THE FOUR BASIC AND ESSENTIAL SKILLS A FASHION DESIGNER MUST HAVE
The real essential skills you need to make it in the fashion industry are actually not drawing, sketching, weaving, sculpting, painting or even knitting. In fact, it is not even fashion history, color theory or elements of design. In the real world, the only four basic and essential skills you truly really need are: pattern drafting, sewing, French draping and pattern grading.
Pattern Drafting – In fashion, designing always begins with flat-pattern drafting because that is how all garments are originally created from a paper pattern. A person can be a brilliant fashion illustrator but, without pattern drafting skills, she/he will not be able to transform their idea into a real garment. Pattern drafting is the real back bone of fashion design. It is also the original template for any design that exists in this universe. Drafting a paper pattern and then cutting it into a garment is necessary, if you want to maintain consistency in the design, fit and quality of your entire garment collection.
Sewing – In order to create a four-dimensional garment with shape and structure, sewing skills are essential and mandatory in this business. One can create good patterns but, without sewing skills, literally, there is no garment to sell or to show on the catwalk. All cloth or material must be stitched together before it becomes an actual garment to be worn…
THE GERBER SYSTEM IS NOT PERFECT OR AFFORDABLE
Gerber and Lectra are the CAD (computer-aided design) systems commonly used in the garment manufacturing sector for all mass production. They are computer systems that include the software, a plotter, a spreader and a laser cutter that helps a designer to create, design, plot, draft, manipulate, and grade pattern in any size and cut of fabrics. The system also allows you to store data and information for past, present and future use. The Gerber laser is good for cutting through numerous thick layers of fabric in production. The system is highly efficient but uses a lot of power in a mass production manufacturing setting. However, there is a big downside to the Gerber system – the computer software performs quite poorly on complex asymmetrical or bias-cut designs, especially where there are a lot of intricate curves or stretches, particularly in knit and bridalwear. Whenever and wherever there are a lot of variables in a design, the Gerber/CAD system will become less reliable and accurate…
FASHION DESIGN IS A GREAT LIFE SKILL INVESTMENT
Do you really hate your job or your boss and you really want a change in your career?
Do you want to learn how to make well-made professional garments that look like you purchased them from Holt Renfrew or Barneys New York?
Do you want to learn the same fashion design program curriculum (sewing, pattern drafting, French draping and pattern grading) being taught at Parson New York or Central Saint Martins in London for a far lesser amount of money?
Do you want to learn a practical life skill (flat-pattern drafting and sewing) to make more money and control your own fate?
Do you need help preparing your garments for your fashion school application and earning top scholarships?
Do you want to have a flexible schedule and enjoy your balanced work/play lifestyle?
Do you want to learn how to measure and draft pattern slopers/blocks in your own size?
Why work hard for someone and make your employer rich while your salary remains the same?
Why settle for less when you can achieve more in your life with a practical life skill you can use anywhere in the world to generate unlimited income?
