Alexia’s Visual Arts
Signature designs inside a folder, just ask and I will show you!
I chose this topic wisely and carefully, to investigate because I absolutely love fashion design. It’s mostly what young girls want to be when they grow as adults. I know that it’s what I want to be when I grow up! Fashion design is what I mostly like to do in my spare time. It’s one of my biggest hobbies. I find it fun, peaceful and amazingly interesting. I can create clothes never seen before and make it a smaller size than my size and have fun designing and sewing them! (With my sewing machine😊) designing means everything to me, it not only means childhood hobbies but it also means adulthoods, career and my whole life. Fashion design is a form of art dedicated to the creation of clothing and other lifestyle accessories. Modern fashion design is divided into two basic categories; haute couture and ready-to-wear. The haute couture collection is dedicated to certain customers and is custom sized to fit these customers exactly. In order to qualify as an haute couture house, a designer has to be part of the Syndical Chamber (The leading creations or designers for the creation of exclusive fashions) for Haute Couture and show a new collection twice a year presenting a minimum of 35 different outfits each time. Ready-to-wear collections are standard sized, not custom made, so they are more suitable for large production runs. They are also split into two categories: designer/createur and confection collections. Designer collections have a higher quality and finish as well as a unique design. They often represent a certain philosophy and are created to make a statement rather than for sale. Both ready-to-wear and haute-couture collections are presented on international catwalks.
The first fashion designer who was more than a simple designer was Charles Frederick Worth, in the 19th century. Before he set up his fashion design house in Paris, clothing was made by anonymous dressmakers and fashion standards were derived from the styles worn by royalty. Worth was the first designer to actually dictate to his customers what to wear rather than following their demands. His fashion house became so famous that people were able to attach a face and a name to designs when they knew they were from the House of Worth. This was the beginning of the tradition to have a designer of a house not only create clothing, but also represent the symbol of the brand. Fashion design is art. To work as a designer, you should have an artistic and creative personality and talent. You also have to be good at drawing and able to express your ideas in sketches. You don't really have to be a great artist, but you need have some special skills for mixing colours, tones (adapts a type or white or black) and shades. You also have to be able to work with fabric and use textiles (cloth) in a creative and original manner. Fashion designers have a good visual imagination and are able to think in three-dimensions and put their ideas into clothes. Fashion designers have to be aware of the fashion market supplies. They have to be very interested in learning new things and read magazines, journals and books on fashion design history and new trends. They also have to be interested in art, visit art galleries and interact with all kinds of artists whenever they have the time. A designer should also have some knowledge and experience of tailoring (cutting, draping, sewing…) and be able to tell the difference between different fabric quality levels. A good understanding of the audience's lifestyle and customer needs and supplies is also needed in fashion design. Designers should have good communication skills and be able to express their ideas clearly. But most important, they have to be very original and have fresh, inventive ideas. I know I have those skills and that I can be a young designer and pursue my dreams. Fashion design is everything to me and I feel at my happiest when I design and draw! All these things describe me as who I am. `Fashion is my life and always will be no matter what the problems are (if there are a problems). I look up to Coco Chanel and Cecilia Cassini who inspire me a lot into doing my designs and not giving up at any time. I chose this topic mainly because I want to show people what I can do and show them the skills I have to become a fashion designer. People think fashion design is just sketching clothes and sewing them and that it’s easy, but fashion designing needs skills, you need to be able to sew and use fabric appropriately, before you cut fabric and sew you have to have the right length of fabric, measure exactly what you want to cut use the sewing machine (if have one) and all these other steps… Designing can be hard, challenging but very FUN! To also be a designer you need to have a passion for fashion (you don’t have to). A passion for fashion is when you are absolutely in love or that you adore fashion. You do not have to have a passion for fashion to be a designer, but it is best that you at least have a little something, it will help you a lot! Trust me on that one!
Cecilia Cassini inspired me a hugely. She is by far the youngest designer in the world! She designs clothes for young girls, without sketching or drawing clothes! What she uses a lot in her dresses are big PUFFY bows and coloured-shaped flower bows. They are her signature attachments. Her designs are unique and amazing. On her trip to Paris, when she was a baby, she got inspired by Coco Chanel and her designs so she decided to make clothes for every little girl. She is simply just talented!
What is art?
Art for me would be a way to express yourself in so many ways. Art is an activity or a creation made by people that has such an important part because it’s an attraction to our senses. My art is mostly sketching, sawing and shading. Art can be all sorts of stuff like music, drawing, craft and even cooking. I find art so much peaceful and relaxing. I am at my happiest-of-all-happiest when I sketch clothes and design them, I feel like it’s one of my biggest strength and that I can achieve a lot of things doing it. Cooking is also one of my strengths but designing is the best one. ART IS FUN!!
The history behind this topic…
When I was five I moved to Canada without speaking any other language but my native language. My country was colonised by the French but I learned French while I was in Canada. I could understand French but not speak it. One night, on the news there was a girl. An Italian-American girl. Given the name Cecilia Cassini. Who was born in USA but is half Italian. Cecilia Cassini was the youngest fashion designer in the United States of America at that time and only at the age of 7 and probably still is now. She was only two years older than me and always will be. She only started making clothes at the age of 10, for young girls all around her including girls in her school, neighbourhood and state. Clothes that all girls dreamed of wearing, were and still are wearing. Cecilia got her first sewing machine at the age of six unlike me who got it at the age of 11. I never used my sewing machine. But since that day I got it I started sketching and learning to sew like other girls would if they got a sewing machine. Fashion means everything to me, I cannot possibly live without it! Now at the age of fourteen soon to be fifteen, Cecilia Cassini is known all around the world to celebrities and even designed dresses for: Katy Perry, Ellie Goulding, Miley Cyrus, Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards, Delta Goodrem and many other. she even designed a suite for Leonardo Dicaprio!!
Signature designs inside a folder, just ask and I will show you!
I chose this topic wisely and carefully, to investigate because I absolutely love fashion design. It’s mostly what young girls want to be when they grow as adults. I know that it’s what I want to be when I grow up! Fashion design is what I mostly like to do in my spare time. It’s one of my biggest hobbies. I find it fun, peaceful and amazingly interesting. I can create clothes never seen before and make it a smaller size than my size and have fun designing and sewing them! (With my sewing machine😊) designing means everything to me, it not only means childhood hobbies but it also means adulthoods, career and my whole life. Fashion design is a form of art dedicated to the creation of clothing and other lifestyle accessories. Modern fashion design is divided into two basic categories; haute couture and ready-to-wear. The haute couture collection is dedicated to certain customers and is custom sized to fit these customers exactly. In order to qualify as an haute couture house, a designer has to be part of the Syndical Chamber (The leading creations or designers for the creation of exclusive fashions) for Haute Couture and show a new collection twice a year presenting a minimum of 35 different outfits each time. Ready-to-wear collections are standard sized, not custom made, so they are more suitable for large production runs. They are also split into two categories: designer/createur and confection collections. Designer collections have a higher quality and finish as well as a unique design. They often represent a certain philosophy and are created to make a statement rather than for sale. Both ready-to-wear and haute-couture collections are presented on international catwalks.
The first fashion designer who was more than a simple designer was Charles Frederick Worth, in the 19th century. Before he set up his fashion design house in Paris, clothing was made by anonymous dressmakers and fashion standards were derived from the styles worn by royalty. Worth was the first designer to actually dictate to his customers what to wear rather than following their demands. His fashion house became so famous that people were able to attach a face and a name to designs when they knew they were from the House of Worth. This was the beginning of the tradition to have a designer of a house not only create clothing, but also represent the symbol of the brand. Fashion design is art. To work as a designer, you should have an artistic and creative personality and talent. You also have to be good at drawing and able to express your ideas in sketches. You don't really have to be a great artist, but you need have some special skills for mixing colours, tones (adapts a type or white or black) and shades. You also have to be able to work with fabric and use textiles (cloth) in a creative and original manner. Fashion designers have a good visual imagination and are able to think in three-dimensions and put their ideas into clothes. Fashion designers have to be aware of the fashion market supplies. They have to be very interested in learning new things and read magazines, journals and books on fashion design history and new trends. They also have to be interested in art, visit art galleries and interact with all kinds of artists whenever they have the time. A designer should also have some knowledge and experience of tailoring (cutting, draping, sewing…) and be able to tell the difference between different fabric quality levels. A good understanding of the audience's lifestyle and customer needs and supplies is also needed in fashion design. Designers should have good communication skills and be able to express their ideas clearly. But most important, they have to be very original and have fresh, inventive ideas. I know I have those skills and that I can be a young designer and pursue my dreams. Fashion design is everything to me and I feel at my happiest when I design and draw! All these things describe me as who I am. `Fashion is my life and always will be no matter what the problems are (if there are a problems). I look up to Coco Chanel and Cecilia Cassini who inspire me a lot into doing my designs and not giving up at any time. I chose this topic mainly because I want to show people what I can do and show them the skills I have to become a fashion designer. People think fashion design is just sketching clothes and sewing them and that it’s easy, but fashion designing needs skills, you need to be able to sew and use fabric appropriately, before you cut fabric and sew you have to have the right length of fabric, measure exactly what you want to cut use the sewing machine (if have one) and all these other steps… Designing can be hard, challenging but very FUN! To also be a designer you need to have a passion for fashion (you don’t have to). A passion for fashion is when you are absolutely in love or that you adore fashion. You do not have to have a passion for fashion to be a designer, but it is best that you at least have a little something, it will help you a lot! Trust me on that one!
Cecilia Cassini inspired me a hugely. She is by far the youngest designer in the world! She designs clothes for young girls, without sketching or drawing clothes! What she uses a lot in her dresses are big PUFFY bows and coloured-shaped flower bows. They are her signature attachments. Her designs are unique and amazing. On her trip to Paris, when she was a baby, she got inspired by Coco Chanel and her designs so she decided to make clothes for every little girl. She is simply just talented!
What is art?
Art for me would be a way to express yourself in so many ways. Art is an activity or a creation made by people that has such an important part because it’s an attraction to our senses. My art is mostly sketching, sawing and shading. Art can be all sorts of stuff like music, drawing, craft and even cooking. I find art so much peaceful and relaxing. I am at my happiest-of-all-happiest when I sketch clothes and design them, I feel like it’s one of my biggest strength and that I can achieve a lot of things doing it. Cooking is also one of my strengths but designing is the best one. ART IS FUN!!
The history behind this topic…
When I was five I moved to Canada without speaking any other language but my native language. My country was colonised by the French but I learned French while I was in Canada. I could understand French but not speak it. One night, on the news there was a girl. An Italian-American girl. Given the name Cecilia Cassini. Who was born in USA but is half Italian. Cecilia Cassini was the youngest fashion designer in the United States of America at that time and only at the age of 7 and probably still is now. She was only two years older than me and always will be. She only started making clothes at the age of 10, for young girls all around her including girls in her school, neighbourhood and state. Clothes that all girls dreamed of wearing, were and still are wearing. Cecilia got her first sewing machine at the age of six unlike me who got it at the age of 11. I never used my sewing machine. But since that day I got it I started sketching and learning to sew like other girls would if they got a sewing machine. Fashion means everything to me, I cannot possibly live without it! Now at the age of fourteen soon to be fifteen, Cecilia Cassini is known all around the world to celebrities and even designed dresses for: Katy Perry, Ellie Goulding, Miley Cyrus, Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards, Delta Goodrem and many other. she even designed a suite for Leonardo Dicaprio!!
I Hope you enjoyed my VISUAL ARTS... (The start...)