Painting basics and modeling abilities Painting basics and modeling abilities are one of the basic skills of a fashion designer. Of course, there are some former design masters who cannot draw, but they need to have better performance in other aspects. But if some people, even after systematic study and training in school, still cannot express their design ideas well through painting, it will bring great difficulties to their own creations. Only with a good foundation in painting can we accurately express the designer's creative ideas in the form of painting through the design's modeling ability. On the other hand, in the process of designing drawings, we can also better appreciate the beauty of the rhythm and rhythm of clothing modeling. This inspires designers. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Bauhaus once proposed that "the purpose of design is people rather than products." Clothing, in particular, is the external covering of the human body and is closely related to the human body. As a designer, only the proportional structure of the human body must be accurately and comprehensively understood. Only by understanding can we express the beauty of the human body better and three-dimensionally, which is the basis of design. 2. Rich imagination. Originality and imagination are the wings of a fashion designer. No matter how good the skills of a designer without rich imagination are, they can only be called craftsmen or tailors, but cannot be called true designers. The essence of design is creation, and the design itself contains the meaning of innovation and uniqueness. Flowers, birds and trees in nature, decorative objects around us, rich ethnic and folk themes, music, dance, poetry, literature and even modern lifestyles can all give us great inspiration and design inspiration. For thousands of years, the history of clothing has left us rich and valuable wealth precisely because of the rich imagination and original spirit of our predecessors. In the history of Western fashion design, those high-profile signature fashion designers have used their unique creativity and imagination to design ingeniously. In particular, the influential Italian female designer in the 1930s - Schiaborelli actually designed shoes to look like hats on the head and pockets to look like drawers. Her rich imagination, humorous and bold designs The style is highly praised by future generations. 3. Master the style, color and fabric. The style, color and fabric of clothing are the three basic elements of clothing design. The style of clothing is the outer contour shape and component details of the clothing, which is the basis for design changes. The external silhouette shape is composed of the length and latitude of the clothing, including waistline, skirt length, shoulder width, hem looseness and other factors. The most common contour shapes include "A" type, "X" type, T type, H type, O type, etc. The outer contour shape of clothing forms the lines of clothing and directly determines the popularity of the style. The shape of the component details refers to the collar type, sleeve type, pockets, cutting structure and even the design of pleats, zippers and buttons. The color change of the clothing is the most eye-catching part of the design. The color of clothing is the easiest way to express design feelings and is easily accepted by consumers. Fiery red, cheerful yellow, calm blue, holy hem, plain gray, hard black, every color of clothing has rich emotional representations, giving people rich connotation associations. In addition, colors also have feelings of weight, strength, coldness and warmth, softness and hardness, etc. Of course, colors can also make us think about taste and smell. Proficient in mastering and using the characteristics of clothing fabrics is an important condition for immature designers. Designers must first understand the differences between fabric thickness, softness and hardness, smoothness and roughness, and three-dimensional smoothness, and through the different drape sensations of fabrics , gloss, clarity, thickness and different elasticity, drape, etc., to fully appreciate the differences in styles and brands, and use them flexibly in the design. The three parts of clothing style, color and fabric are indispensable. , is the basic knowledge that designers must master. The mastery and application of basic knowledge of styles, colors and fabrics can also reflect a designer's aesthetic taste, taste and artistic skills to a certain extent. 4. Understanding of structural design, cutting and sewing. Learning of structural design and cutting technology is also the basic knowledge that fashion designers must master. Structural design is part of style design. The various shapes of clothing are actually completed through changes in cutting and size. If you don't understand fabric, structure and cutting, design can only be "paper talk". Don’t think that structural design and cutting in a company are the responsibility of pattern makers. A designer who only knows how to draw and doesn’t know how to make patterns is definitely not a perfect and mature designer. Without understanding paper patterns and structural changes, the design will be unreasonable, immature, or even impossible to implement. Students in schools often encounter this problem. Since they don't know how to make patterns, they can only ask a master to make patterns for the costumes they participate in the competition. However, what they draw is a kind of effect, and it is completely out of shape and does not achieve the desired effect. desired effect. It can be seen that the pattern itself directly determines the shape and overall effect of the clothing. Sewing is also the key to clothing design. Failure to understand various sewing techniques and methods will also affect our learning of structural design and tailoring. The sewing method and effect itself are also part of the design. Different sewing methods can produce different appearance effects and even special texture effects. Some designers use "sewing effect" as a design language to try new effects. This method is very popular in sincere design.
This requires designers to be familiar with various processing equipment and special clothing sewing machines in the clothing industry, and have a thorough understanding of knitting and tatting processing techniques, so that they can be handy in design and application. 5. Understanding of clothing design theory and history The initial stage of fashion design is to master some basic techniques and skills, and more importantly, a successful fashion designer should have a design mind