How to Design Fashion

Fashion sketching and technical drawing play a vital role in designing clothes. Drawing is the first step to committing your vision to reality. First of all, if you don't already know how to draw, you need to learn. Take a drawing or art class, read books teaching how to draw fashion, and most of all, practice!

Papare pencil 

Use a pencil for beginning sketches so you can fix and refine as you sketch. Later you can do final sketches in pen and in color, if you desire.

Draw the human

Draw a rough sketch of the human form. The body can be in any pose you like, but when a beginner, you may want to draw the arms akimbo. Or you can buy or make your own templates.

Draw the garments

Decide what type of garment you are going to sketch (e.g., blouse, skirt, pants, etc.).

Draw the garment the way the model would wear it in real life. Think about how the fabric would drape and fall.

Draw the detail 

 Now you can bring your sketch to life with details and even color. To color in your sketch:

Choose your color palette and select your colored pencils. Outline the garment, making sure to trace the seam lines. Carefully color in the garment.

Add pattern detail 

Add any pattern details. Feel free to include notes about color, style, technique, structure, fabric, etc.