1. Zero waste! Design on a grid if you want to do this. See Jessica Stanley's [example.](https://class.textile-academy.org/2019/jessica.stanley/assignments/week03/)
2. Make it modular: same module should enable the creation of many different garments
3. Create a garment
4. Take nice pictures
4. Upload .dxf files
4.add design to opencircularfashion website.
4.Add design to opencircularfashion website.
**Personal must-haves**
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Here are two of my fav drag queens who featured on RuPaul: Kimchi (top) and Trixie Mattel (bottom), and Violet Chachki (bottom right), who is probably not my favourite, but this pink tassled ensembluh is pretty amazing.
What I love love love about kimchi is her fearless choice of geometric garments. I mean she goes big and chunky and pulls it off so well. I think she self-tailors almost all of it too. And the color palette with the pastels, especially the minty green with pink. It's a win.
What I love love love about Kimchi is her fearless choice of geometric garments. I mean she goes big and chunky and pulls it off so well. I think she self-tailors almost all of it too. And the color palette with the pastels, especially the minty green with pink. It's a win.
Trixie on the other hand, way less avant-garde and instead more country-barbie on steroids just know her hot pinks and I love how she uses big shoulders and jackets for added curve and swerv. She makes ugly even uglier. Utmost respect. I'm all for the camp.
Trixie on the other hand, way less avant-garde and instead more country-barbie on steroids just knows her hot pinks and I love how she uses big shoulders and jackets for added curv and swerv. She makes ugly even uglier: utmost respect. I'm all for the camp.
**Technical inspiration**
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*A GIF overview of all the design steps for future reference*
## Estimating increase/decrease and number of modules to make a bomber jacket
I decided I want to make a pink bomber jacket, because it has nice round shapes but still accentuates the smaller parts of the body like wrists and waist. So lots of curves and swerves. Let's see if I can manage.
## Making a plan for assembly... hmmm
I'm thinking of making a pink bomber jacket - or similar - because it has nice round shapes but still accentuates the smaller parts of the body like wrists and waist. So lots of curves and swerves. Let's see if I can manage.
I want to model somewhat intuitively, but als studying which parts of a bomber jacket increase, and where it decreases to create the right shape. Like the lower seam would get smaller, but bigger around the waist and again smaller near the collar. The sleeves go from pretty wide to narrow at the wrist.
I want to model somewhat intuitively, but should study which parts of a bomber jacket increase, and where it decreases to create the right shape. I traced a low-res image of a pattern sized the shoulders roughly to my own and started drawing some lines of where the fabric should converge and diverge.
I've tried to model my design onto a jacket pattern, but I don't think I will have a way to attach the sleeves to a body with the modules I have. They have to flow into one another somehow? Or I have to make special connection pieces for it? Hmmmm that wouldn't be so modular... I think I'll just take a plunge and go with what the material does, starting with the sleeves and see what comes out. Or I'll make a smaller garment that is less complex, like a hat, or a bra or chaps.
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*Estimating amounts of modules to create a jacket*
## Test 3: hopefully final!
I redesigned again! Because realistically I don't use all the pieces when assembling. Number 1 is too small and fragile, and number 8 and 9 are so big that I don't like them. There's such a small difference between 4 and 5 that I keep mixing them up. Might as well loose a few then and reduce to 6 pieces. I can always add them back in if need be.
**Set orientation**
I was also using pieces in all directions, front, back, everything. I had to really choose and order and now every piece has one front and one top, and if it's rotated or turned, it won't work. The tabs are left and up, the slots bottom and right.
**Zero waste?**
Not entirely, because of the fact that I have 6 pieces. I cannot nest them seamlessly. But it's pretty darn close. I made the cutfile to the width of the roll of my material: 90 cm.
