Almond, K orcid.org/0000-0002-0311-106X (Cover date: Summer 2019) Eliminating the Bust Dart: The Role of Pattern Cutting in the 1960-2002 Career of British Fashion Designer, Sylvia Ayton. The Journal of Dress History, 3 (2). pp. 6-46. ISSN 2515-0995
Abstract
This article examines the role of pattern cutting in the 1960-2002 career of British fashion designer, Sylvia Ayton, whose career is significant for its flexibility and longevity. During the 1960s, Ayton worked as a fashion designer in business partnership with textile designer, Zandra Rhodes, and as a commercial designer for Wallis, the British women’s clothing retailer, during 1969-2002. A review of the literature shows that pattern cutting has rarely been explored through the relationship of the designer with its technology and the craft. The underpinning research will bridge this gap by investigating the thinking, practices, and paradigms of pattern cutting during a commercially orientated fashion designer’s career. This article incorporates research cultivated from privileged access into Ayton’s private archive, located in London, England. This study identifies a lasting reference point for the fusion of pattern cutting craft with design, expressed in the context of fashion design professions within the global fashion industry.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2019, Kevin Almond. This article is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is cited properly. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Design (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2019 16:21 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:58 |
Published Version: | https://dresshistorians.org/journal/ |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | The Association of Dress Historians |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:150287 |
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