Week 8 - Pleating

This week we had a presentation on the process of fabric pleating from a member of Ciment Pleating. Here are a variety of a number of samples and card templates used for the different kind of pleats that can be created by the company. Some of these pleats can be time consuming but the end results are worth it.

Origami is a traditional Japanese paper folding art.It consists of the use of folding and sculpture techniques on a flat piece of material . Here are some of the structures evolved from it.

Star Waves

Birth of  Stars

K's Origami Side Pleat Folding

Creative Japanese fashion designer Issey Myakie has also used pleats in some of his designs. He designed a collection 132 5. where he expanded two-dimensional graphical shapes into conceptual structured garments. Below is a range from different collections that show how he has created garments using pleats.