CTD 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Optical Illusion, Color Theory, The Yes Album

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Clothing, Textiles and Interior Design
• Course: CTD 231
• Professor: Reaves

Document Summary

Garment styling: fashion is dynamic perpetual change, product developers identify core themes to translate into items customer will buy, society more casual, fashion more item-driven; more pressure on product developers, silhouettes tend to evolve. Methods of developing design ideas: design process parallels research process, goal: meet needs of target customer. Innovative approach: inspiration collected from primary sources, then interpreted in totally original ways: derivative: samples purchased, interpreted in developer"s own colorways and fabrications, most development falls somewhere between, techniques: Study primary resource such as historic or cultural artifacts. Buy actual garments for their silhouette, fit, fabrication, or detailing. Collect swipes, or tear sheets, from magazines and internet. Sketch designs observed while doing market research. Study primary resources: results in the most original design ideas, high-end designers travel to exotic locales, memberships to costume collections, costume exhibitions, cultural artifacts. May use an underlay figure slid under page as a template. Floats include a garment sketch without the body.