Fashion Subtraction Pattern Cutting

- Introduction

Course Brief

In the subtraction pattern cutting course, you will explore and experiment with a unique method of hollow construction as developed and taught by designer Julian Roberts. 

This pattern cutting technique, known as 'subtraction cutting' or 'zero waste', makes the most of the negative spaces that can be opened up in fabric and falls somewhere between traditional pattern cutting and draping - resulting in experimental garments that break from the boundaries of the usual garment shapes. 

Lecturer

Julian Roberts is a fashion designer, cutter and filmmaker, who has shown 12 collections at London Fashion Week and won the British Fashion Council's New Generation Award five times. Julian Roberts is MA tutor at the Royal College of Art. He is an accomplished scholar and teacher with an impressive history of classes, lectures and demonstrations given in the UK and throughout Europe and America.

Level:

Intermediate/Advanced. Pattern cutting and sewing skills needed.