Hisako Sato

Hisako Sato graduated from the Fashion Design program at Bunka

Fashion College, Japan, in 1986, leaving to work for a major apparel
manufacturer. In 1990, she was appointed head of garment design at Muji,
before becoming an independent designer in 1993. In 1994, Hisako Sato made
her debut at Tokyo Collection (now Japan Fashion Week) with the Beige shop
brand. She is currently producing new collections as a designer for the Raw+
brand: www.rawtus.com

Introduction
I love to design, and have worked on all kinds of clothing over many
years as a designer.
More recently, as part of the fun of the design experience, Ive been
turning my hand to production.
Of the garments Ive produced in the last five or six years, a number
featuring draping techniques have made their way onto racks. Ive continued
to incorporate these effects into my own designs, greatly increasing the variety
of techniques at my disposal.
The term drape has acquired the connotation of being a rather
feminine skill, but this is not the case.
Unlike designs where a number of cutting lines are added to a single
piece of fabric, draped designs emerge from the way the slack in the different
materials brings out the character of the textile, and from the detail in the lines
sketched out by the grain of the fabric.
Delicate drapes made from thin, soft fabrics, falling drapes produced by
stretch materials, loose drapes, and tuck drapes (the names of which should be
self-explanatory) have all come together to produce this book, which I have
called Drape Drape.
The clothes I present in Drape Drape range from simple, relaxed
garments to evening dresses, and are designed for the pleasure of working
with a variety of draping effects.
Source: Drape Drape by Hisako Sato, Published in 2012 by Laurence King Publishing Ltd.

Answer the following questions about the texts.

1. What are the Hisako Satos qualifications?
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2. Was the decade of 90s important for her? Why?
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3. What does she love doing?
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4. Which connotation has the term Drape acquired?
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5. What the contents of her book Drape Drape?
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6. What kind of clothing does she present in her book?
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