“All of my seams have meaning — they emphasize something about the body.” An endless diversity of designs is pos- sible from the combinations and per- mutation of its parts; design is built from listed parts that have been successful in other garments. There should be slo- pers for every shape, silhouette, or type of garment, and its component sections: sleeve, skirt, bodice, or armhole.
A knowledge of how to combine master patterns is essential in the translation of a sketch to a finished garment. A true fashion designer fuses in his imagina- tion the choice of the master block with the knowledge of how the garment is affected by posture, the movement of its wearer, by the grain of the fabric, and the ultimate placement of seams in order to create a new product beyond the area of experiment.