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Fashion Design
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It doesn't matter what age you are, you
can begin fashion designing at any point in your life. Alyssa at age
6 began sewing with us making crafts and quilts. Two years later her
interest changed to fashion. At age eight she designed and made
these cargo pants and matching headscarf.
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What is Fashion Design?
It could be something as
grand as the top fashion designers in New York or Paris, who design some of the
most elegant clothing in the world using the best of fabrics, or it could
something as simple as taking a regular white t-shirt, ripping the sleeves off,
and ripping the bottom off, dyeing it light blue, cutting holes in it and
replacing the fabric with lace, and adding ribbons, buttons, and bows! Someone
seeing the results, and ordering 10 for her little shop. There..., I just became
a fashion designer!
The easiest way for someone to fashion design is to
do as described above OR take a simple pattern and add your own "thing"
to it. Here is an example. Jamie's teacher ask her to make her
an Indian dress for their skit of the "Lewis and Clarke expedition" they did at
school. Jamie took a very simple "night shirt pattern and transformed it to
this! The left picture is the night shirt and the right picture is the
SAME pattern, but the outfit was designed differently. First, for the fabric we
used ultra suede to look like leather, we made the sleeves, and hem longer, we
added a belt, and we fringed the bottom and sleeves to give the "Indian dress"
look. Pretty cool huh? Jamie's teacher loved her new dress!
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If you really are interested in Fashion Design
than familiarize yourself with the latest and current fashion
trends and the most popular fashion designers by looking through fashion
magazines and fashion books in the industry. |
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the newest television fashion shows so you can be tuned in on the latest
styles, color, fabrics, and designers. |
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Today,
you can purchase sewing patterns that are based on the latest style and
are easier to follow than ever before. I have some patterns from the
1940's and they are difficult because it was under the assumption back
than that everyone sewed. Today patterns are much easier to follow
telling you every step, good suggestions, and great illustrations.
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Here are 2 other examples of fashion design. The
picture on the left is Maddie who took a regular skirt pattern and added a
"poodle" that she made out of fur and ribbon to give the 1950's effect.
This is her look and her idea. Amber
took a little girls dress pattern and altered it to fit her size first, before
she began pinning, cutting, and sewing it. She added different kinds of
lace to achieve the look she was trying to get. Once again, her idea,
her design. In both cases, the girls did simple pattern alterations. |
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Why Design and Sew your own Clothes?
I want to be a FASHION DESIGNER
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