SYSTEMATIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE FORM AND FOLDING ELEMENTS OF A WOMEN'S JACKET

Abstract

Changes in style and fashion in the XXI st century affected the shaping strategies of women's clothing. The key elements in this regard are shape, decor, and color. Style features also have a great influence, and sometimes carry the main characteristic. When designing new, competitive clothing models, it is important to focus on promising trends in the development of shape, proportions and other style-forming elements, based on the results of a study of women's clothing collections of famous couturiers of the XXI st century, which is undoubtedly the Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani. This article systematizes the variety of shapes and silhouettes of women's jackets that are in demand on the world market, and identifies the dynamics of their development from the standpoint of the importance of design and shaping issues.