FASHION DESIGN TERMS

FASHION DESIGN TERMS

• A fashion designer conceives garment combinations of line, proportion, color, and

texture. He or she may or may not know how to sew or make patterns. Formal training is

always essential, yet most fashion designers are formally trained (apprenticed) and

schooled.

 

• A pattern maker drafts the shapes and sizes of a garment's pieces with paper and measuring tools, and, some times, an AutoCAD computer software program, or by draping muslin on a dress form, the original way. The resulting pattern pieces must compose the intended design of the garment and they must fit the intended wearer.
• Formal training is essential for working as a pattern marker.
  • A tailor makes custom designed garments made to the client's measure; suits (coat and
  trousers, jacket and skirt, et cetera). 
  • A textile designer designs fabric weaves and prints for clothes and furnishings. Most
  textile designers are formally trained as apprentices and in school.
  • A stylist is the person who co-ordinates the clothes, jewelry, and accessories used in
  fashion photography and catwalk presentations of clothes collections. A stylist also is a
  designer whose designs are based upon extant things, trends, and the collections of other
  designers.
  • A buyer orders stocks of clothes for shops, chain stores, and other types of stores. Most
  fashion buyers are trained in business studies.
  • A seamstress sews seams wither manually or with a sewing machine, either in a garment
  shop or as a sewing machine operator in a factory. She (or he) may not have the skills to
  make (design and cut) the garments, or to fit them on a model. A seamstress is not
  synonymous with dressmaker.
  • A teacher of fashion design teaches the art and craft of fashion in art schools and in
  fashion design school.
  • A custom clothier makes custom-made garments to order, for a given customer.
  • A dressmaker specializes in custom-made women's clothes: day, cocktail, and evening
  dresses, business clothes and suits, trousseaus, sports clothes, and lingerie.
  • An illustrator draws and paints clothes for commercial use.
  • A model wears and displays clothes at fashion shows and in photographs.
  • A fashion journalist writes fashion articles describing the garments presented, for
  magazines or newspapers.
  • An alterations specialist (alterationist) adjusts the fit of completed garments, usually
  ready-to-wear, and sometimes re-styles them. NOTE: despite tailors altering garments to
  fit the client, not all alterationists are tailors.
  • A wardrobe consultant or fashion advisor recommends styles and colors that are flattering
  to the client.
  • A photographer photographs the clothes on fashion models for use in magazines,
  newspapers, or adverts.