An introduction to Fabric Design

Form – Shape, Colour and Fabric are all important factors, once combined with each other, they create Fashion products. So guess which factor in the fashion product you notice first?

Of course it’s the Form – Shape and Colour which your eyes will notice first. BUT here is the trick, it’s all about the fabric. Fabric isn’t only about the touch, and the look, there is more to it. You need to feel and listen to your emotions when you touch fashion products, you can feel comfortable, happy, free or sad, hurt, even mad, that is so incredible and put Fabric on the top of the pyramid as the best important factor in the Fashion industry.

Nowadays, in the Fashion industry worlwide, brands and designers always research to create unique textiles for their products, to create the difference between other brands and designers.

Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto are Japanese designers who all well-known for creating unique textile by combining traditional and modern technologies.

The Belgian fashion designer. Martin Margiela uses technics constiting of reconstruction and deconstruction by using recycle textile.

Or even the unique and famous Sonia Rykiel, whose well-known for creating guinea-cotton weave, stockinet, elastic shrink.

Using and playing with Fabric helps you to create a unique and recognisable identity and LCFS - London Centre of Fashion Study will help you become this unique textile designer with the exclusive course: Fabric design.

Fabric design is very interesting. You do not have to think a lot about how you would make something, if it is good or bad, do not worry, because you just need to feel comfortable doing it. And even sometimes, you think that  what you’ve created is or looks so ridiculous BUT maybe, it will be your main textile inspiration for your collection.

There are many ways to make your textile as well as there are many inspirations around you.

You know about embroidery – traditional hand-made.

Printing – Modern technology

Fabric Drawing

Recycle textile - necessary for protecting environment, even you do not have much money to buy new clothing – so great.

So now that you know a bit more! Aren’t you curious?

 Why don’t you try to make something new with your clothes, refresh your closet, and add a special touch to your clothes to make you look unique. And if you really love it, you will find what you’ve made very interesting.  

Last but nor least if you do not know how and where to start, you can visit our College at 48 To Ngoc Van – Tay Ho - Hanoi, Jason Steel – our fabric design teacher will help you and you will be loving the project like us.

Here is a little taste of what you can do :)