When I tell people that I am majoring in Apparel Design I usually get two different responses. The first one being, "Oh that's cool, what's that?" or "SO why are you going to Purdue, isn't it an engineering school?" Yes Purdue is known for its top in the nation engineering program, but does anyone know how amazing the Apparel Design and Technology program is? Well I have decided to make it known. Being a student in that major I know how much time and skill and talent goes into making this program sucessful. I want to expose it to my readers and other students so they can learn more about Apparel Design!
Every year Purdue Fashion Association puts on a Spring Fashion show. The show is open to the public and gives aspiring designers a chance to be exposed. Before coming to Purdue I never really apperciated all the hard work that goes into producing a fashion show. I have been in a few at my highschool wdere I got to walk across our auditorium in my home made dress, but nothing to the caliber of what is produced here at Purdue.
You better believe that this years show has been in the works minutes after last years show concluded. Everything from hiring models, dj, lights and sound, to designing the garnments is already beginning! It's a long but exciting process. My goal for this semester is to walk you, the reader, step by step to see all the work that goes into the Spring Fashion Show! Along the way I will through in other blogs about interesting topics but for the most part I want to focus on fashion. This is something I have always been very passionate about and want others to see all that hard work that goes into my major.
Right now as a designer we are beginning our first sketches. Some of my sketches I will never use but others will be made into beautiful garnments that will walk down the runway this spring! In my apparel construction class each week we are given an inspiration or an object that we are supposed to create into a garment. It actually reminds me a lot of this purpose of this blog, taking an everyday object and apperciating it for its beauty. I have learned to do this better through this class. Here are a few of my inspirations turned into sketches!
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