Fashion Design Dress Contest

Here's a design contest that I just came across on the Tracy Reese fan page. You can win two tickets to her Fall 2011 show next month in NYC if you re-design a strapless dress that she offers for Spring 2011.

Here's the link for more details! This contest ends soon so check it out right away.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148470601873344&index=1


Good luck :)


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Handbag Design Contest

It's that time again for all handbag designers who want to enter into this yearly contest to start thinking about their submissions. The competition is called The 5th Annual Independent Handbag Designer Awards. They have a ton of different categories that you can apply for. It looks like there will be nine winners. Here are the categories:

Best Handbag in Overall Style & Design
InStyle Red Carpet Ready Evening Bag
Artisan House Award by Isabella Fiore
Best Use of SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS
Best Student Made Handbag Inspired by the colors of vitaminwater
Best Handmade Handbag
Best Green Handbag
Most Socially Responsible Handbag
Audience Fan Favorite Handbag

Here's the link for more information:

"http://www.handbagdesigner101.com/ihda" target="_blank"> http://www.handbagdesigner101.com/ihda

Good luck on winning and if you do decide to enter the contest post a link here of your handbag submission. I would love to see it :)



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Getting Started in Fashion Design

Happy New Year! Glad to continue posting here for another year. It's my pleasure to share information about the how to's of the fashion design industry with these posts. So, thank you for joining me for another year!

Here's a post that I think you will really enjoy. How do you know if your designs will fly? Meaning, will other people think that they are cool enough to buy? Well, I came across this site that I think you will absolutely LOVE! It's a super cool site where you can upload your fashion illustration sketches and have your online community vote "yea! or nay :(".

Here's the chance for you to test your designs while they are in illustration stage before you produce a collection. We don't have time to waste money these days therefore, we need to be as much on target as we possibly can. On this site, you'll have reviews and insights that could help you tailor to your market better. We could all use honest opinions when it comes to our work and not the sugar coated compliments that we get from our mom. We need honest opinions from our potential customers.

So check out this link. The site is called: http://wouldyourockthis.com/

Try it out! It's a very colorful and inviting site.

If you want to practice your fashion illustration skills. This same company, Would you Rock this, also holds fashion illustration meet up sessions where you can practice your skills on a live model. I think these meet up sessions are in New York City only. Here's the link for more details: www.meetup.com/FashionDrawingSession

Let me know if you've tested out your designs on this site, I would love to see them. It's all about sharing and growing.

I hope that you've found this tip on getting started in fashion design useful.



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