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Elements of Design
Elements are the building blocks of design. Color: Most exciting element of design Shape: Overall outline of a garment, it is the form or silhouette. Line: Distinct, elongated mark as if drawn by a pencil or pen. Texture: The surface quality of goods.
Elements of Design
SHAPE:
Form or silhouette of a garment Shape or outline seen from a distance Can reveal or hide a natural body contour Try to flatter good features and hide less attractive features Full, wide shapes make you look bigger Trim, compact silhouettes make you look smaller Straight, tubular shapes make you look taller Form fitting clothes reveal any unattractive contours, should only been worn by figures that are near-perfect
Elements of Design
LINE:
Have direction, width, length Eyes follow lines Lines suggest movement, leading eyes up, down, side-to-side, around Outline outer and inner spaces of garments Categories of lines: Type Direction Application
Elements of Design
Line Types:
Show dignity, power, formality, steadiness, stability Less conservative, formal and powerful Give soft, youthful, gentle, charming, graceful feeling Make things look larger than they are Circles are closed lines and stop the eye entirely Flattened curves are most flattering to the human shape
Create a jumpy, confused feeling Use sparingly, they are very noticeable Wear them if you are self-confident
Feeling of dignity, strength, poise, sophistication Leads eye up and down, makes wearer look taller and thinner
slant determines the visual effect Draws attention to where they are used
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Feeling of restfulness and gentleness Leads eye across the body, makes wearer seem shorter and wider Use where you want to look wider
Elements of Design
TEXTURE:
Surface quality of garments (how it looks and feels) Roughness, smoothness, dullness, glossiness, stiffness, softness Bulky fabrics
Add visual size (make you look bigger) Can disguise a flaw Can overpower a small person Make you look smaller Make you look bigger, as they reflect light Make you look smaller, as the absorb light
Shiny textures
Dull Textures