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Create Your Own Outfits

What you wear and how you style it tells a lot about your personality. If you want something unique for your next outfit, you may want to try a DIY. This sounds great, but do you know the deal of all design elements, especially if you want to design your clothing? Yes, this might not be your expertise, but that is why we are here to help. Through this guide, we can help you learn all the basics of creating your own outfit designs.

 

Basic elements and tips for the outfit design

Design is not merely fabric and styling. It demands more than that, such as measurements, the design, detailing about the style, shape, length, blouse, and a lot more. Therefore, you have to vary all of the elements before you begin designing the clothing.

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●     Define your goal

This is the most significant part of designing the outfit. So, know what you want to achieve in the final result. Know if you simply want to design for yourself or are looking for a long-term commitment to clothing design. If you are learning this information to start your own fashion line, you might have to take a different approach.

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●     Learn the basics of measurements

Remember that even designing your outfit, you need exact measurements. This is not something you can fix later. Now, draw your vision, learn about other people’s designs, focus on the drawings of the design and also learn about sewing. Remember to explore a little about the fabrics, stabilizers, and accessories. You can always find a plethora of patterns online. Note that you can also hire someone to sew your design. That may be a lot easier and faster. You can also invest in a measurement tool such as the Spec Book that clothing and body measurements for various markets.

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Moreover, always measure the following to get the exact size:

  • Height
  • Bust
  • Waist
  • Hips
  • Arm Length
  • Shoulder
  • Skirt Length

How to create your own outfits and designs - croquis measurements.

●     Create your unique style

If you put this much effort into the design, ensure you are not creating something old and probably already in the trend. It is time to become a trendsetter. Start to design your own unique style and get more recognition in your group just through your outfit. Your style can be your unique identity.

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●     Get your tech pack

Yes, you don’t live in the old city of France anymore. You live in a modern world with amazing tools for fashion designing. We are not just talking about the illustrator. There are many other software choices available just for your convenience to design your outfit. If you don’t know how to draw, you don’t really have to worry about it for the most part.

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For example, if you have a tool like Digital Fashion Pro. You can simply choose the templates, alter or customize it, choose the color from a vast color pallet, choose digital fabric patterns and textures, and use other features. It just makes designing the outfit easier for you. So, get your tech pack ready and save time. Your tech pack is like a blueprint for making your outfit design. The DFP Tool can also help you create a tech pack for your outfits.

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●     Go for a CAD software

CAD simply means computer-aided design software. This is the best way to go if you are looking for 2D and 3D patterns. So, always have your tools by your side. You must know that 2D and 3D designs give more clarity. Digital Fashion Pro is also helpful in this area. Besides that, visualization can really intrigue our inner creativity. So, you never know what you can come up with once you have clarity on the design’s visual appeal. Here is a list of the top 5 apps to help you with creating outfit designs.

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●     Find your inspiration

How do you like to see yourself in the mirror? What ideas flow to your mind once you think of an outfit. Focus on the different details as you style your design. Do you love historical costumes, or do you prefer ethnic ones? Whatever you choose, you need to check out the right details. Gather all the tiny details and note them before you begin to design the outfit and finalize it. Check out this futuristic costume design that was created with Digital Fashion Pro Software.

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●     Use a croquis

After you’ve come up with an idea to create your own outfits, the next step is to draw them. Many fashion designers like to utilize a croquis (a template of a body contour) so that they don’t have to sketch a figure from scratch each time. After you’ve drawn a figure’s outline, you can begin drawing your outfit on top. It’s a good idea to use a pencil so that mistakes may be readily erased.

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Before adding details on top, it’s generally a good idea to draw the garment’s outline. You’ll need to go around the outline with a pen once your design is finished. After that, you can color your design. Another option is to use the built in croquis templates that come with the Digital Fashion Pro System.

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●     Just be creative

We hope that in this world of copy-pasting, you still have your imagination intact. Remember that your imagination can take you to the places you have only dreamed about. Think of the style, color, and fabric you want to use, and imagine how it would look if everything goes perfect. Now design it by keeping the person you are designing for in mind. The colors, if chosen carefully with the design, can perfectly match a person’s personality. So, focus on it. If your imagination rejects it, you cannot do anything about it. Move on to the next idea.

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●     Learn about the fashion industry

Imagination and being creative are awesome. Customizing your clothes so that you stand out can be great. But you also want to make sure your clothes are appealing to others. You still must look presentable and not from another planet. So, learn about the fashion industry and what kind of clothing trends are more acceptable for you to start with so that you will appeal to your type of person, consumer or buyer. Stay up to date on the latest trends, explore more about the fashion sense, catching eyes, and you will be great at coming up with your ideas. Watch video on how to take your designs from concept to production.

 

Bottom Line on creating outfits

Creating your own outfit is beneficial in many ways. Since you are designing it yourself, all you need to spend is on the fabric and accessories: no labor cost and nothing to charge for the creativity. Besides, if you use the CAD tool or Digital Fashion Pro, you have many options to explore for custom clothing. Templates and clear visualizations will help you in the long run. So, are you ready to design your custom clothes?

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Get started today!

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