Know your fabrics. It’s a point I can’t stress enough. As a designer, understanding the different qualities of textile structures like chiffon and charmeuse, georgette and crepe, organza and gazar (I
could go on…) should be at the top of your list. I’m sure you think you know the difference, but there’s always room for improvement. Designers contact me daily asking for a fabric, and then
look bewildered once supplied because it’s not what they had in mind. This
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Designers, producers, sourcers, and all those who help garments get from sketchpad to retail rack, take note—international trade show organizer Messe Frankfurt is launching the first ever International Apparel Sourcing Show right here in the world capital of design, New York City. From July July 13th through the 15th, an entire planet’s worth of fabrics, textiles, and all the raw materials needed to create the fashions we live for is landing at the Javitz Center on Manhattan’s West Side. If you’
Young designers—at the risk of insulting you, it amazes me how many of you don’t have the first clue about buying fabrics. I mean, your fabrics are the cornerstone of your designs and making sure you can get your hands on them for production before you make your samples, is essential. Why did you create that beautiful dress with a yard of novelty fabric that you picked up at the flea market last summer? Do you think that the 100 yards you need for production will just apparate magically? Praying
There may be a time not so far in the near future where fashion designers may start employing, Solar fabric. Ideal Star, a Tokyo based company, has come up with a rather
interesting development, specifically a way to infuse threads with solar
cells, and this method actually coats the threads, so it’s claimed that
there is no need for expensive equipment to manufacture it. What’s even
better is the flexible ability of the threads.Read more here.
Trend research, analysis & forecasting in the apparel sector
2011 and beyond – A study with a difference by Insight Instore
As the world slowly comes out of the recession, one country’s name is on everyone’s lips. Not only for the way it has survived the last two years but also for the remarkable potential it is demonstrating on the cusp of a new decade. India!!
In this exciting scenario, we at Insight Instore decided to research a sector which slowly but surely is making its presence felt both int
Hi there everybody, fellow fashion lovers, I sometimes try to explain in my head why do I want to be a fashion designer? This may seem like I'm not serious about being a fashion designer if this is something I'm frequently asking my self. Well first off, the reason I'm asking myself this all the time is because everybody looks at my desire to be a fashion designer as rather a joke, yes this is painful, the other reason is because I seek to find this unique drive I sense in myself as the major un
Is this because their target market is primarily quilters? Today, with the emergence of so much patchwork in boutique apparel, there would seem to be a growing market for designer knit prints.
At this point, Pixyworl
The question is, how to direct the shopping impulse toward something easy on -- or not too catastrophic to -- the credit card balance! And that's where it comes in so handy being a clothing designer.
When I need to shop, I can browse fabrics for my next Pixyworld collection. And if the urge is strong upon me, I can even request swatches.
Swatches are one of life's few free pleasures. When they arrive in the mail, it's
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