Do Your Thing . . . On The Runway

This month I had the opportunity to go to two fashion shows. #blessed 🙏

I was invited to the FIDM Debut 2015 show at the Santa Monica Airport hanger. This is a showcase for FIDM students to put hteir look on the runway. Before each students line caem out, teh designer woud talk about tehir inspiration and how they got started. I used the analytic skills I learned in my old Cal Poly classes and I saw where the designs came from andwhat  the designer was feeling.

I was also invited to show an outfit from Nodstrom at a BP. Fashion Board fashion show. I had to put together an outfit from the BP. department and describe it. I paired a thin olive sweater over a chiffon tunic with a big rock pendant over skinny jeans with a black leather bucket. At the end of the show we voted on the best look and mine won! The prize was a $50 gift card to Nordstrom. What made that day even better was having my friends there with me for support. 

Blog 18: Fourth Interview Questions

1. What do you think goes into designing?
2. How do you see colors changing? 
3. Why do you think not all designers make it big?
4. Where do you start when making clothes?
5. How does fabrication play into fashion?
6. How you determine the cost of garments?
7. How does demographics play into clothes that are in a store?
8. How do you find out the trends for the seasons? 
9. How much merchandise usually comes in?
10. How often?
11. What differences do you see in name brands and off brands?
12. What goes into a visual setup?
13. What do you feel grabs a customer into a department?
14. What are some things that shoppers look at when they're buying clothes?
15. Because this is a higher end store, how important is advertising?
16. What do you do with damaged clothing?
17. Where do displays originate?
18. If you get a plan for the the setup, can you change it to fit your store?
19. What are some examples of good environmental setup?
20. How does visual merchandising apply to nordstrom? 
21. What is the most important part of fashion merchandising that makes the product most appealing to the consumer?

Blog 17: Third Answer

1.  What is the most important process in fashion merchandising to make the product most appealing to the consumer?

2.  I believe that execution of the garment will determine how it will look and fit on the consumer and it will affect the customers decision to buy it or not.

3.  Support:

• If a garment doesn't look right on the customer, they won't buy it. They're not going to buy something that doesn't make them look good. This is where knowing  body types and shape helps.
•  Let's say a garment was sewn crooked or the length was too short or long, it would turn off the customer to the garment.
• If a garment's fabrication and coloration doesn't come out right, it could ruin the whole look of the garment and the line.

4.  Fiore, Ann Marie. Understanding Aesthetics for the Merchandising and Design Professional. New York: Fairchild, 2010. Print.  

5. My mentor said that if a garment is not executed properly, from the pattern to the factories, if the fit is wrong, that consumer isn't going to buy it.