Drawing Fashion Styles

A good form is the foundation for all succeeding lessons. No matter how pretty a dress or design is, if it is placed on a " dumpy " figure, it will have no style whatever. In this lesson we first learn how to draw a layout for the form. In the next lesson we dress the same form in a very simple dress. A form must have good proportion and style. A form leaning forward, or making a bow, as one might express it, is not stylish, neither is one with too large a bust and a tiny waist nor one with high, square shoulders. This form is used for dressmaker's sketches, and for any dress to be placed on a lay figure. When the dress is on the human figure, action comes in play and a complete understanding of these lessons will enable the student to draw the human figure in a variety of positions.

Smells Like Teen Fashion - You've got to love today's teen idols. They sing. They dance. They act. And they design clothes. They might not have two years of fashion school under their belts, but their legions of fans represent sizable buying power, so it's inevitable that these celebrities would lend their names to a label. However, even the most popular teen idols don't necessarily find success with their namesake brands. As with any fashion line, it takes a well designed, marketable product to be a success. Let's take a look at ten of the most notable celebrity fashion lines by teen idols, some that have become wildly successful, and some that have fizzled.

Drawing The Figure - Place the figure nicely on the paper; commence at the top, and swing in the correct oval. When this is done, measure down seven or eight heads to the standing foot, making a mark where the foot comes. Remember the standing line must pass through the ball of the foot. This takes but little time and can be easily erased if the figure does not fill the given space nicely. If incorrect, begin again by redrawing the oval the proper size. Do not draw the features until the whole figure is swung in correctly. Mark off the waist line one and three-quarter heads down, draw the shoulders, the bust, the standing hip, and one long line down to the standing foot, which is on the action side. Keep in mind all proportions and swing in the figure, using these spacings as guides.

At the stage of sketches we work at the silhouette, proportions, lines and design elements, we think over the finishing, accessories, color palettes. At the same time searching for a suitable material. This is one of the most important stages. We have to direct the creative flow in the right direction, and to predict all possible fitting and technological problems. To choose one sketch we have to make dozens of sketches and drafts. When the sketch is ready we give it to the designer. It is very important to find the designer which is on the same wave length with you, and his sense of lines and proportions matching with yours. So the primary drawing templates are ready, the sample is cut out, and the tailor makes it half finished.

First fitting. Here we must take into consideration everything. Fit, proportions, and aesthetic moments that's only half the work. The model must be comfortable to wear, tech in production, reasonable cost. It can be two until three samples and fittings, depending on the level of complexity and the fabric. When all the nuances taken into account and worked over, the sample is approved, the designer makes the gradation in size. Usually, the primary sample we make in medium size, to avoid further inaccuracies in sizes. It is very important to understand how the proportions will change, and sometimes it needs to make one more sample in large.