"The Fabric of Our Lives"

In Patternmaking and Sewing Techniques we have shopped and selected woven fabrics for our skirts.

In Draping we used a woven stretch fabric to drape the Basic Cowl Bodice.

Conduct an internet research on fabric studies. Choose two fabrics of your choice and for each fabric post the fabric name, definition, and the end uses for the fabric. Include the website url where you found your information.

Denim

jean: (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Fibre: Cotton Weave: Twill - right hand - may be L2/1 or L3/1. Characteristics: Name derived from French "serge de Nimes". Originally had dark blue, brown or dark grey warp with a white or gray filling giving a mottled look and used mostly for work clothes. ...http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=7&oi=define&ei=GJXKSY_aGIbjnQe1mdyMAw&sig2=

FASHION AT FASHION

The students at Fashion High come from all over the NY tri state area and with them they bring a wide variety of styles.

Some of the styles include: Urban Glamour

Punk Fashion

Anime Fashion

Share with the What I learned for sure community the type of Fashion Style and Trends that best describes you.

Fashion History

1950's



The 1950's, 60's, 70's, and 80's are each fashion decades that stand out on their own. Conduct an internet research and list the fashion trends and fashion designers that were popular during those times.

Click on the following link to view fashion history videos

http://vidcat.com/blog/

Flounce, Ruffle, & More Flounce

Flounce: A flounce is a wide ruffle

Definition retrieved from www.overstock.com/womens-clothing-glossary.html

Ruffle - Strip of cloth, lace or ribbon at the edge of a garment that creates a rippled effect.

Definition retrieved from http://www.mollybloom.com/style-glossary/

This weeks topic is Flounce and Ruffles. In Pattern making we converted a straight skirt into a straight skirt with a flounce. In Draping we added a Flounce at the hem of our Shift Dress. And in Sewing Techniques we constructed an In Seam Ruffle sample.

Shortly we will be designing and constructing garments in class. List 4 to 6 ways that you can incorporate a flounce or a ruffle onto your original design ideas.

Fall Ready-to-Wear 2009

Some student's and I attended the Anna Sui's Fall 2009 Collection on Wed. February 18
Click the video below and share our experience

Fall Ready-to-Wear 2009 Fashion Week is on as we speak and so far designers such as Marc Jacobs, Tracy Reese, Carolina Herrera, and Lacoste to name a few have debuted their collections.

http://www.mbfashionweek.com/newyork/

Click on the following links to learn more about FASHION WEEKS LATEST, and share your thoughts.

http://www.wwd.com/fashion-week/fall-ready-to-wear-2009?src=gokw/fashion_week/Barbie/barbie_fashion_week


HOW HAS THE RECESSION AFFECTED THIS SEASONS FASHION WEEK?

Fashion at the 2009 Grammys

HIT:-)

MISS:-(

The music was hot but the clothing was even HOTTER!!!!!

Although I thought that Jennifer Hudson's white, gray, and black cocktail dress was too distracting, the black sequence gown she wore during her performance was very classy and sophisticated.

Congratulations on your Grammy Award Miss Hudson!!!!!

Students share your thoughts on the GrammyS Fashionista's that made your hit or miss list.

Sharing Knowledge is Caring

As I was walking around the computer classroom some weeks ago, I noticed that students were visiting websites that are very resourceful to us all as Fashion Designers. One student logged into http://www.fashionclub.com/index.shtml?html, while another student visited http://www.mypracticalskills.com/. After visiting these sites, I was so impressed by the library of information that they offered regarding fashion.

The purpose of this blog is for you to share with the What I Learned For Sure Community websites that you know may be resourceful to the study of fashion design.

If you click on the resource link on Ms. David's website you will find additional useful websites.
http://www.msdavidsonlineclassroom.org/Resources.htm

Let's build each other up by sharing our knowledge.