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Technical Flats? A technical flat/specs is a flat drawing of both sides of a garment (side view can also be included if needed), without a figure, drawn to scale, with all the seams, darts, and construction details. Why are flats important? Technical flats are crucia l in constructing a garment as they help you plan the proportion and details on the garment that do not show on the initial illustration., which can also be classified into three visualization process: proportion/silhouette , style lines that shapes the garment and detail lines that do not affect the fit of the garment. More importantly, it is a great visual communication tool and are used extensively within the industry to explain designs in detail, especially to a pattern maker/ seamstress. Illustration VS Technical Flats Illustration is the initial step in designing and showing your vision and ideas, especially to the people who are buying your clothes, whereas flats are important in the ...

1910s Orientalism silhouette: Tent (Lamp Shade Dress ); Spindle (Hobble Skirt ) Women were FINALLY liberated from the corset and stiffer forms of garments. Garments became looser, silhouettes were less structured and hemlines started to rise. Together with influences from the East, and the re-defining of fashion styles, designers had more ways to experiment, thus leading to the emergence of fashion houses. This is what I believe to be the case. In this era, designer Paul Poiret, especially played a huge part.  (Later, he also went on to be one of the first to design pants for women.) Lamp Shade Silhouette Day Dresses over the 1910s (Source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b1/c2/c0/b1c2c09f263c34c48f92d6e3ae358a3b.jpg) Fashion details concentrated on the bustline to create a more elongated look in skirts and legs. Necklines, openings and cuffs started to take on more shapes as well. Exaggerated and Original Lampsha...

Silhouettes {A Silhouette is a solid black outline of an ensemble, used to describe the shape of a person's body or the shape created by wearing garments of a particular style/period.} Silhouettes over the eras (Source:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_n7sQs9zge_0t91wNAcB87KdOykXWqVnKwRY_1KyY1s-IDATqdeNEmb9Ff95e1xo0aDb2xFAmkRQKj2yZeT_pXavjTMgjrpdLIqYQkZnfFxfgj4kLYCU7S1WgD0t5jCCcBt7ZQjhruBS/s1600/costumedesignill00trapiala_0107+1a.jpg) Apart from the fabric of the garment, the corset plays the biggest part in shaping silhouettes in the past, as it shapes the body; And in the corset, boning plays the most essential part in shaping the body. 1900s Edwardian era Silhouette : Hourglass; S-bend The S-bend and hourglass silhouette is a result of the S-bend (straight front) corset, which is a corset with a straight cut from the bust to the hips, causing the shoulders and bust(monobossom) to be thrust forward and the bum pushed back. ...

Fashion Today Fashion trends are largely affected by culture, and the culture in a society is made up by its surroundings. Jameh Mosque of Isfahān (Past) VS Burj Al Arab (Present) (Sources: http://www.placestoseeinyourlifetime.com/top-10-arabic-architecture-10059/ ; http://www.designrulz.com/design/2014/12/burj-al-arab-sumptuous-hotel-dubai-united-arab-emirates/ ) Not just in more recognized European architecture, the shift in culture is evident everywhere.Just as we see the shift in past to modern architecture, fashion nowadays is less ornate and more simple, i.e. minimalistic. Jeremy Scott S/S 2017 Simultaneously the prints and fabric is also becoming more and more vibrant and playful. One perfect example is designer Jeremy Scott: whose designs are known to be simplistic, yet brimming with bold prints and bright colours. Besides the experimentation with bold colours and different fabric, fashion has also tilted...