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Article: Designing clothes: from sketch to stitch, so much art.
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- ChildArt
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Every day, you put on your clothes. Did you ever think about the artistic talent that goes into those clothes? It actually takes several different artistic skills to make clothes people enjoy wearing.
The creative process begins with a designer using their imagination to create ideas about clothes they'd like to make. Then, they use their eyes and hands to select fabrics (made by other designers!) that will look good together and feel good to the person wearing the finished product. They may pick stripes or solids, or different kinds of prints to match a season or a theme. The fabrics may be soft and stretchy, or they may be tougher to provide protection or to ...