The basic skills and quality requirements of a clothing craftsman

The basic skills and quality requirements of a garment craftsman

1, painting foundation and modeling ability Painting foundation and modeling ability is one of the basic skills of clothing designers. Of course, there are some former master designers who can't draw, but he needs to have more outstanding performance in other aspects. But some people even through the school systematic learning and training, but still can not be good at drawing to express the design ideas, then it will bring great difficulties for their own creation.

2, rich imagination originality and imagination is the wings of the fashion designer, no rich imagination of the designer's skills and good can only be called craftsmen or tailors, and can not be called the real design city. The essence of design is to create, involving itself contains the meaning of innovation and uniqueness. Flowers, birds and trees in nature, decorative artifacts around us/rich ethnic and folklore subjects, music, dance, poetry, literature and even modern lifestyles can all give us good inspiration and design inspiration. For thousands of years, the long history of clothing is due to the rich imagination of the previous generation and the spirit of ingenuity has left us a wealth of valuable assets.

3, the style, color and fabric mastery of clothing style, color and fabric is the three basic elements of clothing design. Clothing style is the external contour modeling and parts of the clothing detail modeling, is the basis for design changes. The external silhouette modeling consists of the length and latitude of the garment, including elements such as the waistline, length of the bodice, width of the shoulders, and looseness of the hem. The most common silhouette shapes are "A" type, "X" type, T type, H type, O type and so on. The external silhouette shape of the garment forms the lines of the garment and directly determines the popularity of the style. The modeling of the details of the components refers to the design of the collar, sleeve shape, pockets, cutting structure and even pleats, pulling, buttons.

4, the structural design, cutting and sewing understanding of the structural design, cutting technology learning, but also clothing designers must master the basics. Structural design is part of the style design, the various shapes of clothing is actually through the cutting and size itself to complete the change. If you do not understand the fabric, structure and cutting, the design can only be ? on paper? Don't think that the structure design and cutting in the company is the thing of the pattern maker, the designer who only draws pictures and doesn't understand pattern making is certainly not a perfect and mature designer. Do not understand the paper pattern and structural changes, the design will be unreasonable, immature, and even unattainable.

5, the theory of clothing design and historical understanding of the primary stage of clothing design is the mastery of some basic techniques and skills, and successful clothing designers more importantly, should have the design of the mind and keen creative thinking, only to master the basic skills, can draw a beautiful rendering is far from enough. Now the art college fashion design majors have clothing theory courses, students through these courses can understand the history of Chinese and foreign art, design history, clothing history and clothing aesthetics and other theoretical knowledge, but also to broaden the horizons of the students, broaden the design ideas, inspire their design inspiration.

6, the 20th century history of clothing development and masters of the style of understanding and mastering the 2nd century history of clothing development and masters of the style is to become a fashion designer of a fast road. From the early 20th century CHANNEL to the beginning of this century Galliano, each master designer for us in the history of clothing has left a constant beauty: 20, 30 years of elegant and romantic low backless dress; 50 years of elegant and rich high fashion; 60, 70 years of rebellious weird hippies / punk clothing; 80 years of broad-shouldered, loose body masculinity of the professional women's clothing; 90 years of the type of Gan charming lace, see-through clothing. Lace and see-through clothing? Only in-depth study of the history of the development of 20th century clothing, in order to understand the design style and artistic expression of the masters of that era, so as to draw on their own clothing design. 7, understand the marketing and consumer psychology a successful designer should first of all in the market success, according to the enterprise`s brand positioning standardize their own design style and route. Karl? Lagerfeld was concurrently served as chanel, fenti, kroger and other three internationally renowned brands of the chief designer, in the planning and design of each brand, are based on the brand's positioning as a guideline to publicize the 3 different brand styles, known as the ? Genius Designer? Clothing designers should ultimately reflect their value in the market. Only by truly understanding the market, understanding the consumer's purchasing psychology, and grasping the real market fads (rather than the rational trends promulgated in fashion magazines). And the design and technology constitute a perfect combination, with the appropriate marketing channels, the clothing through the sale of goods into consumer acceptance, truly reflect its value, before successfully completing the entire process of apparel design.

8, the ability to use the computer With the continuous penetration of computer technology in the field of design, both in the process of design thinking and creation, the computer has become the most effective and fastest design tools in the hands of fashion designers, especially in some of the more formal clothing enterprises in the design of clothing design CAD, clothing design CAM design, typing, pushing the version of the software is very popular, embroidery patterns, printing, etc. also rely on the computer to design, printing, and so on. Embroidery patterns, printing patterns, etc. is also rely on the computer to complete

9, observation and dedication as a fashion designer, clothing with keen observation is very important. Due to the clothing design education, too much emphasis on basic skills and techniques training, students often have a weak market awareness, lack of clear thinking, keen observation and overall thinking ability, after graduation often can not quickly adapt to the work of the designer. How to host a brand design, depends on the designer's strong comprehensive ability and keen observation of clothing, which not only requires technical creativity, but also need to use rational thinking, to analyze the market, to find the right positioning, planned operation, purposeful promotion of the brand. Therefore, how to make your brand style, so that the target consumers wear fashion; how to attract your customers, expand the market share, improve the brand's taste, increase the design content, to obtain greater added value, to create a brand effect, is the basic quality of clothing craftsmen should have the qualities and skills ;