Anybody here design lingerie? Or know a place that does?

[jaF0]

Got a couple of ideas kicking around in my head, but no way to make them happen. Even if there was a software design program that was fairly easy to learn.

 

[sunandshadow]

Do you want to make them happen in the form of a picture, or in the form of an actual piece of clothing? I've drawn original lingerie designs, but sewing them is a whole other ball of wax - I theoretically know how but don't actually have the skill or experience to pull it off.

 

[silverwhisper]

your best bet, in all honesty, is to talk with fashion school students. there are specialized software apps for apparel design (not just lingerie) but honestly, stick with hand-drawing your designs/patterns: the expense isn't worth it without the ability to cut & sew the result.

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[jaF0]

Do you want to make them happen in the form of a picture, or in the form of an actual piece of clothing?

Potentially both. Ideally something that someone would want to make and sell.

your best bet, in all honesty, is to talk with fashion school students.

No access to such in person. That's kind of what I'm hunting for.

 

[sunandshadow]

Typically, anyone with the ability to produce a thing for sale already has more ideas for it than they can develop and produce. But, you could try etsy, look for someone who already sews similar clothing.

 

[jaF0]

Well, if anybody wants to take a shot at some sketches, I can PM some ideas.

 

[oggbashan]

In Calais, France, there is a Museum of Lace and Fashion.

They have events there about lingerie.

I am still kicking myself, years afterwards, because I was invited to the formal opening of one of their exhibitions at their old site and couldn't make it.

The exhibition was about the use of lace on lingerie. The exhibition was interesting, but not as interesting as the opening event. The lingerie was demonstrated by students from the local university performing gymnastic dancing.

The students were all fit young ladies. And I missed them.

 

[sunandshadow]

Well, if anybody wants to take a shot at some sketches, I can PM some ideas.

How about I teach you how to do it? Drawing fashion designs is quite easy, I've seen 12 year olds do it. First you need an image of a person with the body shape you'd want to see the lingerie sketched onto. Does not have to be naked, it would be fine if they were wearing a swimsuit or underwear as long as it was pretty form-fitting. The image of the model should preferably show the model's entire body, standing, facing more or less forward, and the hands should not be obscuring the torso.

For example, here's a reference image I created to teach beginning fashion designers - it shows the different possible shapes and lengths of sleeves. The sleeves are shown on my standard androgynous model.
http://sunandshadow.deviantart.com/art/Clothing-Design-Ref-2-Sleeves-125579171
This would not be a good model for lingerie due to the lack of curves, but the pose is a common fashion plate pose.

From your example image one would trace an outline to get a similar model, which could be used for any number of different clothing designs. This requires little artistic ability - you could do it yourself if you have any drawing experience. You just print out your picture, put it on a sunny window (make sure it isn't damp), cover it with a blank piece of paper, and trace the outlines of the source image with a pencil. (If you were going to sell your drawing there would be a copyright issue, but you most likely wouldn't be selling the image as a piece of art.) Then you scan your drawing back in. If desired you can clean it up in an art program, but this is optional.

You can now print out as many as you want and sketch clothing onto them. You can sketch with anything you like - pencil, color pens, colored pencil, markers, or even crayons. Any that turn out well you scan in, optionally clean up in an art program, and build up a portfolio or fashion collection.

 

[jaF0]

I've tried that kind of thing before for other projects and got nowhere. I've also tried some of the Poser type 3D modeling programs with no success.

My artistic talent is less than zero. I have trouble drawing lines of any type.

 

[NaughtyAngel7]

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