Drawing Fashion Sketches: From Modern To Trad

There would seem to be an abundance of really new fashion styles but if you look around in the stores, most styles are old hat. Some of the big houses do try and revamp style with accessories and color changes but if you remember last season's latest trend with this year, you will be disappointed to find they are pretty much the same.

Don't believe it? Check out Nordstrom's or Penny's, Sears or Old Navy to name a few. Many of these stores seem to aim their target market at the middle-age women and these style are really boring.

There are many top-of-the-line fashion stores where you can get plenty of fresh ideas. But why go there? Who sets the fashion trend? No, it is not usually some designer sitting behind a desk designing the latest fashion using Adobe Illustrator.

So who does set the trend? No, it is not Pantone who claim "A secret group of 10 people meet twice a year at the invitation of Pantone, a company based in New Jersey, to decide on the hottest fashion..." I don't think so.

Fashion, color and style are set by the top entertainers, Lady Gaga, Adele, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Beyonce and many others. Madonna use to set fashion styles but she has now taken a back seat.

Watch these stars carefully and note the colors, the styles (yukky or otherwise) and their accessories. Then with your creativeness, take it a step beyond and your designs will be showing at the top couturiers in no time!

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