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Had a design week where everything I sketched looked like a trash bag until I tried draping a 60s wool coat pattern
The first half I was ready to quit fashion entirely, then switching to that coat pattern clicked and I cranked out three usable pieces, so is the frustration side or the breakthrough side more important for growth?
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leo2385mo ago
Bruh that's literally every design week for me tbh. You go from "I should have been an accountant" to "I'm basically Coco Chanel" in like 2 hours. The trash bag phase builds character or whatever, but that breakthrough dopamine hit is why we keep doing this stupid career lol.
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sean_murray5mo ago
Wait does everyone go through that same "trash bag to runway" pipeline or is it just us? For me it clicked when I stopped forcing my sketches and just let the fabric do the talking. That 60s coat pattern you mentioned - those vintage silhouettes have so much structure built in, it's like cheating honestly. I had a month where every flat sketch looked dead until I remembered how boxy 80s jackets drape on the bias. Sometimes you just gotta find one solid base and work backwards from there instead of starting from scratch every time.
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