Designing of upper garments for young women using draping technique
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2017
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
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The investigation entitled ‘Designing of upper garments for young women using draping
technique’ was carried out in Ludhiana city. A market survey was done on 20 apparel stores
to study prevailing market trends in different upper garments. An interview schedule was
prepared for the purpose of collecting the data from 90 young women between the age group
of 18-24 years, selected randomly from three colleges of Ludhiana city. The findings revealed
that majority of the respondents were from the second year of graduation, belongs to nuclear
family having urban background and had monthly family income ranged between Rs.40,00180,000.
Blouson, capes, classic tops, tunics and shrugs were the five most preferred upper
garments. Plain cotton fabric without design in black colour for upper garments was most
preferred during summer and winter season. Among constructional features, respondents
preferred half dart, circular flounce, gathers with elastic, flared peplum, knife pleats, patch
pocket, gathered ruffle, pin tucks and straight yoke, respectively. Buttons were most preferred
accessory in upper garments. Four designs each, for the five most preferred upper garments
were developed through draping technique. Preferences regarding the twenty developed
designs of upper garments were taken. Thus, top two ranked designs of five most preferred
upper garments were selected for construction. Acceptability of prepared upper garments was
evaluated on the basis of drape, design, accessories/surface embellishments and overall
appearance. Majority of the respondents found design A2 of tunics, design B3 of classic tops,
design C3 of blouson, design D1 of capes and design E4 of shrugs to be very good in drape,
design, accessories/surface embellishments and overall appearance.
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