Fashion Vocabulary
The population of people you are designing for
Before constructing a sketch for a garment, designers must complete these important 2 steps
1. Mood Board
2. Select fabrics
This medium is most often used to show texture on fabric
Colored pencils
A fashion figure used to design garments
Croquis
This fabric is often used in haute couture clothing
Novelty
These black and white technical drawings are used to clarify design details in order to give seamstress/factory information on how to construct a garment
Technical flats
A line where fabric is sewn together
Seam
Where are the darkest shadows found when rendering garments in marker?
Fabric folds/overlaps
These lines capture the movement of the shoulders and hips, showing which are lifted or lowered
Action Lines
This art element is the most important when rendering realistic fur texture
Line
Average consumers are most often seen wearing this category of clothing
ready-to-wear
You are constructing a garment inspired by architecture with a large volume silhouette. How could you categorize this style?
Structural Fashion
This marker technique is used to create subtle shadows
Glazing
Height of croquis vs. height of average people
Croquis - 9-11 heads
People - 7-8 heads
This technique is used to illustrate sequined fabric
Stippling
Haute Couture clothing can be so experimental and unusual, that it can be considered...
Avant garde
The process in which you position and pin fabric on a dress form to develop the structure of a garment design
Draping
This marker technique is used to achieve the highest contrast between highlights and shadows
Blending with base-shadow-base
Head height of hips
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You are designing a jacket for the winter season and want a textured fabric with a cross-hatched design. What fabric would be best for your design?
Tweed
You work in the industry selecting garments and accessories for a specific brand or person
Stylist
CROQUIS BONUS - When drawing a croquis in an asymmetrical pose what happens to the hip on the weighted leg
It lifts up
To get a smooth blend with different markers, select colors of this color scheme.
Analogous Colors
These 2 body parts align when standing in anatomical position
Elbows and waist
What does high Luster fabric show?
Shiny fabric with white highlights and dark shadows