Love your content is very informative. I’d love to connect when I’m back in New York. I was just there doing a talk and I think it’s called mind makers in the Library. Jenne invited me to speak. Will be back in February to speak at LIM.
I just stumbled onto your videos while trying to figure out what software I should learn to get into fashion design. I have a question though. When drawing out designs, is a fashion designer also expected to know how to make the patterns for your designs, and material sourcing etc. I'm a professional seamstress doing alterations and I'd like to be more on the design side of things. But everything just seems so overwhelming from start to finish. I just was curious how far each position goes
Hi, thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate you:) Independent designers usually need to know a bit more than corporate designers, which is probably why it feels so overwhelming. (Corporate is much more compartmentalized, and there's usually a separate team to handle each part of the product development process.) But as the designer, you don't necessarily need to know how to make patterns. It's more important to understand construction and how a garment is put together. Many designers pay a patternmaker or technical designer to create their 1st patterns. (Or a manufacturer.) You also should understand what types of materials you want to use: at the very least, the difference between a woven or knit so you understand what construction details should be added to your drawing (again going back to understanding construction.) As a seamstress, you're more than familiar with construction, I'm sure, as well as fabrics. So for you, where you'd probably need to focus your attention is on concept development and sketching, and if you eventually want to make your own patterns, you can learn that as well. Hope that helps:)
@383design thank you so so much for answering 💖 And I do actually haha. I have a textile and drawing fine arts BA. I know I need to brush up on using illustrator (it's been years) but I know I've got the technical drawing skill, construction, and fabric knowledge haha I'll be looking around your videos for whatever info I can get, thank you again! 💖
Hi, thanks for watching and commenting. If you're thinking you have to do those really beautiful fashion illustrations to be a fashion designer, you don't. To actually produce a garment, you can't even use those to hand off in tech pack. And there are plenty of designers who don't draw well that have been able to build flourishing design careers. The main thing is knowing how to clearly communicate your vision. Drawing is one of the best ways to do that, and if it's not with an illustration, do it with a flat sketch (which any designer should be able to do because it's a more technical sketch). Look into flat sketching so you can show your ideas that way. The other thing people do is cut out pictures of what they want and sort of "frankenstein" a sketch together. Not ideal but it does get the point across. Don't let not being able to draw be what stops you from becoming a fashion designer. Also, I haven't asked but have you tried taking some drawing classes? Note that not every designer just naturally knows how to draw. A lot of us are taught:)
Ms. Mikelle is right. I can't draw accurate anatomy; however, I do 3D modeling. I personally sculpt/retopo/texture my characters over the course of about 2 weeks. BUUUT you can always get an accurate model online.
Thanks!
Thank YOU! I really appreciate it:) And thank you for watching and commenting!
Love your content is very informative. I’d love to connect when I’m back in New York. I was just there doing a talk and I think it’s called mind makers in the Library. Jenne invited me to speak. Will be back in February to speak at LIM.
I just stumbled onto your videos while trying to figure out what software I should learn to get into fashion design.
I have a question though. When drawing out designs, is a fashion designer also expected to know how to make the patterns for your designs, and material sourcing etc.
I'm a professional seamstress doing alterations and I'd like to be more on the design side of things. But everything just seems so overwhelming from start to finish. I just was curious how far each position goes
Hi, thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate you:)
Independent designers usually need to know a bit more than corporate designers, which is probably why it feels so overwhelming. (Corporate is much more compartmentalized, and there's usually a separate team to handle each part of the product development process.) But as the designer, you don't necessarily need to know how to make patterns. It's more important to understand construction and how a garment is put together. Many designers pay a patternmaker or technical designer to create their 1st patterns. (Or a manufacturer.)
You also should understand what types of materials you want to use: at the very least, the difference between a woven or knit so you understand what construction details should be added to your drawing (again going back to understanding construction.)
As a seamstress, you're more than familiar with construction, I'm sure, as well as fabrics. So for you, where you'd probably need to focus your attention is on concept development and sketching, and if you eventually want to make your own patterns, you can learn that as well.
Hope that helps:)
@383design thank you so so much for answering 💖 And I do actually haha. I have a textile and drawing fine arts BA. I know I need to brush up on using illustrator (it's been years) but I know I've got the technical drawing skill, construction, and fabric knowledge haha I'll be looking around your videos for whatever info I can get, thank you again! 💖
YOU ARE PHENOMENAL!! TYSM, This was SO helpful for me. I'm a subscriber for life. Do you teach at a fashion school anywhere?
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I appreciate you! Yes, I also teach at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Love it, thank you so much.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Awesome video, thank you! I have a question, would you happen to have any thoughts or recommendations on pattern projectors?
Thanks you so much for watching and commenting! I appreciate you!
Great video, i usually just have fabric speak to me and tell me what to design
@@SomethingixNothing Thank you for watching and commenting!
Please introduce me an app for designing digital clothes with my phone
Hi, I don't use apps on my phone to design clothes. However, you should be able to use some of these on your phone since they are iPad friendly.
I wanna be a fashion designer soooo badddd.. but.. I can't draw a body help...
And can I sell fashion design even if I'm under age? I Want to help my family earn extra income...
Hi, thanks for watching and commenting. If you're thinking you have to do those really beautiful fashion illustrations to be a fashion designer, you don't. To actually produce a garment, you can't even use those to hand off in tech pack. And there are plenty of designers who don't draw well that have been able to build flourishing design careers.
The main thing is knowing how to clearly communicate your vision. Drawing is one of the best ways to do that, and if it's not with an illustration, do it with a flat sketch (which any designer should be able to do because it's a more technical sketch). Look into flat sketching so you can show your ideas that way.
The other thing people do is cut out pictures of what they want and sort of "frankenstein" a sketch together. Not ideal but it does get the point across.
Don't let not being able to draw be what stops you from becoming a fashion designer.
Also, I haven't asked but have you tried taking some drawing classes? Note that not every designer just naturally knows how to draw. A lot of us are taught:)
Ms. Mikelle is right.
I can't draw accurate anatomy; however, I do 3D modeling. I personally sculpt/retopo/texture my characters over the course of about 2 weeks. BUUUT you can always get an accurate model online.
Get a template?
@@Axandrookie yes, you can.