Fabrics for Fashion Design: Essential Learning for Designers

Fundamental Categories, Characteristics, Properties of Fabric: Develop a Fashion Collection Using Fabric As Inspiration

Created by: Nino Via
Fashion Design Master Instructor - Expert Consultant/Coach

What Will I Learn?

• Learning Categories of Fabric Construction: Wovens vs Knits.
• Characteristics and properties of the different types of fabrics: Fiber Content.
• Choosing the appropriate fabric for a specific design: Top weight vs Bottom weight.
• Creating a design using fabric as inspiration: elevate your creativity by letting the fabric inspire you.
• Developing a group or collection using a fabric design: How to use fabric color and patterns to develop a collection.
• Establishing a Theme for your collection: What is a Theme?
• Learning How to Distress and Tie-dye Denim jeans.
• Exploring using layers of fabric to create a "new" fabric/look.

Requirements

• No requirements necessary, simply a love for fashion and learning the fabrics/textile aspect of it.

Target audience

• Beginners and intermediate fashion designers.
• Anyone who wants to learn about fabrics, whether you're a designer or a buyer or simply interested in learning a new area of the fashion industry.