Anne Hollander has looked at the body and its history through art. She suggests there are three stages of development to how cloth is put on to the body.
Drapery is a basic but beautiful way of putting cloth onto the body, there is reference to this through historical images which show lengths of fabric on the body and letting the cloth fall naturally. Piecing includes cutting and sewing in a basic way, the fabric is cut to fit over peoples heads and against the body in a way which reflects the shape of the body dealing with each individual limb.The last stage she suggests is tayloring, this is the construction of clothing and fabrics to a highly skilled level, altering the fabric to bespoke conditions and adding zips to sculpt the body and change the shape with padding etc...
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