ANALYSIS OF SILHOUTTE

FIGURE ASSETS (What you want to show off) 

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FIGURE CHALLENGE (What you want to hide) 
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IDENTIFY YOUR FIGURE TYPE  Tear Drop/Triangle

 Keystone/ Inverted Triangle

 Hourglass

 Column/ Rectangle

 Oval/Sphere

VERTICAL PROPORTION Height: ________inch

¼ of height_______ inch
To create visually balanced vertical Proportion, I
should (circle either lengthen or shorten for each
body section below)
 Lenghten/shorten top of the head to
underarms
 Lengthen/shorten underarms to hips
 Lenghten/Shorten Hip to Knee
 Lengthen/shorten Knee to Floor/Sole

My Deriserd Illusion Silhoutte

 Hourglass
 Other_________(You may decide that
Paste Your Picture creating the hourglass ideal is not your goal
and choose to create a differennt Illusion
silhoutte using the figure type strategies
detailed.
Illusion Goals
 ____________ My Shoulder
 ____________ My Waist
 ____________ My Hips

My Actual Vertical Proportion measurement

 ___________Top of the head to underarms
 ___________Underarm to hip
 ___________ hips to knee
 ___________ Knee to sole/Floor
Title of Course: Advances in Fashion Design 52-0- 0-4
Course Code: FD 20.701

Pre-requisite(s): Basic knowledge of the textile materials and fashion management

Course Objectives:
To enable the students to understand recent advancement in the field of textile materials and fashion
management.
To analyses the market needs of modern fashion consumers through market research.
To create 3D and 2D empathetic designs using computer aided design tools and techniques.

Course Description:
UNIT I
High Performance Fibers: Application areas of Kevlar Fiber, Nomex Fiber, Carbon Fiber, Glass fiber, the key
features of aforementioned high performance fibers and their end use in various functional fields.
Green Fashion Materials: Advances in use of natural materials in different functional areas. Introduction to
green textile materials including blended and composite materials, key features and end use
UNIT II
Computer Aided Fashion/Textile Design: 2D and 3D modelling and simulation of apparels
Drape quality, material selection, good fit features, tools and techniques to improve aesthetic features of
designed garments, consumer centric applications of CAD solutions and significance
UNIT III
Design Empathy: Significance of empathetic designs in solving real world problems.
Identifying consumer/ subject needs, design research, use CAD tools for empathetic design.
UNIT IV
Advances in apparel industry: smart wearable textiles, 3D printing, Phase changing Materials
Recent developments and paradigm shift in fashion and smart textile products, case studies on recent such
products.
UNIT V
Fashion Merchandising: Visual merchandising techniques, Market segmentation, Market research, Sampling
and data analysis tool and techniques for observing consumer responses for market research, designing research
for case studies

Learning Outcomes:
• Demonstrate complete knowledge of advanced fiber used in different application areas.
• Apply learning through a knowhow of advanced materials in apparel range development.
• Exhibit, adapt, utilize & investigate the modern fashion consumer behavior through market research.
• Analyze specific needs of fashion consumers.
• Create empathetic design solutions for various functional applications.
• To apply CAD tools and techniques for 2D & 3D modeling and simulation of garments.