Wednesday, September 14, 2011

FASHION DESIGNING: APPLIED ART




      Fashion has been a part of life these days and to involve in fashion designing is a wonderful task these days. It is the art of applying design to clothes or accessories. Fashion designing is very much affected by the social cultures and places.  The main aim of a designer is to create a comfortable, attractive as well as pleasing outfit. For a designer it is also important to know where the outfit will be worn, before he/ she begins her work.

         One who designs is called a fashion designer. Fashion Designing is one of the most important areas of work in the fashion industry. It offers a promising scope for financial as well as professional growth. Fashion designing is a dedicated art that explains the cultural and social influences. Creativity is extremely an important qualification for fashion designers. They have a lot to  work with different colors, clothes, fabrics, thread etc. Fashion must be something that would be easy to wear, comfortable but at the same time it should be appealing to all class and age of people.
         Fashion design is generally considered to have started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who was the first designer to have his label sewn into the garments that he created. The garments so produced, fall into the three categories:


  Ready-to-wear: These outfits are not made for an individual alone. Careful choice and cutting of fabric is done as such they are produced in small quantity in order to ensure its uniqueness thereby making it rather expensive.


Haute couture:This is a French word meaning high-fashion and each outfit is made for a particular client. Since it is made for an individual, it is done with extreme concentration with the size, use of expensive fabric, carefully sewn and high quality materials. Thus it is expensive as well as time consuming.

Mass market: These are those outfits which are made for sale in the market often with low prices. The reduce time and cost these outfits are made from cheap fabric and the technique so involved are simple are done by the machines.


      As fashion designing is receiving scope, there are lots of institutes that are offering courses in this field. It is a subject where freshness never dies.


  

No comments:

Post a Comment