Current Usage
In more modern times, a draper is now defined as a highly-skilled role within the fashion industry. The term is used within a fashion design or costume design studio for people tasked with creating garments or patterns by draping fabric over a dress form.
Draping uses a human form to physically position the cloth into a desired pattern. This is an alternative method to drafting when the garment is initially worked out from measurements on paper.
A fashion draper may also be known as a "first hand" because they are often the most skilled creator in the workshop and the "first" to work with the cloth for a garment.
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