletots et autres vêtements de ville, en faisant appel à sa connaissance des modèles, du montage et de la mode.

Key term(s)
  • maître-tailleur
  • maîtresse-tailleuse

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Sewing
CONT

Once the original design has been created and made into an experimental garment, sample makers follow it closely as they prepare a sample garment, which must be approved by the company's managers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Couture

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Sewing Patterns
CONT

Traditionally, the art of converting the design concept into the pattern pieces has been the role of the patternmaker whose duties have included : creating a master pattern for each size within a range of garment sizes, using charts, drafting instruments, computers, or grading devices.

Key term(s)
  • pattern maker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Patrons (Couture)
Key term(s)
  • patronniste

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
DEF

In fashion, a term used to describe the way fabric hangs or folds.

CONT

She adjusted the drape of her skirt.

OBS

Drape often influences the fit and look of a garment and can vary based on the fabric' s weight and hand as well as the design, cut and construction of the garment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
DEF

Qualité d'un tissu qui forme naturellement de beaux plis lorsqu'on le laisse pendre.

CONT

D'une bonne résistance à l'usure par abrasion et à la lumière, d'un entretien facile et d'une grande facilité de teinture, cette fibre résiste aux mites. Elle ne se feutre pas et donne du tombant au tissu [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

EMU [extravehicular mobility unit] design... attempts to minimize these effects in order to maximize suit flexibility and astronaut mobility.... Joint restraints are quite effective in maintaining a nearly constant joint volume through the most frequently used areas of an astronaut's workspace, and innovative designs such as flat-patterned mobility joints allow easy flexing of joints without substantial twisting, bunching, or stretching of thermal micrometeorite garment(TMG) material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing (General)
  • Clothing (General)
DEF

A design made separately and then sewn on a cloth or garment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Couture (Généralités)
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
CONT

Élément appliqué. Appliques de velours sur un manteau.

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • High Fashion (Clothing)
  • Sewing Patterns
  • Fashion and Styles (Clothing)
CONT

Apparel Design: With an industry charged with competition, your apparel designs need to get from your head to the manufacturer without delay. But you need to work in a creative environment that produces accurate and precise drawings, with an interface that allows you to work like you were before your computer automated some of your business.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Haute couture
  • Patrons (Couture)
  • Mode
Key term(s)
  • création de costumes

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Women's Clothing
DEF

An outer garment for women based on the design of the burnous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements pour dames
OBS

Les termes burnous et djellaba ne sont pas synonymes.

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Knitting Techniques - Various
CONT

The fishermen of the Aran Isles (off the south-west coast of Ireland) invented these stitches ... A true Aran design consists of a symmetrical arrangement of motifs on either side of a central panel, which can be formed: - by a cable or cabled pattern which can be wide or narrow, simple or complicated and is usually worked on a background of reverse stockinette stitch (one row purl. one row knit). or: - by a panel of fancy pattern usually giving a raised effect. The side panels generally consist of an arrangement of patterns giving a vertical effect. They can be classic: diamonds, single or double zig-zags, ring cables, etc.

CONT

Aran sweaters are made from dense, oiled wools called bainin and offer wind and rain proofing... The techniques of cabling and honeycomb, moss and other patterns as well as the development of raised patterns... Many patterns use 400 stitches in rows in which twelve stitches make up an inch. Each stitch had to be of the correct type to make up the desired pattern requiring mathematical, design and topographic skills which would be well used in a software programming environments of today. The Aran sweaters we provide are all genuine Aran sweaters hand knitted in Ireland... Each sweater is a unique hand made garment and is guaranteed hand knitted in Ireland....

Key term(s)
  • Aran design

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Techniques de tricot diverses
CONT

Le tricot irlandais : Les marins pêcheurs de l'île d'Aaran (Irlande) l'inventèrent jadis [...] Chaque point irlandais est une association de motifs disposés symétriquement de chaque côté d'un panneau central qui peut être formé: - par une torsade ou un motif torsadé plus ou moins large et plus ou moins travaillé qui ressort le plus souvent sur un fond de jersey envers [...); - par une largeur d'un point fantaisie qui présente en principe un certain relief. Les motifs utilisés pour les parties latérales sont généralement des motifs disposés en lignes. IIs sont classiques : losanges, point zigzag simple ou double, maillons, etc.

Spanish

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Record 11 1996-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Patterns
CONT

Draping is a method of patternmaking for fashion design that permits free and accurate expression of ideas as the designer works. It is a three-dimensional process of designing. In a way, draping may be compared to the building of a model. The designer, working from a sketch or a mental picture, gives three-dimensional form to an idea for a garment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patrons (Couture)
CONT

Le moulage consiste à réaliser le patron en trois dimensions par manipulation de la toile sur le mannequin. [...] Le moulage s'effectue toujours sur la partie droite du mannequin, sauf dans les cas de modèles qui seraient asymétriques.

Spanish

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Record 12 1988-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Patterns
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

Gerber Garment Technology and Gerber Camsco are leader computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing systems(CAD/CAM) for the apparel and allied industries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patrons (Couture)
  • Automatisation et applications
CONT

Gerber Garment Technology et Gerber Camsco occupent une position de leader dans les domaines de l'étude, de la fabrication et de la commercialisation de systèmes de conception et de fabrication assistées par ordinateur (CFAO) destinés à la confection et aux industries qui en dépendent.

Spanish

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Record 13 1987-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing (General)
DEF

A placket design utilizing two finished strips of equal width, applied to fill an oblong opening. A lapped closure is produced where the overlap strip is visible on the face of the garment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Couture (Généralités)
CONT

La patte de fente est une autre version de la bordure en forme. Taillée, comme la bande d'encolure, d'après un patron, et appliquée selon la même méthode, la patte est une finition de fente très populaire. Elle est habituellement droite et taillée en même temps que sa parementure, en une seule pièce. Il s'agit donc d'une parementure d'extension.

Spanish

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Record 14 1987-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing (General)
DEF

faced-slashed placket : A clean-finished opening with no overlap which is produced by a facing turned to the face or inside of a garment. On sleeves and necklines where no seam is planned. On neck or sleeve openings that will close with a loop fastener or by ties. Where garment edges meet rather than lap. On lower hem edges of blouses, skirts, and shorts to allow ease or as a decorative design detail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Couture (Généralités)

Spanish

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