Make Fashion Designs

Making fashion designs means either designing great fashions, or actually making your designs into fashion items. It's easy to do just for fun, but hard to do for any serious purpose, such as as a career or in as project if you are studying design. You can keep it very simple, or, make fashion designs like a professional fashion designer! Just follow these steps to get started making fashion designs.

Steps

  1. Think to yourself many times, "do I really love making fashion designs?" It makes no sense to do something you don't have a real passion for.
  2. Find your inspiration. Whether a rose, a car, or modern living, look around you for inspiration.
  3. Draw whatever you want. If you want to, draw a skirt, draw it in the way you like it. It could have polka dots, lines or could just be plain.
  4. Remember, you're the designer and it is your work of art.
  5. Read magazines about designing and fashion. These magazines will give you a lot of inspiration. Magazines such as Vogue are great places to find out more about couture and high street fashion.
  6. If you think something, draw it! It is always great to practice this way.
  7. If you're not rich like others, and want to be make fashion designs, don't lose hope. Search for online designing contests. If you win, they will discover you.
  8. Love your work, no matter what. Believe in yourself!
  9. Sneaky Fashion? Draw your everyday clothes and give it a twist. Probably you could change your scarf or add a skirt instead of those skinny jeans. You could find out a lot about your style this way.

Tips

  • Don't be shy showing your work.
  • Don't be afraid to be yourself while designing and use your designs to express yourself.
  • Try to always be accepting of peoples remarks, sometimes they can come off harsh, but most people are just trying to help.
  • If you really like drawing certain types of clothes, then focus there. For example, if you love drawing dresses, you should rock that fashion!
  • it's important to develop your own unique style regardless of the popular opinion, find a market that fits you rather than trying to make yourself fit the market.
  • It's better to sketch than draw, but everybody's different!

Warnings

  • Don't let others put you down.
  • Don't let others do your designs for you or else you're not a true fashion designer
  • Don't let someone get you down by telling you they don't like your style, or that only people on the runway would wear a certain garment.
  • Don't imitate works.

Things You'll Need

  • cloth
  • sewing kit
  • sewing machine (optional)
  • measuring tape/ruler
  • a sketchbook

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