Clothes Designs

Intro

As usual me being me, I made most of my designs dresses or skirts. All my dresses had a particular quality to them which my friend unhelpfully described 'floaty', and my skirts, really short. ( Of course I took offend to that; I had the 'floaty' material to cover the legs as well.)

My brother didn't even try by refusing to look so my mum was by far the most helpful by actually giving me constructive advice. She suggested variety, and I conceded by altering my designs to one dress, shorts and shirt, and skirt and shirt. I absolutely refused to do pants though. If there was one thing I was certain about it was that I didn't do pants.

Gathering Inspiration

Inspiration is hard to come by, especially when you are actively looking for it, or at least that was how I felt. Some of my classmates seem to know what to do all the time, which leaves me feeling rather not creative and as an AEP student, having no creativity is one of the worst flaws to.

So I looked high and low, and suddenly remembered I doodled females wearing different outfits all the time. Feeling that world had curiously brightened up, I dug through (dusty) heaps of paper and found that most designs were again dresses, and mostly unusable, being too outlandish and impractical in general. As my despair was hitting its peak, I found designs that were actually useable with a few tweaks. Thus I was saved from my bout of inspiration less, and was able to come up with an acceptable dress. A shirt and floaty skirt was created from my collection which left the shorts. I could think of certain tops, but when it came to shorts, a few lines was the most I was able to muster up.

Eventually after browsing through some pictures on the Internet, I decided that simplicity was the way to go and sketch up as simple pair of shorts. Now the cuttings were done, which led to the greatest problem of all times-patterns.

As a rather impatient and detail hating person, I rarely drew any patterns on my clothes. My mother and I agreed that I should at least attempt to pattern one design, and so begun my frantic search on the Internet. It wasn't easy at all. The sun started setting which led to my sudden decision of coloring my shirt and skirt after the sunset. With some circles and lines to represent the sun and it's rays, I coloured it with a red and orange scheme. Lastly, with my extremely limited knowledge of fabric, I decided on fairly practical materials for my clothes.

Quick End

I honestly didn't think designing clothes could be so hard. It was quite a fun (abet frustrating at times) experience. All I know is that I probably won't be joking about becoming a fashion designer in the near future. Designing clothes really is no joke!