Basics of Contemporary Fashion
Fashematics
A course by Gustavo Prado , Design researcher
About the video: Fashematics
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you an example of how, to create suitable garments for your target audience, the ideal is not to elaborate the typical moodboard or trendboard, but a folder in which you gather specific references, about what is important and necessary, for elaborate your garment, as anatomy of the target audience, the silhouette, the gender, etc. We will also see examples of reverse engineering to build garments. ”
In this video lesson Gustavo Prado addresses the topic: Fashematics, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basics of Contemporary Fashion. Learn to conceptualise and convert your creations into a fashion brand.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] Do you remember the first lesson when we were talking about the vices of drawing that they end up doing like Disney princesses? Another scary thing happening in the world of fashion is this mood board thing that is collages like the ones they force you to do in Oceánica, where you put a lot of pink things, etc. and that is said to be a design process. What we will really have to do is that we have to explore how design processes are done in the industrial, in graphics, in the architecture itself, and from from that to reach new conclusions for what We want to design in our fashion c...”
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Course summary for: Basics of Contemporary Fashion
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Costume Design, Fashion Design
Gustavo Prado
A course by Gustavo Prado
After decades dedicated to research trends in fashion and design, it could be said that Gustavo Prado is one of the greatest experts in contemporary fashion. During the last 20 years he has taught at universities such as La Esmeralda, Academia de San Carlos, CEDIM and Centro Diseño-Cine-Television. He has also curated several museums such as the Cuatro Caminos Museum Photo and Centro de la Imagen.
He directed Mextilo , the first feature film focused on Mexican fashion and his is also the book with the same name. Today he is dedicated to giving lectures about the power of design, creativity and the need for innovation.
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