Sally DiMarco

For the past 39 years, Sally Di Marco has earned her highly respectable reputation in the fashion industry as a chief fashion designer of fur-lined coat collections for names such as, Chanel and Dior. Within the education system, Sally has served as a lecturer, advisor, and executive board member for universities collecting numerous awards and recognitions for her excellence in teaching. From 1979 until her retirement in 2010 she worked at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) where she was an Associate Professor and the Program Coordinator for the Fashion Design Program. Currently she is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Fashion Design Program at Stevenson University located in Owings Mills, Maryland. Sally is the author of the text, “Draping Basics,” published by Fairchild Books.

“Draping Basics presents the step-by-step system of creating clothing patterns on a dress form through sequential writing, an estimated six hundred photographs, and about one hundred computer-generated drawings.” For purchase information, please visit: amazon.com.

Fairchild Publications, New York, 2010

“After 35 years of sewing professionally, one gap I had in my experience was the art of draping.  I’d worked under and watched drapers make their magic but I never knew where to begin. I searched for a class for 2 years but they are hard to find. I was thrilled when MACA followed up after an earlier inquiry inviting me to join a new class.

The instructor, Sally DiMarco not only had a thorough knowledge of draping, but also knew how to teach it – 2 completely different skills.

MACA is known for their expert instructors and after many years in fashion education, Ms. DiMarco certainly fit that description. I came away from the class with a better understanding of draping, how to start the process, and a terrific manual authored by the teacher, herself!” Sheila Zent