How to Design a Men's Jacket
Men’s suit jackets made by the Italian designer Gino Valentino and others are known for quality craftsmanship and style. The Italian men’s suit jackets cost a bundle. The consumer may choose a less pricey option, but may not be guaranteed the same fine quality. The following steps will enable a person to design a unique men’s suit jacket with the styling of the expensive Italian designer suit jackets.
Items Needed:
- Good eye for fashion
- Men’s fashion magazines
- Paper
- Pencil with a good eraser
- Ruler
- Tape
- Search several men’s fashion magazines for photographs of men’s suit jackets, and cut out the photographs that are of interest.
- Separate the photographs into stacks with appealing collars, cuffs, hem lengths, lapels, pockets, shape, sleeves and back. If there is a photograph that has an ideal collar and lapel for example, place the original photograph in one of the stacks, and make a copy or place a note in the other stack.
- Tape the photographs onto sheets of paper, and make notes with a pencil about the particular parts of each jacket that is attractive.
- Narrow down each of the following features, collars, cuffs, hem lengths, lapels, pockets, shape, sleeves and back to one fashion option.
- Start with a clean sheet of paper, and draw the jacket in a closed position with either straight or tailored lines, loose or snug fit and long or short hem length.
- Draw the shoulders, whether padded or hanging down over the upper arm.
- Add the torso portion to the drawing including the lapels.
- Sketch the collar in place next, asymmetrical, curved, pointed, narrow, wide, or with no collar leaving, or erase the torso portion of the jacket under the collar.
- Detail the sleeves on the drawing next to the desired length and shape including cuffs or other unique features.
- Design the back view of the jacket on a separate piece of paper, starting with the torso. Include darts for the waistline if desired.
- Draw the collar and sleeves onto the back view with the front view in mind.
- Sketch individual close-up drawings of unique design features such as collar, pockets and cuffs. The drawing should be ready to take to a seamstress or tailor.