October 1st Clothing Design School

Your Guide as a Beginner to Fashion Drawing:

Start Strong!”

👗 New to fashion sketching?

Here are a few tips to help you grow confidently and creatively as a fashion illustrator:

🖊️ 1. Start with Basic Croquis.
Use figure templates (like 9-heads models) to practice proportions.

🎨 2. Keep It Simple at First
●Begin with pencils or black lines before adding color and texture.

📲 3. Use Beginner-Friendly Apps.
Apps like Sketchbook or Pret-a-Template makes the process easier.

👚 4. Study Real Clothes & Runways
Observe how garments sit, flow, fold, and stretch in real life.

✏️ 5. Practice Consistently
Even 10 minutes a day will build your skill fast.

📚 6. Learn fashion design vocabulary /terminologies.

🔥 7. Be Patient with Yourself.

●Your early sketches won’t be perfect — and that’s okay. Progress is the goal.

💬 Which of these tips speaks to you most?
Tag someone who’s just starting their fashion drawing journey.

Why Sketching Matters in Fashion Design.

🎨 Ever wondered why sketching is important in fashion design?

Sketching is more than just drawing .

This is where your ideas takes shape.

Here’s why every designer should master basic sketching:

1️⃣ It helps you visualize designs clearly.

2️⃣ It communicates your ideas to your team/tailor(s).

3️⃣ It’s the FIRST step in turning ideas into actual outfits.

4️⃣ It boosts your creativity.

👗 Even a simple sketch can spark the next best-selling outfit!

💬 Do you sketch your ideas first or jump straight to sewing?

Share your thoughts below! ✂️

🎨 We’re back, Designers!

And what better way to return than with this striking illustration themed "Chic Majesty" 👑 — a nod to the effortless power of creativity and expression through design.

Whether you're just starting your fashion journey or rediscovering your sketchpad, here are 5 beginner-friendly apps to spark your creativity:

✏️ Sketchbook : Free and easy to use.

👗 Pret-a-Template : Comes with fashion figure templates

📐 Fashion Design Flat Sketch – Perfect for technical sketching
🧠 Concepts : Intuitive and ideal for mood boards

🖌️ Tayasui Sketches : Beautiful, realistic drawing tools.

💬 Which app are you trying first?
Drop a 🎨 in the comments if you're ready to create!

📱 Tag a friend who needs to get back to sketching too!

Happy International women's day
We celebrate womanhood and all its virtues.

Welcome to the Beautiful month of March.

May we enjoy greater grace and increased strength for maximum productivity in all areas of our life this month.

Notable is the fact that March is globally acclaimed to be the Women's history month..to celebrate wonderful accomplishments and vital contributions of women to the world.

It's a beautiful coincidence that the great Dr.NOIweala assumes her new role as the DG at the World trade organization today as another history is being made.

Hearty cheers to all the amazing women who add colour to our world in so many ways too numerous to mention.

We celebrate you lovelies...Remain blessed😘😘

The year 2021 shall be testimonies filled and crisis free for you and yours in Jesus name.
Congratulations....We made it!!!💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

Hello Lovelies,

It's another 1st of October in Nigeria, I therefore wish our dear country a Happy Birthday..60th to be precise!.

Our Green and white colours have really powerful meanings of ;

▪Growth
▪Harmony
▪Freshness
▪Fertility
▪Purity
▪Innocence

My heartfelt wish/prayer is that all of these finds a speedy and lasting expression in our lives as a nation and for you as an individual.

In the midst of all we've had to deal with as a nation and still are ,ensure the negatives don't pull you down or out of your life's purpose.

Inspite of the good,bad and the ugly....

I choose to be a Tough minded optimist!🙂

What say ye😊?...

Have a blessed new month!

MZVIV did justice to this Ankara Jumpsuit.

We all cheered her on when she rocked this to the studio😘😘..pattern drafted perfectly, garment Construction well put together.

To Register for Classes;

Call or Whatsaap-07013718725

(Our Trainee Melody made this👇 for her mum😘😘)

It feels great to commit to teaching others what you've learnt and being able to do that excellently.

One of the many Joys that makes the world go round!

To Register for classes ;

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Jacket by Melody

There's this joy and fulfillment you experience when you can manipulate an ordinary thread and a piece of fabric into an outfit...that's creation right there!

Be it a simple outfit to detailed ones,you're doing just fine 😘😘because you have birthed something out of nothing.








:To Register for classes ;
Call or Whatsaap-07013718725

practicals by our trainees;

Dress made by Melody.

We hold you by the hands and you"ll master the skills excellently in no time.😘😘









:,Make that call and register for the next training session.

Call/Whatsaap-07013718725