Teaches the fundamental design principles, including color, texture, line, shape, and form, to create visually pleasing costumes and fashion.
Color Theory: Understanding how colors can be used to create emotions, make visual impressions, and the psychology behind what colors mean.
Shape and Form: How costumes are constructed and shapely with different techniques, such as contouring, padding, and fit.
Balance: Understanding how to balance the overall look of a costume and how each element works together to create cohesion.
Texture: How different materials affect the look and feel of a costume, how textures can complement or contrast with each other.
Line: The visual effects of details such as seams, pleats, folds, and the direction they give to a costume.
Proportion: How to create visually appealing proportions, such as using the right scale of accessories to tie together a costume.
Scale: How different sizes of various elements in a costume work together to create a harmonious look.
Space: Understanding the use of empty and filled-in spaces and how they contribute to the overall design of a costume.
Pattern and Print: How fabrics with patterns and prints can be used to accentuate or detract attention from certain parts of a costume.
Historical costume: Understanding the influences of fashion and costume throughout history.
Cultural costume: The variations in fashion and costume across cultures and the importance of cultural sensitivity when designing costumes.
Costume embroidery: The importance of detail, artistic expression and embroidery in costume design.
Layers: Understand how costumes can be layered to create depth and dimension.
Accessories: The role of accessories and how to use them to enhance the overall look of a costume.
Fabric manipulation: Techniques for shaping, molding, and sculpting fabric to create interesting contours and silhouettes in costume design.
Line: Refers to the shape or pattern of a garment, including the outline or silhouette.
Shape: Refers to the overall form and structure of the garment.
Texture: Refers to the tactile quality or feel of a fabric or design element.
Color: Refers to the hue, saturation, and brightness of a design, including the use of color blocking and patterned fabrics.
Pattern: Refers to the repeated motifs or designs within a garment.
Proportion: Refers to the relative size and scale of design elements within a garment.
Balance: Refers to the visual equilibrium of a garment, achieved through the placement of design elements.
Movement: Refers to the flow and motion of a garment, including how it drapes and moves on the body.
Contrast: Refers to the use of opposing design elements to create visual interest and definition.
Emphasis: Refers to the focal point or most important feature of a garment.