Fashion Clothing Design and the Secrets of How to Never Exhaust Ideas and Inspiration Like a fashion clothing designer you need to be in a position to come up with many new, hopefully, original ideas in a consistent time period in order to produce a new garment collection for each season.
So where and how can you get those fashion design ideas and ideas from? As well as in the middle of everything creativity, how can you stay within the arena of marketability and wearability at the same time?
Creative DirectionInspiration is sometimes regarded as some mysterious magical occurrence that only blesses a few of the most talented, creative people. This is not the case though. You may create your own inspiration and motivation by creating a keen eye and an avid appreciation for everything who are around you and that i mean everything.
All aspiring fashion clothing designers are encouraged to research costume history, and also the work of the many top fashion designers before them. This is to complete however it shouldn't be the at all and become all your 'inspiration' resource.
First step, start researching fashion history / costume design far away around the world, such as the one's you don't like or aren't interested in, you never know what you'll find out. For example, the mini skirt was a tribal Chinese costume and the bikini was everyday wear in Brazil. You never know what type of neat facts you'll discover.
Start imagining how you can combine styles from various periods with elements and garment designs from different cultures and see what you can come up with.
Second, now you have to get away from fashion altogether and check out the remainder of what is happening visually and 'texturally' in the world. A few examples to check out are
- coloring and markings of lynx and bobcats
- patterns and shapes of seashells
- textures and forms and lichen
- architectural styles around the world
- interior planning styles all over the world
- shapes of insects and beetles
- pattern and coloring on birds of prey
- shapes of bird's bodies
- 'architecture' of flowers
- delicateness of bat wings combined with their furry soft bodies
- the 'look' of some art and fantasy films
- the style of different 'futures' from various Sci-Fi films
- how seaweed looks underwater
Clothing DesignMany of these very beautiful things, from water falls to moon craters could be fuel for new kinds for fashion designs. Think outside the box and combine totally non-related things like tulips and Tim Burton films using the architectural elegance of Taj Mahal. That's the main idea for manufacturing originality, combining unrelated things or things that haven't been put previously combined.
This can come out pretty crazy, garment wise right? How to keep the collection marketable than? Simple,
1. between no matter which colors are 'in' and what would look wonderful inside your collection, choose the right color combinations
2. based on who your intended market is, take into account the garment styles and fit they previously wear and modify them, incorporating "pieces" of the inspirations and combine them in to the kind of look you're after
3. make certain your designs are comfortable
4. anywhere possible, incorporate or adopt what ever is actually the season's trend so long as you can do it in a way that works well along with your fashion clothing design concept
Following these pointers can help you avoid any type of designer block so your work flow will be a lot smoother and you'll be consistently productive without the anxiety about facing "concept drought".
Happy fashion designing