Now comes the part I have been dreading, designing the sleeves. Sleeve caps are kind of tricky so its going to take me longer to figure them out than the rest of the sweater did. Hopefully I will have the design down pact tonight so I can continue knitting and finish this sweater by the end of the week.
I also got some pictures back from one of my photo shoots!
The photographer was Brian Shumway and I think he did an amazing job! I was soooo cold though, lol. |
I think another thing that makes modeling difficult is that it is tough to separate yourself from your product. As a fashion designer my product was the garment or the presentations that I produced. As a model my product is my appearance and performance. It is much easier to separate yourself emotionally when somebody is looking at an object and giving a criticism then when they are looking at you. And when you let your emotions and insecurities get to you as a model the camera will be able to pick it up. It is much easier to hide your emotions as a designer, no matter how terrible I was feeling I was always able to produce a well-made garment and you would never know.
I liked criticism as a designer, it really helped me to learn and improve. I don't think that you can grow in a vacuum. While you shouldn't take everything that people say to heart, you really need to hear other opinions. Because in the end you need to be able to sell your product and you are not your only customer. The same goes for modeling, so I need to keep reminding myself to separate myself from my product so that I'll be able to grow. I know I'm not a super model yet but I know I can get there someday :)
The best post ever!
ReplyDeleteI never thought how it was to be a model, from a model's perspective.
When you block an article, like the sweater; do you wash and lay it out? Pin it into the shape you want? Or do you use steam [iron]?
ReplyDeleteThanks :) I pin the piece in shape and then use a steamer, that's my favorite method.
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