Like a fashion clothing designer you have to be able to come up with many new, hopefully, original ideas inside a consistent time period in order to create a new garment collection for every season.
So where and just how can you get those fashion design ideas and concepts from? As well as in the middle of all that creativity, how can you stay inside the realm of marketability and wearability simultaneously?
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Inspiration is sometimes regarded as some mysterious magical occurrence that only blesses a number of the most talented, creative people. This is not the situation though. You may create your personal inspiration and motivation by developing a keen eye and an avid appreciation for everything who are around you and I mean everything.
All aspiring fashion clothing designers are encouraged to research costume history, and the work of the numerous top designers before them. This is to complete however it really should not be the whatsoever and be all of your 'inspiration' resource.
Initial step, start researching fashion history / costume design far away around the world, such as the one's you don't like or aren't thinking about, you never know what you will find out. For instance, the mini skirt was a tribal Chinese costume and the bikini was everyday wear in Brazil. You never know what type of neat facts you will find.
Start imagining the best way to combine styles from various periods with elements and garment designs from different cultures and find out what you can develop.
Second, now you have to escape fashion altogether and check out the rest of what is happening visually and 'texturally' on the planet. A few examples to check out are
- coloring and markings of lynx and bobcats
- patterns and shapes of seashells
- textures and forms and lichen
- architectural styles all over the world
- interior planning styles around the world
- shapes of insects and beetles
- pattern and coloring on birds of prey
- shapes of bird's bodies
- 'architecture' of flowers
- delicateness of bat wings combined with their furry soft bodies
- the 'look' of some art and fantasy films
- the design and style of various 'futures' from various Sci-Fi films
- how seaweed looks underwater
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Many of these very beautiful things, from water falls to moon craters could be fuel for brand new kinds for fashion designs. Think outside of the box and combine totally non-related such things as tulips and Tim Burton films using the architectural elegance of Taj Mahal. That's the main idea for manufacturing originality, combining unrelated things or things that haven't been put previously combined.
This can come out pretty crazy, garment wise right? How you can keep your collection marketable than? Simple,
1. between no matter which colors are 'in' and what would look wonderful inside your collection, choose the best color combinations
2. based on who your intended marketplace is, take into account the garment styles and fit they previously wear and modify them, incorporating "pieces" of your inspirations and combine them in to the kind of look you're after
3. make sure your designs are comfortable
4. where ever possible, incorporate or adopt no matter what is actually the season's trend as long as you can do it in a way that is effective together with your fashion clothing design concept
Following these tips will help you avoid any type of fashion designer block so your work flow is a lot smoother and you'll be consistently productive without the anxiety about facing "concept drought".
Happy fashion designing