Drawing Clothes Pattern

Clothing design is a career that requires both a sense of fashion and a healthy dose of artistic flair. All clothing lines begin with an idea sketched on paper and become patterns with which the clothing is manufactured into something that hundreds of people wear. To be able to design clothes, you must be able to keep up with frequently changing trends, and you should love what you do. A career in fashion design can be fun and rewarding, but it also offers a competitive challenge.

DRAW A POLKA DOT PATTERN.

Polka dots are forever. People wear them on clothes as babies and kids, and for tweens and teens, the print is perfect for bathing suits and sundresses.

DRAW STRIPES AND MORE STRIPES.

Who doesn’t own a striped shirt or a striped tie or a striped pair of socks? Most people choose to wear stripes that run on the vertical because they’re more slimming, but when drawing a fashion figure, your stripes can go any way you choose. And don’t forget about diagonal stripes, which can add a fun feel to casual pieces, like a skirt.

SKETCH IN SOME PRACTICAL PLAIDS.

Practical plaids are just that: practical! You may use plaid on school uniform skirts, pajama pants, field hockey skirts, or flannel shirts, but chances are you’ll never draw a fashion figure wearing a plaid dress to a fancy event. Although you never know — designers such as Vivienne Westwood might! Use your basic cross-hatch technique with its parallel lines to create a plaid.

DRAW A PLAID PRINT ON AN OLD-FASHIONED HALTER SWIMSUIT.

Draw a fashion figure of a woman. Map out a halter swimsuit with a center front seam.

Draw a basic grid system on the swimsuit, starting with the center front line going straight down the center front of the body. Draw vertical lines that start at the neckline. The lines go straight down along her body and then radiate out at the hip area. Finish with horizontal lines that wrap around the curves of her body, such as at her breasts, hips, and waist.