Fashion Design Drawing

Distribution
of the Masses

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It is not granted many of us to remember
complex forms. So in considering the
human figure it is better, at first, to think
only of those major forms of which it is
composed, and these may be thought of
and more easily remembered by a simple
formula such as the following:

Considering the Wedging and Passing of
Forms from the Front of the Figure - The
square ankle passes into the triangular calf
of the leg and this in turn passes into the
square knee. The square knee passes into
the round thigh and the round thigh into
the mass of the hips, from the sides of
which a triangular wedge enters the rib
cage. The rib cage is oval below, but ap-
proaches a square across the shoulders.
Into this square enters the column of the
neck which is capped by the head. The head
when compared with the form of the neck,
is square.

DISTRIBUTION OF
THE MASSES

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Considering the Wedging and Passing of Forms
from the Rear of the Figure The head is square,
capping the round neck. The rib cage is square at
the shoulders, wedging into the neck, and triangular
below, wedging into square hips. The square hips
rest on the round pillars of the thighs. The knees are
square, the calves triangular and the ankles square.

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