Advice for Young Fashion Designers
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- čas přidán 27. 11. 2020
- Tough love for fashion designers who are just starting out. I love you all and want you to win.
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"Do not soak up time doing things that feel like work but are not work"
“What are you doing after your girl friend breaks up with you?” “I’m making clothes” 💯
Literally the Fashion equivalent of Shaxx from Destiny 2 when he says you should be throwing grenades as he speaks. 😂
I don't know if you'll get that reference, but it's alright if people don't I guess. It's just a video game character that tells you you should always be throwing grenades. So it's like this, but this is about fashion.
omg, yes.
real
"Don't be precious about your work, they're not your babies." Wow, I need this.
That line is lifted directly from The War of Art. You gotta read it, it’s so good 💫💫
You repliedddd! Waahhhh, please know that I really love your videossss
Thank you so much, Chabelita! 😊😊
thank god someone is finally stressing the importance of pattern making
I’m a creative, not a fashion designer, but your advice is gold. Thank you
Thank you, Mengting! 😊
Seconded. I'm trying to hear "finish the damned fanfiction, then write the original novel" to kick myself in the pants from daydreaming to publishing. (Also actually making a website to sell my physical crafts.)
Create clothes
Who says, "I'm a creative"?
@@gawni1612creatives
dude the point about knowing you were born to be a fashion designer gave me goosebumps! Im making a sign that says " don't sell the people or myself short, the world needs what I have to offer" and putting that above my sewing machine!!!!
Do it!! Go crush it 💫💫
I am just starting my journey and boy oh boy this point got me too!!
9:07 dropped a few tears, not gonna lie.
Almost 4 years of studying fashion design as a career (still a lot more to go to get my degree) and you are the first to ever make me realise my self worth. Living a creative life makes me doubt myself sometimes as in "would it have been easier if I had stuck to being a math teacher or whatever". Never thought of my absence as something hurtful for others.
I’ve been in bed all day instead of working on my collection. clicking on this was not an accident !
This applies to 99% of creative pursuits! Such gold
This really hit me. I just got into sewing end of August and decided to drop out of my current college to pursue fashion design. Since I am new to everything I am working full time to earn money for fashion school while trying to teach myself how to sew and design. When you said to "commit yourself to doing the art that you're meant to do," I realized I am not using my full potential. I do sewing projects every once a while and tend to take long breaks in between. Since I have been working full time, I have been making an excuse that I am too tired to sew after a long day at work. This was just pure laziness and will never allow me to be the best designer that I aspire to be. Thank you for making me realize that I need to push myself more, that I need to focus on my goals, and that I need to stop making excuses and start sewing daily to keep me on track.
Please keep sewing! Documenting your progress on youtube might motivate you and I'd definitely subscribe if you did so
Thank you so much for your kind words!! I’ll def see when I can start making videos
Keep on going!! We are in the same boat. I’m the same way with excuses but we got this!! Wishing you the best hun!
Do the thing!!
Any updates?
You do not understand how much i needed to hear this…this is exactly why I’m so hard on myself whenever i make ANY ERRORS. “Hold yourself to an extremely high standard. What are you doing this weekend? Sewing!” You’re a goat. Thank you .
I love how passionate you are, that’s awesome 🦾 remember that holding yourself to a high standard and being hard on yourself are not the same thing.
The inner voice has to stay positive 💫💫
I so agree with him, but I sold my first capsule collection while at FIT in NYC and while working as an intern. I must say that I learned how to "do" fashion as a business as an intern-being in the environment is critically important. I was later hired as an assistant designer by the same company and continued to create my line. You have to just do it and do it again and again. He is exaggerating a bit about the 60 samples of one garment (no one has that kind of time these days), but the point is spot on!
As young high school student who planning to study as a fashion designer. Thank you for giving this advice . Best advice for person who going into the fashion world
The absolute most useful piece of advice that I think us fashion students and designers need to realise is that it isn't a job it's a lifestyle. Let it consume you. Work hard.
Such good advice. I was a contract sewer (retired now) and my worst nightmare was these kids that came out of fashion school with no idea of how to construct their designs, they used inappropriate fabric and they didn't want to pay either. I went to fashion school after 25 yrs of sewing in factories and it meant that my understanding of garment construction made it so much easier to learn patternmaking and draping. I got all my projects in on time too lol.
Third year fashion design student at Fashion Institute of Technology. Needed to hear this. Thanks Bliss.🤍
@Pizzagodavi same but fit is shit at least try parsons first
@Pizzagodavi check out kent states fashion design program too! that’s where i went p cool place, good ass major
@Pizzagodavi Central Saint Martins is the peak
@@zach-tr7du “at least try parsons first” like it doesnt cost $60k when FIT is like $5k
@Pizzagodavi 3.2
9:18 I'm literally crying! This video spoke to me on so many levels! I'm 31 and I feel like all my life I've been doing something that I like to certain extent but its nothing compared to the feeling I get when I make something that is remotely wearable. I love the business side of fashion too but I feel so old for it all. I see these 17-21 year olds creating amazing things and I just wish I would have been more vocal about what I really wanted at that age... I thought I had to be a scientist to make my family proud and to change the world...But i loved art... I just didn't know much about the world to know fashion was a career possibility. Anyway, thank you for this video! I'm really glad I clicked on it! It's really hard to stay motivated...I just need to try harder.
Erika Lily there is always time to do things. I'm 30 and I started sewing in march 2020. I which I knew that I wanted to do art when I was 17 but I didn't. I'm à mum now but I decided to change my mindset. If I live till I'm 60 years old, I will have 30 years experience in sewing and designing that's amazing. Just change your mindset...
Art itself changes the world too
Hey ...I’m on the same page. I left my job and studied fashion at 28.. of course I’m having hard times due to Covid but I’m not loosing hope. One thing I’m solid in is I strongly believe in whatever I’m doing is giving me happiness and I’m living in it.
So, I'm 29 and just starting out in fashion. I saved every penny to buy a second hand sewing machine, a dress form and some basic materials to make my journey in the world of fashion design. And guess what? I've sketched all my life, as a little boy I'd drape towels and people thought it was weird, but guess what? I'm finally taking my baby steps.
You're 31 now, pick a number and where do you see yourself in those number of years to come if you begin your journey now?
Your dreams are worth pursing, never give up on you. 🌈🤗
I am in very similar situation too
As a fashion design student the beginning of this video gives me so much anxiety n I’m yet to continue!!
I love these videos. I’m a writer and it’s so interesting to hear the ways that art crosses over. “Keep on working, master the basics, if you finish X then make another X, what are you doing this weekend I’m [making art], make more work” are all things that apply to my writing process. I love learning more about fashion as a hobby and I’m appreciating the artistry and community so much.
I taught myself to hand sew when i was 8, learned how to sew on a machine at 11. Currently a design student in college and all of this is so spot on. Keep going if you feel yourself being pulled to fashion design. I have learned so much since i started, and i keep gaining new skills everyday. Also love this video, needed that extra motivation lol 💕
The most important thing is to be creative. You draw your creation, have a pattern maker make the first draft, sew it, modify it until you are happy. It'd be nice to have the perfect sewing, patter drafting and draping skills, but people have professional pattern makers knock off garments all the time.
Learning how to make patterns is CRUCIAL for being a designer. Regardless of the fear of someone knocking off your work. The quality of your handmade work goes a looong way, and will still outshine the mass produced knock off bs. Believe me.
the thing is i’m not creative lol
What this video not only taught me not just how to be a fashion designer but to be a solid, successful person.
I'm a fashion design graduate from last year, I've been confused and not confident with every skill I learned in uni, and been overwhelmed with so many information and resources that I don't know which way is the right way to go to sharpen my skills... Thanks for the advice, I really really really hope from this point on I'll start practicing and get rid of my fears and confusion
may I ask you how r you doing 6 months after?
im saving this in my playlist so that i can come back to it when i need a good reality check
This is so true for so many other paths than just fashion. You are amazing and such a cheerleader for people achieving their best and their destiny. Thank you.
Well said it, I have more than 20 years of experience as a technical designer and now integrating with 3D. The pattern making is the most important, fundamental skill to have whether in 2D or 3D.
Im so glad this appeared on my recomendations
i started off thinking i wanted a fashion line but im now leaning toward just pattern making, bringing someones vision
I've been watching/listening to your videos while I'm sitting in a cubicle in a corporate office. I've been a frustrated designer for years and your advice really brought me back to reality. I really need to start sewing again!!!
As a Fashion Design student, I just want to say thank you for your advice!
Thank-you Bliss for youy bold and blunt advice to aspiring fashion designers. Unfortunately today, social and television media has created an image that becoming a successful designer is an A, B, C process! Even shows like Project Runway give a distorted picture of the hard realities!! If you're not committed to your craft and expect overnight success to be handed to you on a silver platter.............well baby think again!!! There are so many young designers who are struggling and many work additional jobs in order to survive! Fashon design is not for the faint-hearted, lazy or those who feel entitled in any way!
Well uh... i found this at such a time. I literally cried. That uh kicked my ass bro. I have been sitting on 13 years of experience & dreaming to give up very recently. I shouldn't.
Every word you said is exactly what I needed to hear to stop messing around and focus on what matters. Thank you, Bliss.
MAN , I'M A KNITWEAR STUDENT AND EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR THIS EVERYDAY IN SCHOOL BUT IT JUST HIT ME HERE I CANNOT OOOOFFFFFF
THANK YOU❤️
Seems u r indian,may i hv ur no plz
Bliss, thank you for your passion, your genuine soul and feedback/advice about the industry
I finished my first kid’s dress yesterday, and this video just motivated me to find something else to sew NOW! Thank you!! ❤
Hell yea 🦾 I know that’s hard to do, keep it up 💫💫
this is super true. basic technical skills such as sewing, measuring, etc should be established first before experimenting. This is basically also true for almost all virtual forms of art
This is such a good smack in the face for me. As a fashion design student, what he said is so true. Pattern making is such a crucial basic that many of aspiring fashion designers often ignore when trying to perfect their style and skill for their own brand. Yes, ideas are good but every amazing garment still goes down to every single detail. Thank you for putting out such an amazing video💕🙏🏻
one thing im realizing learning anything about fashion is how its really really hard to make really really nice stuff. that is actually the origin of fashion apparently. an aristocrat showing off how much effort was put into the outfit.
they wore outfits only once that cost what amounted to several annual salaries of the worker who made it
This is not just for Fashion Designers! This is for all kind of artists. Loved this video so much. Thanks a ton!
I was so stressed out and self doubting with my collection, until CZcams recommend me your video! Thank you for all the advices and good energies you bring! I am very grateful for that :) cheers to all young designers working hard out there, keep the works going!
not a fashion designer but a musician and I find so much value in your content - Love from the UK
the advise on "if you are meant to be ....." that gooes to ANYONE WITH A SPECIAL GIFT.........he is infinitely correct. If you got the talent and the ability to do WHATEVER it is art medicine, wood work, what ever skills.....DO IT the planet DOES NEED IT! thanks man .....this part of the video is more than gold. i am trying to get to your patreon now.
I really like how you emphasize holding yourself to a high standard and perfection without being aggressive about it. You are so well worded it's truly impressive.
Thank you very much. Everytime I see one of your videos I just want to sit back at my desk and design clothing. Even though you make not your own clothes, you are a great inspiration to all us future designers because you really know what you're saying.
i just started fashion school back in december and im so motivated after watching this! thank you 💗
I think you might just be the best guy on the Internet. I feel like I so needed to hear this. Thank you.
You betta preach!!!! I’m shouting and praising!!!!
Fashion major, business minor here! This video was everything I needed to see right now. Thank you 💕.
This is super helpful, I want to start making clothes and potentially start a fashion brand but I didn’t know where to start, this actually gives me something to do to improve
I honestly love this channel and it makes me feel so much more empowered and educated in my fashion choices!
Your house matches your entire look and personality. I love it.
It’s definitely my parents’ house 😆 but thank you 💫💫
Hey Bliss, this is both inspiring and uplifting! I am learning tailoring down here in Mexico. I have a little tip if anyone finds it useful: make clothes for your friends and family, just tell the to get you the fabric (because it can get expensive). if a piece is no good they will not tell you anything out of empathy but you're going to be ashamed as hell of making an ill-fitting pair of pants for your mom and that you will push you to do it better next time. this way you always get to "work" and you can always practice, and see your work evolve, get better, and being appreciated by people you love.
I liked how you admitted that your relatives are not going to tell you that a jacket is ill-fitting or that shirt sucks. They will just not wear the disaster. How many delusional people are going around saying: all my family and friends wear my stuff?
My grandmother was a seamstress, and I actually never had any interest in fashion until recently, I just had this feeling of wanting to design and construct garments, and it always kept crossing my mind. Ended up going to an art course to learn fashion design.
I don't know you and you don't know me but man, you have helped so much since I started this journey
I MEAN I LOVE YOU!! I am a fashion designer working in the field for 5 years and i couldn’t agreed with you more! Love this video and your energy! Going to hear this every time i need a push 🔝
Love this! Super inspiring! Whenever I need a kick in the pants to just keep designing, I'll watch this. Going to go design now...
this was great motivation. i used to be an art major, and honestly i didnt learn much that isnt already online. the best thing it did was force me to keep creating things, nail basics, and how to be efficient with time
thank you so much for posting this 😭 honestly 8:55 onwards made me tear up a bit - I have chronic fatigue and working out ways around that is so difficult but feels unappreciated. I'm constantly sketching or researching in bed and sewing when I feel better, but it literally feels like even that effort is for naught. thanks again so much for sharing this. it popped up on my feed but I'm grateful that I watched
The moment i finished the video i had to start it immediately over, it feels so important and I want to absorb every word. Best pep talk this year, jesus, we needed this
The pattern magic books are amazing! I tried to make this spiky shouldered sloper at school and about died but I learned a lot from it!
Thank youuuuuuu!!!!! I stumbled upon this at the right time. I just quit my full time job just to have more time to perfect my craft
Hey, young fashion designer here, love all the points but have issue with the one of perfection, mainly that I struggled with making everything perfect but in truth nothing will ever be perfect, no matter how many times you do it, its harsh and kinda disappointing, but its better than beating yourself every time you try and don't get it correct, what is important is always trying your best, you'll improve over time
I love how this guy just inspired me to become so much better at my craft
This is giving me motivation and is straight facts. Gotta work hard and practice practice practice
Fantastic advice! I'm not an established, nor an aspiring fashion designer, but most of what you said can be directly applied to my field (fine art, custom furniture and home decor items). While i devoted years to honing on my skills (colour theory, realistic drawing, art history..list goes on!), i made the mistake of 'entering the market' way too quickly...
The majority of my sales come from custom orders and what positively drained my creativity and made me reluctant to touch the media of art i so love and could spend hours on, forgetting about the world outside of the studio, was the tedious back and forth with clients- huge expectations, many very specific requests, haggling about the price or expecting items in exchange for a social media shout out... I found myself spending more time on these tedious back and forth conversations that more often than not would not translate into commissions. I eventually decided to pull back and step away from doing 'bespoke'/made to order work and focus on developing a fixed range of products that are true to my aesthetic, same goes for paintings. I'm much happier for it, making art that feels authentic to me!:). It's great to 'know your customer', but once you start doing anything in a creative field that only seeks to please someone else, i genuinely believe that can drain your creativity and you may fall out of love with your craft. Just thought i'd share that insight. Thank you once again for this video!
This is it right here! Best advice I’ve ever watched on you tube. I’ve worked in fashion design for 5+ years. I still work in the industry and have a small brand. I needed to hear this!!!! Thank you
I came in here as a novice hobbiest seamstress just hoping for sewing tips 😂 Theses seem like great tips for the professional world! I'm just out here sewing with patterns to make clothes that actually last compared to fast fashion thats so prevalent today
this channel has pushed me to understand the value of what it means to utilise my knowledge in creative pattern cutting and actually focus on developing my brand alongside my degree at university! very inspirational
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im not even interested in designing fashion myself, but still this video really inspired me to change my workflow
Following the modeliste studio since his early days ,definitely my fav and most soothing yt channel
This video is ACTUALLY one of the few I could go through and really FEEL. You make me feel heard and seen as a designer, even as hard as it can be. Thank you for this.
I have been following for a while now and have always thought about supporting on patreon but watching this video for the second time is the final push. It gets me so amped up to make clothes and perfect the basics. Thank you. This is dope.
That means a ton to me, Taylor. Thank you 💫💫
perfect timing. just picked up a Mcqueen biography and now this 😌
This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on CZcams. I am not a fashion designer. The video popped into my feed. This philosophy could be applied to any profession out there. Basically it’s just start grinding and don’t stop until you get to where you want to be! Very good video!
Can I ‘💖’ this video please? I’m in my final degree year after also studying two years of fashion prior to my degree and I am now finding myself focusing on the basics... Fashion school encourages you to do crazy, experiments but I know people who have graduated and can’t professionally execute a zipper. Never question ‘why are they making me make a t-shirt’, ‘why are they making me make a shirt’.
Learn that cuff, multiple cuffs, every cuff you can think of and then find more to learn. The basic skills are really the key to everything and you need to be strong here or it will only limit you down the line. Thank you for this video
Thank you so much for this video!! Felt demotivated because of this covid situation after graduating at fashion school. This advise came at the right time for me!!! thank you!!!
Your way of talking is soooo amazing! Thank you for the advices :)
this is brilliant to anyone starting out, not even as fashion designers, literally anyone starting anything. Brilliant.
Fashion Student . I loved this for so many reason. it has truly helped in this moment and thats y im so happy i decided to go to school for design. the trail and error process has truly help me be able to understand my ideas so much more in just the developing stage.
You're super cool, thanks for the video where you actually say that people should work but not dream. This is something I should hear myself once in month :)
being a fashion designer my self i just wana appreciate your effort plus i want to give u a simple message that even if ur in the business u tend to get impressed and try to hold on to others styles and keep loosing their own by underestimating themselves and thinking about it as its not good enough ! man always keep up the good work get inspired learn the thing but never copy always trust ur own thing it will come out in some time soon so polished that people will stop and consider it !! good luck to all ov u awesome creative people there !!
Thankyouuu!!!!
I really needed to hear that ! I have a lot of ideas all the time and I try to do everything at the same time instead of focusing on what’s important. THANK YOU 🙏🏽!
This video is the serendipitous kick in the ass that I've been trying to give myself over the last couple of years. I literally made a voice note to myself in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep to begin the process of making my clothing line. I thought sketching, designing, drafting, getting the materials, watching different fashion shows, getting the books, etc. mostly a lot of the base level and material things were the things that I needed, and my brother has been telling me this for years but when it comes from an outside source for whatever reason it hits different, but yeah I thought I needed all these material things you see on like project runway to start and to feel motivated, but it makes sense now that those things were distractions and things that I was putting in my way to try and say I need this or I can't start. But this video has helped me immensely realize that its not the deep and the first step to getting everything started its to start from the beginning, master the basics and practice!! Thank you I'm glad your videos was suggested to me by the CZcams gods and I'm glad I binged a few of your videos that lead me here!!!
Thank You!
i'm a musician (a lot of interest in fashion tho) and at this point i simply watch your videos for the energy i get
thank you thank you thank you
Not gonna lie I shed a couple of tears. This was so motivating.
so hard to commit to it because imagine you put all yourself in it and they reject it. the only thing I am putting my efforts is when I am doing on my own.
One of your best videos yet. The advice definitely applies across the board for any creative pursuit.
Needed! I have a presentation to prepare for FCUK tomorrow so this was the kick I needed to work hard
Hey. I'm doing my own clothes as I've decided to watch this. Thanks for the fuel, I am now ready to drive and get my stuffs done and more!
I love you Bliss, Thank you.
Thank you Bliss. I’m not a fashion designer, but I am an architecture student and this advice actually applies perfectly. I appreciate this video.
I’m am 12 years old and I want to be a fashion designer, I think I wanted to be a fashion designer since I was 8-9 and I have been drawing since then, to be honest at first I wanted to be a doctor but then I realize that I was more into fashion and I wanted to make dresses and clothes. I know that some people will say, you will change your opinion but no I want to be a fashion designer. So I hope my dream will come true.
I can’t wait to see what you create, Milihanys 🦾🦾
Can u make a vid on how to start studying/doing fashion designing like what to buy as a starter or what stuff is cheap and things u might need?
I’m just using two anatomy figures, scrap pieces of cloth, tape, pen & pencil and an entire thing of Crayola markers. As of now, and as you can tell, all I’m doing is drawing and making what I think I’ll just call “mini looks.”
@@AlbertusSalvatierra Good luck!
@@AlbertusSalvatierra Right before I read this comment I thought I should start doing minature clothes again. I think I might start making a skirt today.
Thanks Bliss, this was really helpful because barely anyone talks about learning pattern making in relation to fashion designing. It's been up to a year of training myself in pattern making, I used to make garments for friends and clients using freehand pattern making but ever since I started using pattern making, the Garments I make I close to perfection.
This is the essence. We waisted too much time anyway. You literally made everything more clear in few minutes. I am truly thankful
I love you bliss
You're truly an intelligent person cus you have well made your research on this topic. Its just exactly what designers should do working and exploring.
im extremely happy I found this channel, thank you
i just wanna say thank you SO much, i needed to hear this, thank you