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aurora: Efosa, thank you for taking time to do this. You don‘t know how much you have impacted my life by this thread. Definitely following

Thanks so much aurora,hope you all had a wonderful cross over.I did at my watch night service we were told to upgrade our capasity to love and and help others,so watch out folks coz am gonna be showing some real upgraded love this year (yes I rep Daystar all the way)

Wendy80: Thaanx Dear Efosa, wht I appreciate most abt Ur thread is the fact that uteach evrythn here and not refering us 2ur blog which makes it easy n fast....and taking it from †ЂΞ scratch .thanx once more......

Supper hugs for you all my pips,and God bless you.you all inspire me.and thanks

Toytuns I see you

Ejuski and wizb..........yes you guys are so right, more pics, pips

INDESTRUCTABLEX: Lol. Pls continue oh. We knw y we are here.

Don't mind me jare!

I gave assignment o,so I dey wait una to post pictures and identify the shapes based on the class topic.

Our school

Now that we are almost done with most of these fashion concepts get your fabrics ready coz the sewing shall soon start

In the main time pls send in pictures and name the shapes.remember its the let's sew for fun class.........oya

Now The Designers Dream shape.


The hour glass shaped woman is considered the best shape by the media becouse her waist is small and her tommy is flat.........bla bla bla (as if that can change the price of pepper in the market ) this is why most times when a designer makes new collections and wants to show case them he/she would rather go for an hour glass shaped model.its easier to work with this group becouse most times anything you put on them just seems perfect.

Many times a designer is given the job to help create the illusion of having an hour glass shape on a client who may be very far from it but has the money to pay.........this is where the challenge comes in.At this point, the end result of the job will state clearly if the so called designer is just one of those tailors

The last is the diamond shape,well to me if you've seen the round shape then u know the diamond shape

The last group is the triangle and the inverted triangle
Using the key measurement areas bust waist hip.the triangle woman has small bust area,her waist is not small and my not be shaped,and her hips is big.the other has the opposit,her bust is big waist is almost like the bust and her hip is very small.

Will send in pictures later

The round shape is most times the biger version of the square shape

ya all,


The square shape and the round shape
What these two shapes have on common is the fact that they have little or no waist line at all.most married women happen to fall in this group as a result of child birth or "The glory of God stage"as some naija women call it.

Note that some women move from shapes as a result of age -ie if she was an hour glass in her teens when she starts family life she moves to square and later round shape.

Square shape

Here is the figure 8 shape, bust,waist and big hips

This is to say that we can have an hour glass shapes woman in small size medium size or large size as long as we can identify her key measurement areas and they meet the requrement of an hour glass.

Time for pictures

Here is an hour glass shape

Types of Body Shapes

Useing the diagram above (left to right)

1) Trangle
2) Inverted Trangle
3) Square
4) Hour glass
5) Diamond shape
6) Round shape.

I like to add to these shapes so we would have 7 in total and that's the shape we generally call figure 8 here

On sizes we have the small group,medium group and the large group.

To films and sezie you guys are the best thanks.


******class time

Body shapes and sizes
1)Types
2) designers dream shape
3) How to work with shapes to get desired result.

There are many shapes and sizes ,(ie the gap between Lepas and Orobos world wide )
As a designer,its very important you know them all by sight.this will help you make good recommendations for our clients.

Also knowing these shapes and sizes just might save you some unnecessary quarrels that may arise as a result of the style not fitting her body type,and she goes away unhappy thinking you just another crapy tailor.

for example just becouse an outfit looks fine and perfect on Omotola in a magazin dosen't mean it will look good on your client who looks like Ronke Oshodi,or a Toyin Tomato.

Its your job as a designer to let the client know from the start if the style she has selected will work for body type or not.if she insist after your explanation then it will be on record that you told her yes while doing this its also necessary to be tactful

Some great fashion forword thinkers have identified 6 different body shapes and 3 major body size groups.this brings me to our frist sub topic,types of body shapes and sizes.
The key measurement areas we want to take note of while we examing these shapes are Bust,waist and Hip.

*****stay tuned

INDESTRUCTABLEX: Understood... Next? Hope you'll cover male fashion after this.

Oh yes bros we will do some male outfits here too

Happy sunday to all

yeaaa, By now,hopefully we all understand the concept of blocks in fashion,the next concept I would be explaining is body shapes and sizes.have you ever wondered why some outfits you see on some people just doesn't look right ........... well after this class you will be able to identify these different body shapes,plus areas where some shapes will need the help of a good designer(that's you ) to pull off a sturning look

So I am looking forward to it,hope you guys too are

My oga, you dey here?

@Efosa, really nice designs. You are doing a good job, read your fashion school thread and I was thrilled. Wish I saw that when ASUU strike just started *sad face* Will sure come and join you soon.

Oh thanks so much looking forward to you joing us some day dear,

Now these on the have just 4 blocks

Note that even some that have the sleeve but have no back cover are also considear as 4block

Ejuski,Nikkie90,and Enenu much love for you guys God bless u all.

Back to class *********

Let me further explain with pictures the concept of basic blocks in fashion

These selection of pictures have the 5 basic block.front top,back top,front skirt back skirt area plus the sleeve .

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They are as follows-

1, Front Block Bodice
2,Back Block Bodice
3,Front skirt/trouser block
4,Back skirt/trouser block
5,Sleeve block

The front block bodice is any piece of fabric covering from the shoulder down to our natural waist line.ie,the navel area.at this point we are not concerned with the type of style,neck line design or finishing you use in that front area.we just believe that,according to the principle of being well dressed, the front part should have a covering.

The Back Block bodice is also any piece of fabric covering the back side from the shoulder down to the waist area.

The front block skirt/trouser is the covering from the waist down to your toe.

The Back Block Skirt/trouser is also the covering at the back area from the waist to the heels if need be.

The sleeve Block is every fabric that we use to cover our hand area,be it short medium or long sleeve

In the diagram below the front and back blocks area placed on fold

Thanks to you too sis,


Now the next topic is basic blocks in fashion

[size=18pt]THE 5 BASIC BLOCKS.
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Generally we have 5 basic blocks we must consider when making garments for male female and kids.the five basic block areas are expected areas on a humans body our sown garment "should" cover.

Pls note the word should cover as its not a must that all designs must cover the specific areas I will soon mention.

Next is taking accurate measurement.its Important to take accurate measurements as this would directly affect the end result of the project.
*Note that its best to take the measurement from shoulder to toe, this way you won't forget any part if you are measuring some one else.

MEASUREMENT

Shoulder-shoulder bone to shoulder bone
Neck -Neck depth,from shoulder down.
Sleeve -sleeve short,3quater or long lenght
Arm -the circumfrence of your arm

The bust area is next ,we measure that by lenght and circumfrence.

Bust by lenght

Bust measurement by lenght is taken from the should down to the upper bust area,shoulder to bust area,shoulder to under bust area.

Bust by circumference

Upper bust-circumfrence of the upper bust area
Bust - " " " " "
Under bust-" " " " "

Waist- circumfrence and lenght or waist
Hip -circumfrence around the hip
Lenght - top lenght or dress lenght


Skirt
Waist -circumfrence
Hip. -circumfrence
Half lenght-taken from the waist down to. 2inches above the knee.
Full lenght-its taken from waist to the toes

This ends our measurment class.pls make sure u master all these measurement areas as I shall be making reference to it from time to time.

*in picture some measurement area.

Our next topic will be Basic Blocks in fashion designing stay tuned

WooOooo am so tripped at the number of people showing interest in this,thanks to all,this would really be fun

Basic Sewing Equipments

So like I said before I will introduce you to the basic sewing tools that you will need while we embark on the coming projects.
The picture below shows most of it.tape,pins,thread etc.

@adanora that's so nice you already in


So first I will start with what I call fashion 101 which is introducing you to the basic sewing equipments and teaching you how to take accurate measurements.so get ur pen and paper ready coz class don start be that o.



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Yes more pics on student praticals

You are welcome to this sew for fun thread.My name is Valerie Boglo the CEO of www.valisimofashions.com

I own a fashion school in lagos and I have trained many people who are now successful designers in their own esterblishment.

as my little way of giving back to my society I will love to help others who have interest in the profession to either start learning or perfect their skills.

Personally,it will be a thing of joy to me if I can help one ore two people like you out there to see the beauty in the art of making garments.

In my spear time I shall be posting picture of designs that we would all sew together.remember this is all for fun

More details coming soon.