Watch Me Design A Fashion Collection 4: Colors

[@christyfantino9193]

I am quite confident that I will never design a fashion collection. But I learn so much from your videos about technique, the creative process, materials, etc. Thank you so much for all the badass content you post, Zoe.

[@zoehongteaches]

You're welcome!

[@maherocha]

Hi Zoe! I hope you are doing well! First of all, I am watching your videos on "Watch me create a fashion collection". So I need to say "thank you" for these amazing lessons. Thank you for sharing ideas, concepts and inspirations with us! The world is so hard now, but people like you make it hugely different! You are definitely a great teacher! Thank you Zoe for everything and I hope you keep inspiring us for a long time to come! Have a good day :)

[@maiclli8904]

this series is really helpful to me, since I've dropped the fashion school because I can't pay anymore but I still want to learn, and here in Brazil we can't find this much content about fashion design. So thank you, teacher.

[@zoehongteaches]

you're welcome!

[@weesas]

this series is so helpful! there's nothing else out there that shows the design process so well, thank you so much! i look forward to seeing the rest of the episodes

[@zoehongteaches]

I have a playlist with design process tutorials, which is faster paced and more instructional. Fashion Design Process playlist.

[@shannahbrown]

My favorite series!!!

[@zoehongteaches]

[@diamonharrison5984]

me too thanks Zoe so much!!!

[@robynbieber4275]

I'm totally intending to go back and write notes on this series! #freeeducation

[@alyi6313]

did you?

[@papayaforest]

Hey Zoe, really enjoyed your talk on making real world decisions and meeting fabric minimums I also like that color blocking trick ;) thanks again!

[@zoehongteaches]

you're welcome!

[@orkidbox]

I love this series. It's always fun to just listen and look at chat about creative stuff. I also love your art supply testing videos.

[@marylindberg5516]

Slash and burn style of to inspiration! Love it

[@ayf449]

YESSS THAT PART ABOUT MINIMIZING FABRIC CHOICES!! I am working at a startup and when I joined there were already four outfits ready for the first collection (it's mostly outerwear so outfits are more like coats and there are like two pants and a shirt) BUT each and every "outfit" used different fabrics and I just looked at them trying to take deep breaths and informed them "that will not work in the future we'll have to make cohesive collections... for MANY reasons" in their defense I am the only fashion designer in the team and well the person in charge told me "yes.. I came to completely understand your point when I had to go buy all those fabrics for production.."

[@zoehongteaches]

YESSSSS I'm going to send a screengrab of your comment to all my clients who are dubious about fabric planning.

[@ayf449]

You're welcome~ Go get em!!!

[@higherground711]

I'm not a designer, but I do find your videos useful. Seeing you working with things gives me ideas for things I'd like to do. Thanks for that. ^_^

[@zoehongteaches]

>>gives me ideas for things I'd like to do. Cool, now go do them.

[@higherground711]

There are some things I'll be getting soon. I'll share them with you as some might spark your interest. You never know right. ;-) You share things you try all of the time. I've recently come to love Japanese and French made writing papers. Rhodia, Maruman, and Midori are the top three. The Japanese in particular have no tolerance for feathering, bleed through, and show through. That's been evident in every Japanese brand I've tried. They are also good for art such as light watercolor washes, pen and ink and colored pencil, and water based markers. Smart Color Art Dual Tip Markers Brush & Fineliner Tips goo.gl/W5AsdB These aren't name brands. They're not a department store brand either. Reviewers have said the colors aren't streaky, that they're pretty solid. They're water based which is what I want right now. The brush tip isn't really a brush. It's more like a flexible fiber tip. I believe this will be a good set that's in the middle ground between department store brands and professional brands. Midori MD Notebook A5 Size goo.gl/PrXSzu I've had the pleasure of using MD paper before. As is typical of Japanese brands, there's little to no bleed through, show through, or feathering. The ivory paper will take a little getting used to. But there white paper is hard to come by. Midori Grain Memo Pad 5 x 3 inch goo.gl/jZ1m9G 50 sheets of MD lined paper and 50 sheets of MD plain ivory paper. One for writing and notes, one for sketches, scribbles, doodles etc. Of course I have watercolor, drawing, and marker paper. But I have also become fond of B6 size notebooks and sketchbooks. The Japanese and French are so innovative with their products. It's hard not to love them.

[@zoehongteaches]

OMG you're gonna make me broke. I just screencapped this for future ref. Sigh. bye bye my money...

[@higherground711]

As far the dual tip brush pens, I'm only going on my research. I haven't tried them yet. But I have looked at many reviews and two videos on KZbin making sure Smart Color Art Dual Tip Brush Pens was in the title or description. One was where she'd used them in an adult coloring book. The other was the lady using them for calligraphy. In both cases I was looking to see if the colors were solid or streaky. They seem to be pretty solid from what I've seen and read. In the adult coloring book video there was bleed through. I imagine that's because it was cheap or thin paper. But that is usually the case with paper with low gsm/lbs in weight unless the paper has a coated surface like marker paper and others have. I'm just wanting to let you know all of this in advance. I'm thinking that these markers would be a good choice for me personally. Now about the Midori MD Notebooks. If you've ever been in a stationery store in Japan then you might have tried or perhaps seen them. The reason I said I'd use them for sketches for pen and ink and water based marker or pen and ink and colored pencil is because there's not any bleed or show through. There is some ghosting. Let me explain. If I draw on one side, turn it over and lay the sheet on top of another white sheet I can somewhat see what I created. But it's not enough to bother me. If I want to take a picture to upload somewhere there's a trick I can use. I just lay the sheet on top of a black sheet or very dark colored sheet and the ghosting is very very minimal. Most of it will disappear. I'm a magician lol. ;-) Not all of it will disappear using this trick. Lines and color from anything that is very wet or a wet writer will still show up faintly. For example I tried Staedtler Triplus Markers on it and the medium to darkest blue still show up faintly. If memory serves me, I think I read that some art and photo shopping applications can take care of what little ghosting remains. But I have to look into that as well. But for my purposes most high quality Japanese and French writing papers can be used for writing as well as art depending on the materials used. Anyone wanting to use both sides of a sheet would not want to touch them with alcohol markers. But if they're not going to use both sides, then I think some experimentation with alcohol markers on these papers would be interesting. If you're interested in the brush pens then I'd look on KZbin and Google Image search. I used "smart color art dual tip brush pens" and the first two videos were about them, the ones I mentioned. I used the same search term for a Google Image search and was able to get four relevant images. On their Amazon page there were eight pictures posted of their use for art. Just wanted to give you what information I could in advance. I hope it's helpful. ^_^ Would you like me to deliver your wallet's eulogy? Lol ;-P

[@aestheticcolours6923]

One of my favourite ones. Thanks you zoe .You're best one..... I'm very thankful.i would had here before. But it's never late to learn anything.

[@GinMartiniMusic]

GREAT SERIES you’re so funny and awesome and informative!! love all those little tidbits of Info and inspiration!

[@zoehongteaches]

thanks!

[@Fashionablydetermine]

Love your videos. This series is very helpful. I haven't done a fashion sketch in like 3 years, other than a quick sketch lol. So this would be very helpful when I start my portfolio for the universities I'm interested in. Thank you!

[@ragdollmag]

I think I need to research what birds will feature in my worldbuilding plus create a few of my own and then pick which colours from them I like for my collection. So far I'm thinking some soft neutrals and soft pretty colours, camouflage and a few bright colours as well as black and white. Perhaps even a combo of green, magenta, purple and gold for one of the ott outfits, we'll see...I might look into getting some vegan markers. I only have old grey markers from 1st yr of fashion school ages ago. I just want to design for my characters, myself and create some tutorials if ppl wish to make something I made. I don't have funding to start an actual line and want to keep things quite eco etc. The way I want to still be able to do fashion has changed a lot as time went on. Looking forward to seeing what pinks and blue you get

[@momocisse3823]

u know once i watch these videos im usualy in a hurry for next week hahahahah to know more niiice zoee lov it

[@zoehongteaches]

Calm down, go watch my other 170 videos. :P

[@momocisse3823]

hahaha yeaah im on it

[@barnitanath7130]

ooohhh thanks...I just wait for this video....

[@athenageldi2291]

Hi Zoe! Love your videos so much!!...I like to follow you step by step as much as I can, could you link products used from this series? Like which Marker sets you are using in this video (number count if possible), anything else you can think of, etc. Pretty please :)

[@nooralhaddad381]

Love your videos 💕 I’m learning a lot Keep it up 👍🏽

[@jolamarr2203]

This is my fave series lol

[@ipshitabhatnagar2494]

Hey, I have been procrastinating for many years about launching my own brand. I'm not a design student so I always make the excuse for not learning and keep questioning if I ca ever do it at all....I came across your video a few days ago and was so inspired that I actually did a moodboard. I would love for you to see it and give me feedback if possible ??

[@melanietruth]

good practical advice about color choices

[@vishwajoshi9102]

I am 15 right now and I am interested in fashion design. At this age, how to prepare myself for fashion school?

[@zoehongteaches]

Learn how to draw people, learn some basic sewing, learn math. Math will help you be a better pattern maker, help you in fittings, help you figure out costs for the business side of fashion.

[@vishwajoshi9102]

Zoe Hong Thank You

[@destiniefaulkner4025]

Who determines what colors are wearable for different skin colors or who has determined that? Just curious

[@irfanzahid4643]

Thanks again...refreshing.I mean I am in the same state I used to back in college.

[@carloslandloko]

I'm waiting for the next one! :))

[@zoehongteaches]

[@Coopella7]

hey Zoe, I love your videos! Can you please show how to draw studs/spikes?

[@zoehongteaches]

I'll add it to the queue, but fyi the queue is over a year long.

[@Coopella7]

Zoe Hong yeah, I remember you mentioned that in 5 requests at once video. i shall patiently wait :D

[@zoehongteaches]

:D

[@valentinapastore]

great as always! just a little sad you didn't keep some of those bluish greens you had on the swatches last video

[@zoehongteaches]

Editing down is hard, yo. Sigh.

[@valentinapastore]

haha sorry!! :D

[@jacquiblakemore]

Hi Zoe. Lots of great info in this video. Thank you. Quick question that may be a stupid question but you are adding it's of shades to your paper but what if you decide on some shades that you can't match to fabric suppliers? How does the colour scheme here then become your fabric selection? Thanks in advance.

[@zoehongteaches]

Totally not a stupid question. In the industry, eventually you would match your color choices to Pantone color numbers, which is the industry standard for color matching. You can hunt down fabric suppliers and try to get the closest match (take your Pantone color chips everywhere!) or you can buy greige goods and get them dyed to match your Pantone number.

[@jacquiblakemore]

Zoe Hong thanks for the great additional information!!

[@chitwan93]

Zoe.. sometimes we won't get the exact colour in fabric nearing pantone selection. fabrics differ in textures... in that case what will be final presentation of colour board on sheet. The colour we selected or what the fabric says... in real...

[@zoehongteaches]

use the actual fabric you're going to use in your collection

[@hibiscus_milly]

i know creating a color story that is fit to the season is also important but is it possible to have a colorful collection for a fall/winter season? i'm having trouble wanting to make a colorful collection for f/w without having to use only different shades of neutrals but still making it something that people could wear...

[@zoehongteaches]

You can definitely make a colorful F/W collection. People tend to wear deeper but still bright reds than red-orange in the fall, they wear more forest green instead of lime green, deeper cobalts instead of sky blue, etc.

[@Shoppingha]

Hi zoe. thanks for the videos we all apretiate the work and effort you put in. my question is why instead of having to buy new markers, don't you use illustrator. wouldn't it save you the money?

[@zoehongteaches]

I don't use illustrator for figure work, only flats. Even if I did, I'm still 514 steps away from final renderings. I do quick design sketches by hand in marker.

[@LidiaSIncomingSuccess]

Hi Zoe! I absolutely love your videos and they're so helpful! I am signing up for fashion design school and I really need help with some advice on my portfolio besides advice that I can learn from videos! I mean personal advice,could you help me by telling me what I should change or any ideas that you would have on it if I showed it to you somehow?? Please!

[@zoehongteaches]

No, because asking me advice on a portfolio you'll be showing someone else doesn't help you. If you want to get accepted to XYZ school, go ask XYZ school for advice. Watch the portfolio advice video I posted a couple of weeks ago.

[@valentinapastore]

she made a video on your portfolio, look at her older videos

[@falgunithakkar9107]

Hi Zoe I'm loving this series as I'm finally doing my 1st design project and it's helping me a lot.. I was confused with what colors to pick and how can I do that so I actually use the images of my theme and I used photoshop to pick colors directly out of that .. I tried to pull out colors but I didn't work that good . I don't have such marker collection . I just have those water pencil colors .. and I'm still not good at mixing colors ,. Could u help me out with how can I choose colours for my theme as I've tried hundreds of them but it still not working for me .

[@zoehongteaches]

I have a playlist with design process tutorials, which is faster paced and more instructional. Fashion Design Process playlist.

[@amyli1844]

Hi Zoe, I am preparing my portfolio for fashion schools. Do you have any advice on including sewn garments in my portfolio? Should my garments be wearable and simply show my sewing skills or should it look uniquely designed? I would love to know, thank you.

[@zoehongteaches]

Go watch my video How to Start Your Art School Portfolio.

[@ridhajain320]

hey Zoe, will u also be making a mood board for this project?

[@zoehongteaches]

yes

[@keshavsinghi3089]

when is your next video coming up for this series zoe? waiting eagerly!

[@zoehongteaches]

This series is every Friday

[@keshavsinghi3089]

Zoe Hong waiting waiting waiting!

[@zabrinasifuentes9874]

what markers are you using?

[@ladyjunon6305]

How many looks would you recommend for a first collection?

[@zoehongteaches]

There are too many variables involved for a concrete answer that fits everyone. I'll discuss it in a future video, but I say the smaller the better. Make 5 dresses as perfect as you can and start shopping them around.

[@MrDlr0825]

Do you have an embellishment tutorial?

[@zoehongteaches]

I have a playlist called Illustrating Embellishments.

[@MrDlr0825]

Ok thank you I'll go check it out now 💞

[@mranmd8394]

wen u r goin to upload ur new video .

[@fitrisetyo2479]

👍🤗

[@clairejoyart5976]

If got five dollar for every time you said pink...that would be fun. Have you ever just gone to a paint store just to look around and accidentally picked up about all their paint card chips? Very guilty here, but they are so nice for inspiration...

[@zoehongteaches]

PINK! $ PINK! $ PINK! (me too, I love pink, not even gonna lie, I really need more pink in my wardrobe.) I tell my in class students that using paint card chips are a good option, but my classes are 24 students/class max. I would feel guilty telling thousands of people to go get freebies that are not for their intended use.

[@clairejoyart5976]

That would be a problem. I have about twenty I have accumulated over time (the long strips that have about six or seven colors) and whenever I need color inspiration, I pull them out and have a nice little look. I think I got about half of them on one particular day, but we were choosing colors for walls, so I didn't feel as guilty.

[@zoehongteaches]

I have an older video in which I tell viewers to go get paint chips but that was back when I had only a few thousand subs so I didn't feel bad but now that I think about it, that video still gets views. Dammit. I mean, all my stuff is evergreen content, you know? Sigh.

[@clairejoyart5976]

I'm sure that not everyone goes out and picks up paint chips. =)

[@zoehongteaches]

Are you suggesting not everyone does exactly what I tell them to do?

[@NiAr658]

Although I believe you are an amazing teacher and I've been waiting for this....I don't know... it feels like ...whatever...no cohesion.. I'm a little bored.... Lots of talking no action.. like a bad movie

[@zoehongteaches]

I'm glad you bring this up. You're right, no action, a little boring, which is exactly what work looks like a lot of the time. As I mentioned before, I'll be going slow, not skipping any parts, really showing you what design process looks like. A lot of what I do and what a lot of other designers do is spending hours and hours tediously picking through colors, picking through swatches, going back and forth, trying to make up their minds. Working, editing, finessing. Fabrics cost a lot of money and refunds in the industry don't work like your favorite shopping website. My entire channel is about lifting the glamour veil of fashion and showing you what it's really like, talking to you about customers, about pricing, showing you sewing factories that are completely unglamourous but necessary. I remind you in every video it's about the work you put in. As for the lack of cohesion, yes. It's vague. I've worked on this design project for about 5-6 hours in real time. If you watch my Design Process tutorials, I mention often that the whole design process is about taking random bits of vague inspiration and working with them until they become more and more concrete. I am still at that vague inspiration stage. I will not be speeding up or skipping parts. That's not what this series is about. If you just want straight up design tutorials, go check out the Fashion Design Process playlist.