How to Design Fashion Clothes
Clothing reflects upon a person’s personalities and how they feel. For this reason, there will be times when you won’t be able to find the perfect piece at the store. Whenever this happens you may want to consider learning how to design them yourself.
Things You'll Need
- Large paper
- Inspirational pictures
- A pencil and colored pencils
- Clothing pattern
- Fabric
- Sewing supplies, including: needles, thread, shearing scissors, sewing machine and a tape measure
- A model
- Put inspirational pictures onto a large piece of paper to create a mood board that will help you collect your thoughts and decide upon a look and feel for your designs.
- Use your pen to make some sketches on a sheet of paper. Make at least 2 sketches of each piece of clothing you wish to design so that you can showcase it from all angles.
- Use your colored pencils to color in these sketches.
- Find or create patterns for your clothing. Purchase these from a fabric supply store or online.
- Choose the fabric you wish to buy to use in designing your clothing (i.e. silk or chiffon for evening wear, cotton for casual clothing). Also decide upon any zippers or buttons you wish to use for the clothing’s construction. Purchase these from your local fabric store.
- Trace your pattern’s outline onto the fabric then cut it out.
- Drape the fabric over a model and pin everything together. Make adjustments until you have the correct fit.
- Sew the garment together. When unable to do the sewing yourself, hire a seamstress to do it for you. If you want to learn how to do this yourself though, consider taking a sewing class at your local fabric store or college.