Browzwear
Back to the future fashion
Role
Designer
Duration
10 Weeks
Skills
Moodboarding
Sketching
3D Design
About
In 2022 Stanford FashionX collaborated with Browzwear, the leading provider of 3D fashion design software for clothing development and merchandising solutions.
I was selected as one of 10 designers to participate in a digital design intensive. Over the course of 10 weeks, I moodboarded, sketched, and spec’d my first fashion look. I brought my vision to life by learning Browzwear’s cutting edge design software, VStitcher.
Process
The theme for my cohort was Back to the Future. This meant reconstructing a look without size, season, and gender. Slow fashion, of course. But even more than that.
When moodboarding, I took inspiration from objects, animals, patterns, and designs that I often find myself gravitating toward. This ended up being a crazy collection of images of salmon, plastic bags, bananas, mesh, bubble wrap, puffer bags, and grapefruit. I wanted to convey my passion for slow fashion, the circular ecosystem, food and plastic waste.
When translating my moodboard into a sketch, I set my intention on creating a look that could be worn in all year round. With colors, it was a matter of iterating and seeing which textures and colors worked and which didn't.
Slowly the silhouette turned into a look with a banana textured corset, a grapefruit beaded puffer underneath, a salmon textured belt, flared brown pants, and mesh gloves. I love it.
I worked with one of Browzwear’s independent designers to translate my sketch into a 3D design on VStitcher (Browzwear's product). The software had a steep learning curve, but Browzwear had extremely helpful tutorials. My biggest takeaway was learning how to communicate my design and vision. The more comprehensive I was, the less back and forth versioning we had to do. I am incredibly proud of the final look.
Final Look
