Introduction to Fashion Draping: Create Custom Womenswear
Choosing the Right Fabric
A course by Reagen Evans , Fashion Designer
About the video: Choosing the Right Fabric
Overview
“Then I will share some useful tips with you about what fabric you should use depending on the design you want to create. I will talk you through the key characteristics of different fabrics and their grain lines, and you will also learn how to make informed decisions about the appropriate material to use when draping. ”
In this video lesson Reagen Evans addresses the topic: Choosing the Right Fabric, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Fashion Draping: Create Custom Womenswear. Learn how to design and construct unique items of clothing from start to finish using the draping method.
Partial transcription of the video
“Choosing the Right Fabric In this lesson, I will share some tips with you about what fabric to use depending on the design you want to create. In front of me, I have three fabrics as an example on the fabrics you can use to drape with. To start with, I've got a calico, which is raw cotton. This is used a lot in fashion. We use it for toiles and for draping. It's also used as interfacing in tailoring to give your garments more structure. The interesting thing about calico is its grainlines. Your straight of grain will always follow your selvage edge. Your grainlines are really important when...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Fashion Draping: Create Custom Womenswear
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Category
Craft, Fashion -
Areas
Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing
Reagen Evans
A course by Reagen Evans
Reagen Evans is a womenswear fashion designer from Shropshire, England. Growing up, he was always making things and was interested in fashion in particular from a young age. After graduating from school and working as a civil engineer, Reagen realized that engineering was not for him and decided to pursue his passion for fashion as a career. He founded Bewde, a couture fashion house specializing in contemporary womenswear, at just 22 years old.
Reagen’s designs combine art and fashion with the aim of making the women who wear his clothes feel confident. He has dressed clients including Emma Manners, the Duchess of Rutland, and he shares his designs with over 200K followers on Instagram.
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