Lessons
Fashion Design Inspiration: Where to Begin
1Intro to Fashion Design Inspiration: Where to Begin
04:10 2Why Create a Moodboard?
12:03 3Student Mood Boards
24:59 4Fashion Inspiration Resources
09:54 5Learn from the Masters of Fashion
23:32 6Explore New Fashion Frontiers
06:52 7Why Narrow Your Focus?
19:48Find a Fashion Specialty
11:18 9Craft a Collection
31:37 10Learn to Edit
12:32Making Fashion: Draw, Draft and Sew
11Intro to Making Fashion: Draw, Draft and Sew
04:07 12Why Start with a Sketch?
07:11 13Drawing: Draw Your Muse
35:41 14Drawing: Sketch a Figure and Define a Silhouette
19:07 15Drawing: Render Color
10:56 16Drawing: Add Texture, Patterns, and Details
12:58 17Pattern Draping: Working with Muslin
06:14 18Pattern Draping: Drape a Basic Form
25:44 19Pattern Draping: Drape Folds
05:43 20Pattern Draping: Experiment with Style Lines
06:21 21Pattern Flat: Create and True a Pattern
09:31 22Draping and Patterning Recap
05:55 23Constructing Clothes: Put it Together
09:51 24Constructing Clothes: Make it Special and Finish Well
07:22Fashion Marketing and Branding
25Intro to Fashion Marketing and Branding
04:55 26Explore Your Audience
33:41 27Display, Data and Design
04:28 28Share Your Work
05:44 29Find Your Following
09:45 30Inform Your Brand
14:51 31Build Your Business Model
14:34 32Why Tell Your Fashion Story?
28:25 33Establish Relationships
17:27 34Be Ready for Change
25:12Produce a Fashion Show
35Intro to Produce a Fashion Show
01:12 36The Fashion Show: Why? When? How?
06:13 37Pre-Show: Develop a Fashion Show Concept
23:46 38Pre-Show: Build a Team
22:09 39Pre-Show: Create a Timeline and Checklist
22:45 40Day of Show: Backstage Strategy
14:06 41Show: Working with Front of House
18:43 42Show: Scheduling Run of Show
17:12 43Show: Breaking Down the Event
19:30 44Post-Show: Increasing Your Audience
10:06 45Post-Show: PR for Fashion Shows
04:16 46Post-Show: Dealing with Downtime
04:54 47Fashion Design: Start to Finish - Wrap Up
05:30Lesson Info
Share Your Work
Sharing your work and we talked a little bit about customer profiles, so the demographics and the psycho graphics the behavior, the age group we talked about that in terms of focusing on a target audience, I usually recommend about ten year block and body you brought up the whole issue of your customer that's a major concern. So how are they going to actually feel in your garments? Because we kind of take it for granted because we've designed something fabulous, but how does it actually feel? I mean, for a guy who's doing women's where that's a major issue, I don't know how it feels, so I need to really collect information and ask I remember when I was first designing as a teenager, my mom was the best sort of grounding force because she would go that's nice, but can she sit in that, you know, can she is she going to be out of breath because that looks so tight? You know she'd really be grounding, so you want to get that kind of information gender? We talked a little bit about this in ...
terms of who's wearing what and how like menswear might be influencing women's wear and you know, where does this come into play in your equation there's no right or wrong, but where does it come in for you and then culture I always give the example I'm hispanic latino from puerto rico I was born in new york but that's my heritage and I remember when I was first learning fashion design I would not design anything red or any kind of sort of flirty dress that's red because I was like I do not want to be thought of and put in that box that I'm the latin designer who does little red party dresses you know on ly because that was a stereotype I had in my own mind of course you get older and I've made some very beautiful red dresses over the so but but those but cultural influences you want to ask yourself what's holding the cup we're back what's holding you back because we have very preconceived notions of what is and isn't right you know and a lot of times they're based on culture and then core or couture this is also very key because you want to ask yourself is when you're talking about connecting is it about basics that you want to provide for that person a real system like we thought we talked about donna karen you know having really practical items even though they're beautiful but they're easy to put together so that represents that lifestyle or is it that couture? Where are the tour kind of influenced work where or bespoke where it's very very special very maybe a little bit more on the theatrical side on dh that experience is a whole different experience because that person is going to wait for their garments they're going to go in for fittings they're going to just the process is going to be is important as the final product so you want to ask yourself where do you stand there and maybe someplace in the middle all right oh this is great another carl quote so one is never overdressed or under dressed with a little bit a little black dress all right so these are questions I would I would challenge you to um just write the questions down so that you know how old is your target customer we talked a little bit about that where does she live and not just not just the actual city but is it north is it east? Is it west? You know we think about the climate all those kinds of things what does she do for work because you need to ask yourself do her does her personal life and her work life are they similar? Can she dress the same in both or does she divides her life into professional and personal and her wardrobes are totally different no, she may wear it all day and all she wants to do at the end of the day is get into something bright and colorful and playful or she may just be doing that might be the baseline for her for everything she wears what kinds of vacations does she take? This is very important because this is where people go to get away from their lives you know they say oh I'm going to have a different life when I go to barbados and o r good skiing so what is it that what is it that really speaks to them in terms of their their leisure time and this is a fun one what music gets her moving because this is so personal and so powerful and there are definitely a lot of cross over where you can connect with someone around music and for you as a designer just a little side toe most designers will work in an environment that has music and it's very specific to what the mood they want to be in you know whether they're being really hyper they'll have something intense something gentler you know, whatever it is that speaks to them but then that can also translate into the experience that you create which we'll talk about later in terms of you know when they walked into the showroom or when they're in our fashion your fashion show what are you how you extending that experience that of the music you love and that they might really respond to and would you say she's classic or avant garde and that speaks to that last thing we just talked about our um are they core core garments or is it couture bespoke
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Ratings and Reviews
Abbeylynne
Jay is a rare gem in the world of instructors. He has the perfect balance of information, examples, and hands on visuals. He included his students in the teaching process. They were not just the audience. Even the viewers were encouraged to participate! I loved his teaching style and enthusiasm as well as the content of information he shared with us. He covered a vast amount of information and led us at a pace that was very easy to follow. It reaffirmed my love of fashion as well as designing new ideas. This class was inspiring and motivating. If you are even the slightest bit curious about Fashion Design, constructing patterns, or even drawing models, this class is for you. It was all encompassing for an overview of Fashion Design from start to finish. Jay has an easygoing manner that you will want to watch him again and again. A great resource for your library. I can't wait to see him again in the Creative Live classroom!. Good luck to Jay and all his endeavors! Thank you Creative Live for providing yet another great learning opportunity for an international audience.
Michelle B
This is day one of Jays class and I am already hooked and purchased this class. Jay is an awesome instructor. He explains everything in easy to understand terms. He explained things that I have bought books to learn and didn't in one easy lesson. I recommend this class for anyone that has a interest in Fashion design or even learning to draw models for anything you need to sketch out. I hope Creative Live will bring Jay back for more classes. Jay is a instructor also worth having in your tool box of CL classes to refer back to for learning and inspiration! Thank You Jay for sharing your knowledge with us!!
Anji
I agree with everything that michelle-b said in her review of this class, and will add that I can tell that he is an instructor who not only knows his subject matter, but has excellent teaching skills. He is very engaged with his students, and focused on making sure that they get what he is telling/showing them. He also has the rare gift of distilling a complex subject down to its essence and teaching it in a simplified form that gives the student a good overview of the basics, and somehow also gives the student insight into more of the subject’s depth than he actually says in words. This broader understanding of the subject empowers the student to proceed on a much higher level than would be possible after taking any other course overview. Even more amazing is that the lessons covered in this way could be (and are) full courses in themselves elsewhere, but were merely segments of this two-day CL class. For this reason, if I ever got a chance to take one of Jay’s classes at the School of Fashion Design, I would take it in an instant. I too bought this class by the end of Day 1. For me, the segments on sketching and drafting alone were worth the $69, and the rest is bonus.
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