French Fashion History Clothes

French Fashion History Clothes

another fashion question (please read on)?

i have asked this question once but nobody will give me the detailed answer im looking for im deadly serious about fashion and i am willing to do what it takes to get somewhere in the fashion industry i am young and i am still in high school i took art but my school takes our options a year early so i didn’t know what wanted then and didn’t take textiles or any other subject and now im worried when i leave school in 2 years that i wont have the subject i need for fashion im learning a language off my back at the moment which is french and have started designing some clothes i am also learning how to sew and i know how to knit, i am also learning about materials and looking a fashion history. I have all these ideas in my head but i am struggling to get them down on paper as i don’t know the first thing about how to design them on paper.
what can i do
detailed information will help so much

Find models in fashion magazines or online images that offer clean, natural poses. The croquis is the mannequin of the page. This form can be “dressed” with any fashion sketch you add. A simple pose is ideal because it drives attention to the clothes, not the figure.

Step 2Begin with a basic grid that will help you keep proportions in check. The grid lines can be erased easily but some fashion sketch artists like to leave the lines as reference points.

Step 3Decide how to draw the croquis model. There are a couple ways to do this. Either draw the model freehand or trace the pose from an image. Trace the image by following the basic shapes of the model. The croquis fashion sketch should resemble a wooden art model, devoid of facial features and fine details.

Step 4Draw the croquis using basic shapes:

Ovals for the head, hands and feet
Circles for joints
Triangles meeting in the middle for the waist
Lines to connect the shapes together

This can be accomplished by drawing freehand or by outlining the shapes from a clear image using tracing paper.

Create the Fashion Sketch
Step 1Trace your croquis. The initial model that you draw serves as the foundation for countless fashion sketches. Use tracing paper or a light box to copy the model for each style drawing you create.

Step 2Build your fashion sketch by adding the clothing designs. This process takes practice and there are some techniques that will help to make the styles clear.

Step 3Apply the general design drawing rules to the image. Seam lines should be drawn with a solid line while top stitching requires dotted lines. Zippers require dotted lines as well but invisible zippers are indicated by the presence of a zipper pull.

Step 4Add texture and movement. This process includes adding pleats, folds, patterns and gathers in the design. Pleats and folds should be slightly darker and shorter than the rest of the seam. Uneven lines suggest fullness and gathers. Patterns should follow the shape of the garment.

Step 5Include the back view and the inside of the garment. The back view can be a thumbnail image in the fashion sketch. The underside of the design is typically identified with slightly darker shading

Costumes in Delaroche’s ‘Execution of Lady Jane Grey’