Story of Technical Apparel Designer Struggle and Success

Over a decade ago, I came to know the fascinating career of fashion design for the first time. It looked quite appealing to me as I was seeing this from the perspective of an end user. So I have decided to move on and tried to go deep into the world of fashion. The more I researched I found that there is a lot of ground work that goes into it before it comes to the public. But I was so prepared to understand and expertise in this field. At the same time, I felt if I could write about the detailing of my experiences on fashion it may help others as well. Especially, for people starting new clothing brand or  want to become technical apparel designer. So I started writing every detail I came to know and the difficulties I faced. 

It was just for my satisfaction I was writing and also to refer them for my future needs. It took me a while to understand the intricacies of clothing design and manufacturing. But I found them quite interesting and informative for the newcomers' start-up brand now. During this time, I think I have learned quite a bit about technical design and manufacturing. Most of this can be boiled down to just seven key learning, which all are pretty much ‘basics’. With following posts, I will be sharing  my experience working with the various clothing brand. It was not just about technical design but also the process towards a business building.

I could make out that you can never be a technical clothing designer if you have not worked at ground level. You need to spend time with clothing designers and manufacturers to understand the tricks. I spent my time with tailors, printing units, embroidery units and all other departments. Then I came to know what it takes to become an expert technical designer. Today I come across a lot of brands completely not aware of any detailing about clothing design. For a start-up clothing line, proper guidance is quite important. To make things easier I have simplified what it needs to start a clothing brand. If you are serious enough to know and grow your business it is important to know the basic process. So I would suggest you to refer to my posts for the particular aspects that you want to know about clothing design. I have simplified and mentioned steps you should follow to make your brand successful.

Importance of Apparel Technical Designer in Bringing Ideas to Live Product.

Importance of Technical Apparel Designer in Bringing ideas to Live Product

Technical apparel designer make every attempt to create clothing that satisfies clients and give direction to the mission of their brand. When designing a collection line-sheet of clothing or an outfit, the technical apparel designer must keep several concepts and goals in mind. Firstly, ensure the produced clothing maintains a consistent fit. Secondly, the construction detailing is followed exactly the way it is given on tech pack. Thirdly, the quality is maintained in every step of the garment production life cycle. And finally, measurement grading and tolerances for the style is observed as much as possible to achieve great fitting and comfort. These are the 4 basic rules that a technical apparel designer follow to make the production a success for a brand.

Aside from leading the actual construction of garments, the technical apparel designer is also responsible for several other aspects of project. With the above responsibilities technical designer must ensure that the collection meets the brand’s quality standards and its identity. There are many construction issues that creative clothing designers tend to ignore especially on fits . Therefore, it is important that the technical designer must make sure those loopholes are properly taken care of. You must closely work with pattern designers, sample tailors, printing/embroidery units and washing units to become perfect technical clothing designer. Although a formal training of fashion technology and fit technique is required. But that experience is more important than having a formal training. If you are closely working at ground level then you get to see the practical difficulties and techniques that work well. This experience you can use while planning production for clothing.

Fashion Studio Urban Purple is one of the leading professional technical apparel design studio with in-house clothing manufacturing unit. Technical apparel designers from urban purple have been supporting up-and-coming apparel brands with their clothing line-sheet. Technical Apparel Designers here are specialized in various segments of Apparel. We have specialists in Knitwear, Woven garments, Lingerie, Outerwear and Formal wear. We also have associated specialist printing units, embroidery units and washing units. We take up projects from the idea of the client either from rough sketches or images from web and take things from there. The Initial step is to understand and visualize the idea of our clients. Once done we make sure the idea is feasible to take forward. It is always not necessary that the idea that our clients have come out right as a product. There are many technical abstractions comes. Therefore, our technical designers consult and assist the clients to come up with the right idea that can bring out a great product.