Learn the Soulful Arts of Fashion Design
FASHION DESIGN SCHOOL PORTFOLIOS: what do I need? Hello Gorgeous Visionary! A crop of new videos are up on my YouTube channel suporting fashion portfolios. Informational and inspirational, Your fashion portfolio MUST BE INSPIRED, above all! You want to show what you know, how you think, how you see things through, how you solve problems, how you present things,what your […]
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It’s your day to discover TAMARA DE LEMPICKA. Yes, it’s more of the usual. I wanted to throw a few instructional/inspirational pics up for you, and fell down a rabbit hole of art and women’s history! (notice the circular flare inserted into the hemline of this dress at knee level, and the sheen and deep
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On Art and Learning, Expression and Experience An atmosphere of kindness, ease and safety foster a free flow of expression, creation, adventurous discovery and self directed discipline that are more sustainable than traditional methods of education. I believe that the teacher guides the student, but the student also guides themselves and the teacher…. and that
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(remember last week’s post about color? I found these images of Ronaldo Fraga’s spring/summer 2015 collection the next day..cool, right?) At the end of this post there are lots of images. Scroll down to see several Sao Paulo collections. I guess I’m just going to share all of my secrets with you all! Sharing
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HELLO TRIBE, it’s “MUSEUM” time again! Viva Agatha Ruiz de la Prada!! In researching my book, the Language of Fashion Design, last year, I felt desperate to find designers like Agatha Ruiz de la Prada who felt joyful, innovative, fresh, vibrant, alive! Everything looks sooooo dreary in the fashion weeks around the world (especially the usual
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A few things to remember for sure when you’re learning drawing, fashion design, or fashion illustration: love yourself where you are at here, now (beginning a new skill may feel overwhelming) think often about where you want to go…. not in despair, but in the joy of imagining the feelings and images of when you “get
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I eagerly unwrapped my review copy of the newly released Draping, the Complete Course by Karolyn Kiisel on Laurence King Publishing, a few months ago. (Hang in here, the juiciest part is at the end 🙂 It sure shows how many years have passed since I taught sophomore draping at Parsons in New York, 1997-2001… when
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Illustrating fashion designs in gouache: Do YOU GET NERVOUS approaching the blank page? That’s normal. I thought I’d share a few photos step by step of myself illustrating fashion design from a photo/model/dress/design/fabric that I just loved by KachiDesigns, (who I discovered through AfricaFashionWeek (AFW) and follow on Instagram). My remedy for “blank page freeze-up” is
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https://youtu.be/L5EuvTUVrnI?si=udiYh85nIW-Bl9DC OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING: 12 ACTIONABLE TIPS to START GROWING AS A FASHION SKETCHER I don’t like to make any strict rules about things when I teach or learn or live. But I do know the best way to learn to draw fashion is by drawing what you see/ OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING. I’m an idealist Virgo who
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PENCILS FOR FASHION DRAWING- 7 TIPS Over decades teaching beginner and advanced fashion drawing at Parsons School of Design, I’ve learned SO MUCH that I am so eager to share with you. Let’s begin: WHAT KIND OF PENCILS? HAVE YOU TRIED: Charcoal pencils (white and brown, black) soft artist colored pencils such as Prismacolor Premiere
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