Whether you want to learn how to design clothes for yourself, or because you’d like to be a fashion designer with your own clothing line, this article will guide you through the process of designing fashion. When you see a collection of clothing – on the runway or in a store – and you feel …
When it comes to creating a sewing pattern design to sell, there are more steps involved than when we make our own sewing patterns for ourselves. To start with, you need to consider your idea audience, your ‘customers’. Everything always goes back to the customer! Your Ideal Customer Sewing pattern designers usually work in a …
If you thinking about a career in fashion, then you need to know how the fashion industry works. Whether you’re concerned about the impact the fashion industry has on the environment or curious about what’s involved in the creation of fashion, this article will explain it all. There’s a lot that goes into creating fashion. …
If you are interested in learning about Fashion Design, you’ll probably want to pick up a book or two covering various fashion design techniques. Fashion design is the process of designing fashion – or ‘apparel’ in the US – and can be a great skill to learn more about when you are learning to make …
I am a big believer of sustainability in fashion, and have curated this list of sustainable fashion books for anyone who has an interest in learning more about how unsustainable and exploitative the fashion industry is, and what the industry is doing to mitigate it’s terrible effects on the planet. This list is not conclusive. …
Today you’re going to learn all about fashion design principles, so that when it comes to drafting your first female bodice pattern or skirt pattern, you are aware of all the ways that you can experiment and develop a style! So, what are the design principles to be aware of when getting creative with patterns? …
I get this statement come through on emails from some of my subscribers; I want to be a fashion designer! And it got me thinking. Wouldn’t it be rather awesome to run a fashion design skills course, as an online course, that people could take alongside me? As in, while I’m working on my new …
Zero-Waste fashion This week I really want to chat about zero-waste fashion. Not because it is becoming trendy, or the hip thing to talk about, but because I really want to help raise awareness about what zero-waste fashion really is, and why it is so important that the world as a whole understands why it …
I’ve had some emails since giving a zero waste fashion lecture back in May 2017. It would seem that people are in general becoming more and more aware of sustainable fashion. I believe this is down in part to the reporting by the media of horrifying incidents such as Rana Plaza, the building collapse that …