What Does it Take to Be A Fashion Designer?
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Oakland high school student Zachary Fernandez made it to the finals on the first season of Project Runway Junior, then headed straight back to Oakland School of the Arts to continue his education as a designer. His newest collection, Kathmandu, was inspired by recovery efforts in Nepal after the devastating 2015 earthquake. Art School followed Fernandez's process as he sketched, sourced fabric, and designed his new project, revealed at a culminating fashion show in spring 2016.
Hi, my name is Zachary Fernandez and I'm currently a fashion student. So I am starting my Kathmandu 2016 collection. My collection's gonna be debuting at my school fashion show, and so I have little under seven weeks to get this all put together. So our school assignment was to pick a city that we wanted to be inspired by for this collection. I ended with Kathmandu, Nepal, all of the trouble that they went through last year was really inspiring and I was able to take those ideas of imbalance and the destruction of culture and apply that to this new collection. These are the pieces that I ended up designing. They're ever-changing and they kind of just are always in flux. My sketching process involves a lot of images, a lot of mixed medias, I like to do collages, watercolors, acrylic paste, it's a real reflection of what my mind looks like. Here you have the final sketches that I've done. The sketching process for me is really a major step between just ideas and kind of this fantasy world that I've created in my mind to really functional wearable pieces. Fabric sourcing is one of my favorite things to do. It's really like a group activity, like meet a couple of friends, we'll just go, we'll explore the city, we'll get inspiration. So I'm looking for like a very pale blue that's almost like very silverish, and then I'm gonna be looking for a very deep, rust orange color. Okay, so I need to find this, but more grayish blue. The fabric store is one of those places that you go in with one idea and one concept and one thought, and you come out with like 500 more. This is it.
- This is it!
- This is it.
- [Girl] Dude!
- Hey! Yes! So I spend the majority of my time draping and it's definitely a part that will make or break a piece. I take a piece of muslin, which is just a really basic blend fabric, and I started sculpting it to the dress form. And then those mock-ups that I make of the dress form are then fitted to the model, and sometimes I try them on a model, I'm like, this is hideous, I don't know why, it just overpowers her or something happens and that leads to even better ideas and even more just, creativeness. When you design while you create, I just think it takes so much longer and you like pressure yourself so much more. So, my design mind is turned off. And it's just about sewing, and sewing, and sewing, and sewing, and sewing. So after I finish draping, I take a part of that mockup and I totally seam rip it and I re-pattern it, and then I cut out of my real fabric. It's always really nerve-wracking 'cause a lot of times the fabric's all that you have, either the budget doesn't allow for you to get more fabric, or there's simply not anymore left. It has this like box-like structure in it. The box is actually lined with horse-hair so that it can kind of take the shape and that's why I'm kind of trying to like manipulate it right now 'cause it just takes on whatever shape you really need it to. The show, oh the show. Six days, and I'm still cutting up fabric like, I don't think that's normal. There's always going to be that last minute hurry up and finish like state of being. I have a picture in my mind about how this is supposed to go, but who knows if it actually go that way. I think that there can be a lot of different ways to read the look. Obviously you look for like the main things like color, silhouette, is this an evening piece, is this a day piece and you just kind of put the garment and choose certain categories and that really helps people read fashion out, by the time the piece is on the runway I'm already thinking about a whole new collection and I'm really thinking something totally different, but it doesn't really hit me that these people, for them it's the first time that they've seen this. I've spent months and months planning and sketching and putting it together. If I see all these different things in these pieces, but no one else does, then it's kind of sad, but then it's also part of what makes fashion art, is because people see it in so many different ways. We are in my home, studio, bedroom combination in Berkeley, California. I have this look from Project Runway Junior, which was the first episode, and this look for my most recent collection. They really mean a lot to me 'cause they show how much progress I've made within the last four, five months.
She was very unique for choosing Nepal instead of the typical ones like Paris or New York
stephaniethealien TOTALLY !
stillstephanie am from Nepal and I felt so..HAPPY most people would pick fancy places but HE PIcKED NEPAL SO HAPPY
stillstephanie how does picking a devastated place "inspiring" for fashion? The rubble and the agony of the death is captured in the way the fabric flows and binds to form?
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Liana Rahman His name is Zachary... how is he a she?
I'm a fashion student and this has really inspired to study tonight haha, thanks.
cute pic sis! are you wearing a choker??
seriously! me too!
seriously! me too!
seriously! me too!
i am too
This was my dream until my parents wants me to be good at exact school subjects and now I'm stuck here in electrical engineering to live their dreams :( I wish I can be a fashion designer :(
Vhania Maulia please don't I used to do that for many years and ended extremely unhappy
Vhania Maulia can't you do like double major or something like that where you can study both to make both you and your family happy?
I tried to follow my dreams. Even got several of my designs on the runway too. Now I'm being forced to leave fashion design to go into Biomedical Science. I feel your pain.
No one can force you to do something especially if you're over a certain age, depending on your country, etc.
I want to do fashion designing, but I am currently doing electronic engineering, but that hasn't stopped me to do what I want, I'll be finishing engineering next year and after that I'll just do what I dream of doing and I don't care about anything else. Don't give up.
My parents wants me to be a doctor
But drawing and painting is my soul mate
dont listen to them
its your own life, nobody can choose what you love
my mom told me that she always wanted to be a policewoman but her mom didnt let her to so she became a teacher and she regrets it
same but I am doing both I am studying hard to become a doctor and paint 🎨 on my free as my hobby .
LOVE YOURSELF AND LOVE YOUR DECISION
It's your choice they don't have the right to force you into getting a certain job
Me too they want me to be a doctor
And also for your name yes I am an hardcore army
I remember he was on project runway junior!
SavanasRockinWorld he who?
OMG I JUST REALIZED THAT!!
Yup
That was what I was thinking!!! He’s come so far!
SavanasRockinWorld ohhhhhh right
since childhood, i didn't knew exactly what i wanted, but i always expressed talent for arts in general, cooking, drawing, playing instrument's, technology. and by the end of ninth grade i had to decide what area i was going to choose,(my school does not offer much choice), and everyone told me , even my art teacher, tatiana choose art's it's your passion(funny thing im a lefty and people find it funny), but there was a challenge, the school not always opens art course, because they think, indirectly, that its like a waste of time and if no more than 15 students chooses it will not open, so we did a signing petition, and even than it didn't open, so i chose as a "plan B" economy, now im on eleventh grade and i was two years without drawing, and i noticed that i felt a bit empty, so one day i decided to start drawing again by myself no classes and its still my passion still what i want to do with life, my mom believes in me , but my dad thinks it should only be my hobby and that its not a "serious" job , but the world has changed we should follow our dreams, harsh times will come we will fall but than we will rise and keep battling, they want me to have a serious job, but i wont be happy, "we work to live, we dont live to work" so our job should be something we like we find interest in, and i believe that we should all have the opportunity to follow our dreams.
I am in the 5th grade and love cooking, writing, designing, singing, and more! But people say a lot of stuff I like to do it too hard and won't get me anywhere. I love designing! I want to be a designer. I want to be all the things I can be honestly.
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Tati Milena Omg I'm actually in the same situation as you!I'm now in the vocational school of economics and I miss the drawing!In class we had a marketing project and I designed everything and do all the creative stuff.That also reminds me of my dream to become a fashion designer since the 6th grade.I really wanna do that but I'm scared about failing and the loss of money...I'm thinking about studying fashion marketing to get the knowledge and a stable job and then I will study again as a fashion designer!But actually I'm not confident about it...
Mimi Vu honestly same I'm starting a vocational school for digital media and broadcast because I love film but I also dont feel confident mostly because I dont feel like I'll be good enough. I'm teaching myself how to sew and my strongest skill is drawing and I really enjoy it but fashion and the arts in general is so competitive I just don't know if I'm good enough to hold out in my own its all a very scary thought
HøwAbøutNø ? yeah it's a scary and vague way.I can fully understand you...But then I remember a dream I had when my deceased grandma said I should do something with passion.And my passion is to create something! So yeah,it's okay to be insecure but have courage in yourself.Instead of thinking about others,always remember the reason why you choose that way.Now I will try studying fashion design and try to break all the scary dark walls in front of me.Right now I'm not skilled but at least I wanna try and won't regret.And if I might fail I won't make excuses for doing the things I love.You too should choose what you want.I wish you luck and success for everything you want to do in your life.:)
My dream is to become a fashion designer but I'm terrible at drawing 😭
Stephanie costello Take a online course or print templates and draw dresses on to them..
practice! look up for drawing tutorials and never forget to practice. it takes time!
practice practice practice and at first as long as you understand what you were trying to draw that matters
Me too, but with drawinglessons, TH-cam Tutorials and much much Practice I draw wonderful Portraits. Practice is everything
dumbest shit ive ever read
Fashion designing is totally my dream, i can draw but have no clue about sewing lol
For me it's completely the other way around :)
Same ;n;
Ya 15 year old I am but live in village so I didn't moral support
Same!
Same
This video is *PACKED* with *CREATIVITY* !! 👗✨
it's packed with piss
something i lack :(
O geez yess!!
He really said “ All the trouble they went thru last year was really INSPIRING”
The broken building are so aesthetic✨
Seriously, I get that the intentions were taking inspiration from their pain, but I feel like it wasn’t executed in a way that brought awareness to their situation. It wouldn’t have been offensive if they used it to tell people about what was going on
@@beccahouston3822 ik it was a joke
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I am only 16 y/o and i want to be a famous fashion designer someday!!!♥♥♥ to GOD be the Glory!!!
Sameeee
Same here😊😊INSHALLAH may ALLAH bless you....
joyeée szxccc SAME HERE
Same hereeeee😭😭
Sameeee
Creativity is responsible for all human progress.
very inspiring
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This was actually really inspirational. And for those who say they don’t know how to draw, I want y’all to know that even though your drawings may not be as good as others, it’s really the message that matters. At least that what I tell myself and so with that I’m able to manipulate it and turn it into motivation. So really, the ideas behind it are the things that matter within drawing and fashion as a whole👌🏾
This guy is so amazing he goes to Parsons and I have a few classes with him. He knows exactly what he’s doing it’s very inspiring
That's amazing, u are very lucky 🍀
im just going to be completely honest- i randomely got to this video and i wanna say youre truly talented. your designs are inspiring and beautiful. i dont usualy do this but i had to because youre actually so good and i totally c u becoming a great fashion designer one day.
Thank you so much!! 💕
don't say talented, say skilled.
When you say someone is talented you kinda undervalue all of the hardwork they have put in achieving their level of skill :)
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Lies again? Dallas Bull S**t
Can you please tell ZACHARY to make a youtube channel plsss I am begging you pls
We agree! and will let him know!
+KQED Art School thanx
ne
Maybe one day!
Rafael Bangit zachary please dont
Damn, your pieces are really good. I had goosebumps while watching this. :)
They were alright
Awe thank you so much! ❤️
Icy That just Proves U were Born 2 Do it...So do it !
When you want to study fashion design but you’re too poor 😭
If its really something you want to do then you need to save money for what you really want :)
Rasputia, if you dream and believe, you are never poor. Not every fashion designers began in a rich family. I'll say, I'm not poor, but I'm about to study fashion in a university that drains your wallet like a lot, but God has sustained me and my family. Keep your head up, and keep in mind that faith surpasses all. Leave it to God, He will guide you. ❤️
I’m not sure where you live, but I know there are fashion design and merchandising majors at some state schools. Cañada College in Redwood City, CA is a community college with a good fashion design program, and many who carry on from that program go to San Francisco State University for their BA.
@Way to Mars chill eat a snickers
Way to Mars you’re so full of hate
I'm not really interested in fashion but I do have the mind of an artist I'm very surprised to see that the fashion industry is still very rustic in its small scale production I'm surprised that nothing is done digitally
Aiji D I was thinking the exact same thing !!!
Like how come they don't draft their drawings in photoshop or use some 3d printing material or at least use it for a conceptual model
Aiji D A lot of designers use technology. And 3d printing can be expensive, the man in this video is just a student with a budget but i'm sure more experienced designers use it.
Aiji D well some people like to draw digitally but personally I prefer, and think most people do too, to draw on paper
Naomi Garcia Trust me dear, there are a lot of easy to use apps nowadays, even on your smartphone! If you know how to put your design/drawing/sketches on paper, you can get them digitalized. You can try Adobe Illustrator (for Android if you use an Android device). ☺️
So proud of you Zachary!!!! This is a great video!! Thank you everyone at KQED!!!
Beautiful work Zachary! YOU are such an inspiration! And such a natural born star! GOOD LUCK on your collection debut!
The fact that he has a collection just shows how successful he is omg.
This inspires me. I love to see how designer struggles or the path they passed before the fashion show/success. This is awesome. I want to become a fashion designer too!
Being a person who really enjoys fashion design/illustration this is really inspiring and just amazing ❤️❤️
This video was so helpful! I plan to go into costume design and this has shown me how to rearrange my thought processes and organize my stuff! Thanks so much!
As a kid who grew up watching my mom and grandma sewing and making our clothes to wear. This is amazing. I'm planning to take fashion course after I finished culinary arts and this is making me want to switch course.
Namaste I am from Kathmandu , Nepal and I’m literally so glad that you choose our country for the inspiration like wow 🙏🏻❤️🇳🇵
I admire Zachary so much!!!!
OMG HE WAS IN PROJECT RUNWAY JR AND I WAS SO SAD WHEN HE LEFT BUT HAPPY WHEN HE CAME BACK WOW YOU’VE REALLY GLOWN UP
Love how behind the scenes this video is. Shows us all it takes to be in the industry
These are great! I am from Katmandu,Nepal ☺
Greetings from the U.K. Congrats Zachary - ethereal, sculptural exciting! Looking forward to more of your art :) x
There is a ton of research, labor and love that goes into every single piece prior to production. The type of stitch, hidden or to be seen, etc. Many ideas come in the middle of the night so keep a pencil and pad next to the bed. I have been in the design industry for most of my adult life and my most profitable pieces began as a sketch at three in the morning.
I want to be a designer....i can so I will ..😊😊
Beauty * edgy
thats a good mindset
GO FOR IT💘
I’m from Kathmandu, Nepal and i must say she really did bring our culture in the dresses and she just nailed the colour coordinations!!
He*
Your truly amazing, your art brought me to tears
Pretty soon I'll be going to study fashion design and just seeing this video makes me excited but anxious especially for all the things you have to do😅 but just seeing you do all this stuff in a short period of time gives me hope not give up :)
thank you so much for making this video! It is so nice to see how happy you are in process of doing, it pump me of inspiration to seeing this
My young niece wants to do fashion design and so we came here to watch. I hope we return a few years from now to comment on how helpful this video was. Wish us good luck.
Amazing how he represented Nepal! The pieces were just beautiful
Kira Kim y
Did he payed for all the fabrics with his own money? That might be super difficult to make your own collection 😦
Karina Karina yes, this is what I’m struggling with now. Students also have to pay for their own models, photographers, draping/toile fabrics and everything else you can possibly think of. It’s so unfair to be honest because people in different circumstances always get lower grades due to this.
so true....
Mozzzagirl Xo WHAT?! You have to pay everything yourself? Thats ridiculous wtf
I’m getting strong it really do be like that sometimes vibes form this whole career
@@mozzzagirlxo7486 even the venue and lighting? That's unfair.
Beautiful pieces! 😄👌🏼 This is awesome! I plan on being a fashion designer in the future and this video was so fun to watch! Very interesting to see the entire process, from fabric to the final product!😋
I don't think I have EVER come acroas someone so much like me in mind... I mean right down to the chaotic sketchbook inspiration to the design process and changing things on the fly once it begins to come to life. Love it!
You are so gifted. Great job, sweetie. I'm so proud and inspired at the same time!! God bless ♡.
This is beautiful!!! You are so talented!!❤
I am from Nepal .
and i am really thankful
I love how your final sketches look
Being from Nepal and watching this makes my heart beam with happiness. I am so glad you choose Nepal. It's a beautiful country with multicultural diversity ❤️❤️ and because of you i am inspired to be a FD. HUGE LOVE FROM NEPAL
My mom wants to be a fashion designer . I am giving her tips and inspiration but she isn't good at drawing I think I should teach her
Awwww. You are so sweet
@@user-yj5jd9rf6x thank you 😊
I love that how clear you are with what you want 😀
Remember watching you on Project Runway Jnr. Proud of you!
hello I am commenting from my mother's phone I am 10 years old and my dream is to become a fashion designer. found this video very helpful
Good luck with your dream 😊😊
supvasvir i am 10 too❄️
I’m 12. WE CAN DO DIS TOGETHA
supvasvir I’m 4 and u inspired me!
Yes dreams are valid keep it up u will reach your destination one day and you will become the best of all because only those who are passionate can win in the fields of designing
To be honest . I loved the way you were so 100 percent honest to your work and the uniqueness uh . I'm just blowin away . the power of making a dream imagination into a reality that's a skill of not a normal person but of an extra ordinary person . and I loved it. Me myself I'm a fashion student and I loved the honesty that I felt from your illustrations to your dresses . it really hit me . and I liked it . the faithfulness to your passion is the best way of loving yourself ❤. Stay blessed and stay focused good luck for the future
mahnoor tahir beautiful comment
I’m a BA fashion student and finish my third and final year in may. I’m so impressed with how quick and amazing he works! He is incredibly advanced.
YOU ARE AMAZING!!! THOSE PIECES WERE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL💜
The desstruction of a city is inspiring!? Ppl from Kathmandu would be in... flattered to hear that that's the reason why he picked their city😶
Inspiration is not the same as feeling happy about it. Sure, the phrasing could have been better but it didn't mean that he felt happy about the disaster.
OMG I LOVE ZACHARY i watched project runway junior too many times :')
You are so inspirational to me!!! Great job, I’m your fan forever!!!
I'm a fashion student and gosh ik how much hard work it requires to turn ur illustration into a real garment!
Beautiful work
omg Zak,
from project runway kids
love u just sub
I really like that and I think I want to do something similar to that, damn that's a lot of work!
The last two dresses omg😍i wanna give you a hug for making these dresses
This was amazing to see!
She is REALLY good!
I'm a fashion student and your designs gave me chills serious chills
Taraloves Art since you are a fashion student.do you know what happens to the pieces after the fashion show??
awesome work. loved it
That last dress has my heart.
this is really inspiring
It is I agree💖
He's soo talented
From cutting to sewing its amazing, love the color and texture of a dress
I'm from Kathmandu, Nepal
And i love the way how he represented it i love it it's really deep
When you want to be a designer but you study on Engineering ☺
Same 😂😂our parents beat us on our ass if we dare to say no mom and dad I want to be fashion designer 😂
currently an architecture student because they want a board passer daughter :( when i told them i wanna be a fashion designer, they told me i’ll just be a factory sewer, and no money.
@@miyaka54 I can't decide i want to be an architect but I'm bad at math so my second choice is being a fashion designer is it possible to get these two course? like if i pass the architecture i will study fahsion designing?
@@hyungwonieee4795 I think u can but it’s gonna be hell cuz it’s hard
@@miyaka54 hey buddy how's your life now?
It’s my ultimate dream to be a fashion designer... still in a process of drawing things out...😭💝
this video helped me know much more about the process...thank you I rly liked it
Beautiful fashion show! Love, love your ideas
Very amazing collection. I like the colors that reminded me of ancient civilization gold and the ancient royalty designs. Thank you.
Awsome collection.....drapes of d garments are really inspiring to me.....keep it up👍
i was born in Kathmandu and i hold an important place in my heart and was devastated when the earthquake hit
I’ve been in love with Fashion since I was 7. Every Christmas I would do outfits to my family play. Trying to follow my dreams 💕💞
He's adorable!
You are HUGE!!I ❤️ what you do!Do more...🌈☀️🌏💕
Zachary from project runway junior!!! Now I remember 😅😊❤️❤️
I love love love this collection you are amazing at what you do...
This put a smile on my face this is amazing
talent boy !
I love the colors of the fabrics.
Loved this! So inspiring!
Too inspiring!
I do have ideas sometimes but I can't draw or sew for shit
Alice those are both things you can learn at any age
TH-cam and effort gives u the ability to master both these things as fast or as slow as u want to
such a lovely video!
So happy 4 u! Keep up the great work!
Buzzfeed stealing idea in 3, 2, 1....
I'm from nepal and I also want to become a fashion designer
Samee
Dude, this was posted on my 13th birthday, which was one of the best days of my life!
Such a amazing creations. Loved your designs. Love from Nepal.
Hi i an not à fashion student and i Come from east africa. I have always loved fashion but never Got the chance and support to study fashion. I have a book of sketches and my idea was to mix east african fabrics with modern fabrics i dont know where to start and a lot of people have seen my drawings and said they are very are very good. Can someone please advise me
Believe in yourself
hey, I love fashion and I'm also from east Africa
You could still study fashion! It’s never too late
Start by making simple pieces. Like get an old shirt and draw on it with markers. Once you start to do this people would want some of your works , so you can start selling or they can give you clothing and you do requests for them.
That's how I started and now I have a mini business in my town. Sure it's small but I'm known around here. :)
Once you have enough money now you can start with original pieces.
Don’t give all your ideas away, especially if someone from a well known fashion company contacts you. And patent your patterns if it’s unique, that way you have means to sue.
I'm currently in 7th grade and I'm stressing about the top three high schools I wanna go to, New world school of arts, DASH or law enforcement memorial high school. Something I worried about is that, I also love theater, and playing guitar and sing and I've dreamed about being a police officer and future detective since I was like? 9 or 10 but, drawing has always seem to be my passion, I auditioned to be in the magnet art program without my understanding when I was in 5th grade, and ever since then its been amazing but the one thing I was stressing about was if one day I get into NWSA and pass visual arts. . what do I do after? But when I first saw this video and saw your dresses and everything there was just a happy filling in my heart. I'm hoping by the end of my 8th grade year, after fulfilling my experience between my 3rd year of 2-D/3-D magnet art, 1st year of theater, and 2nd year of Guitar ill be able to decided, which I wan't to be my life choice and which I just want to be strong hobbies I want to do in my life.
OhTrinity Hey kiddo, me to, good luck o can tell your passion is going to pay off
I totally loved your collection ♥️
Wooooo, that's very nostalgic to me!
I miss fashion school ♥