Found 97 Articles for Fashion Design

The Elements of Design are essentially building blocks that the designer uses to create effects, define and segment spaces, convey emotions or states of being, and/or convey ideas. Line, value, shape, colour, and texture are a few of these in particular. As opposed to this, the Principles of Design are broad ideas and phenomena that come about as a result of the efficient use and manipulation of the aforementioned Design Elements. The following are just a few of these: emphasis, balance, and alignment; contrast; repetition; proportion; movement; harmony; form; depth; etc. Basically, the fundamental parts used to create a design ... Read More

In transfer printing, the design is transferred to the fabric using heat. Transfer paper, sublimation paper, etc. are terms for the material used to transfer the pattern. You need a heat transfer and printing machine for heat printing. The nice part about heat printing is that the image is durable and simple to apply to any thermostable and color-absorbent fabric, including jersey, T-shirts, and other fabrics. It is ideal for customised products because it can be processed in small quantities. The drawback of transfer printing is the quality of the image as it appears in the printed image. While digital ... Read More

Fibers play the most important part in the making of a cloth. Fibers of various types are used for a variety of purposes. Polyester and viscose are two of the most popular and widely used fibre materials in the textile industry. There are plenty of aspects to compare between polyester and viscose. But the biggest difference comes in the manufacturing process of polyester and viscose. It defines how they can be useful for the environment or threaten it. Even with the similarities, the processes for making polyester and viscose are very different. This makes them different from each other. ... Read More

Fabrics are very significant in the textile industry. Various clothes are made from different fibers. Different fibres have different properties and qualities, which make them distinguishable from others. Some are simple to care for, while others are challenging. Some are good at absorbing moisture, while others are not. Nylon and acrylic are popular synthetic fibres that are used all over the world. Synthetic fibres are not biodegradable, which makes them harmful for the environment. But these types of fibres are very useful in industries like apparel, aerospace, electrical, and electronics. This increases the use of synthetic fibres across the world. ... Read More

Two of the most popular natural materials used for our apparel are cotton and wool. Wool is thicker and better at retaining heat, whereas cotton is lighter and softer. This is the main distinction between the two materials. Cotton is more commonly used in the summer, while wool is more commonly used in the winter, though some people use it all year round. These two natural materials have a variety of variations, which will be highlighted here. Our sense of style and the way we dress are evolving swiftly because of the modern era in which we live. Although ... Read More

Jute is the second most popular natural cellulose fibre after cotton in terms of usage worldwide. Jute and cotton are produced at the same rates. Both fibres are biodegradable and water-absorbent. Both materials are breathable as well. Bangladesh is the top producer of jute, while India is the largest producer of cotton. Jute is made from the resilient fibres supporting the stalks of the jute plant, while cotton is the soft cushioning surrounding the cotton plant’s seeds. Since these fibres come from various plant parts, they serve very different purposes in nature. For example, cotton fibres serve as nature’s packing ... Read More

The female body has many nooks and crannies, so we must modify the fabric to make it more form-fitting in order to make clothing that fits these crevices. When we wish to create this more fitted appearance, darts are used in sewing to suppress the fabric. Darts, however, also work to provide fullness, which makes for more fascinating clothing styles in addition to giving a garment a more fitted appearance. The primary tools used by fashion designers to make a fitted garment are darts. By removing extra fabric along the silhouette, darts shape the garment. Various dart variations are frequently ... Read More

Other than in formal shirts, the wrist portion of a dress almost always lacks elaboration because other portions receive more attention. The cuff is, in fact, the most ignored component. However, it’s no coincidence that some of history’s most alluring and stunning ladies have worn cuff bracelets on their wrists, as have even men. The purpose of turned-back cuffs is to prevent the fabric of the garment from fraying and, if it does, to make it easy to repair or replace the cuffs without altering the garment. The cloth is turned back (folded) to create the cuff, or a ... Read More

Making markers entails modifying and drawing on marker paper in accordance with pattern pieces. Marker planning is the process of drawing out on a little piece of paper all the pattern components for every size of a specific style of clothing. To ensure greater effectiveness, the marker planner plans out each pattern and its placement on the marker paper. Either a manual process or a digital system can be used. The ideal way for generating markers is computerized, since it produces more effective markers. The pattern size, pattern pieces, and grade rule are used in this procedure. The computer receives ... Read More

Color theory states that using colour is both a science and an art. It clarifies how colour is perceived by people as well as the visual consequences of how colours blend, complement, or contrast one another. Along with the signals that colours convey, colour theory also examines how colours are reproduced. A colour wheel is used in colour theory to arrange colours into three categories: primary colours, secondary colours, and tertiary colours. Contrarily, colour psychology is the study of how colours influence how people behave. Color affects impressions that are not immediately apparent, such as how food tastes. People’s emotions ... Read More