1) 1.

The type of a dress, which is worn at a certain season, is the fashion of

that season.
2. Fashions repeat within a comparatively short period.
3. Fashions change from season to season, and these changes in colour, fabric,
line and silhouette make the garment of the former season seem to be out of
date.
4. Always been a stable source of design ideas.
5. Basing his design on some historic period the designer should be careful to
make it in harmony with the current style.
6. As the silhouette is generally the determining feature of the costume giving
the garment its character, the modern silhouette must only slightly resemble
the historic one.
7. It is also possible to use some ideas from past styles in lines or trimming
within the silhouette.
8. To produce good results the designer should possess : a sound knowledge of
the technology, a thorough understanding of human proportions in their
normal and abnormal forms, ability to measure correctly and observe
accurately as well as the skill necessary for transferring these data to a pattern,
an artistic skill and imagination.
2) 1. Studying the history of the costume, we see that the styles are repeated
at certain intervals.
2. Modeling clothes, fashion designers try to embody new features in it.
3. Source of inspiration in modelling is to study the styles of previous eras, as
well as samples of folk clothes.
4. The contemporary suit may only slightly resemble the costume of the past
era, but should not repeat it.
5. a Good knowledge of the proportions of the human body, skill and artistic
imagination are necessary for the design of clothing.