Fashion detail represent the every each of the part that we wear from the head to toe, everything that applicated in the apparels. It includes:
Embroidery
The handicraft that put the thread, yarn, pearl, beads, quills, or sequins together in order to make shape and design on the fabric
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Neckline
The outline or style of the clothes shape around the neck part.
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Waistline
The shape around the waist.
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Hemline
The line of the edge of the lower part of clothes such as dress, skirt, coat, etc which are measured from the ground.
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Seams
In order to join fabrics together, it has to be sewed and it produced line which is called seams.
Gathers
The folds and gathers of garments parallelly sewn on the edge of the fabric, can be attached with another garment.
Pleats
The garment straightly folded in multiple times.
Tucks
Folded pushed garment create lines for design.
Collars
Design on the part of the neck of the outfit.
Cuffs
Layer in the edge of the sleeve garments.
Pockets
An extra layer on the clothes, the purpose is for holding some little stuff that we can keep in the pocket. Sometimes can be used as design.
Buttons
A small fastener that sewed on the cloth to connect with the other cloth.
Bows
Garment that tied like a ribbon.
Beads
Sequins
Color
The color of the fabric or the materials that attached on the fabric.
Texture
The surface that we can feel when we touch it.
Either it is smooth, rough, stretchy, rubbery, etc.
Silhouette
The outline shape of the outfit. Since it's a 3D form, the outline should be seen from every angle.
and there's more variety of fashion details we cannot name since there's abundant materials that designer use to design the clothes. Fashion details is very important for making clothes, if there's no fashion details there will be no clothes. In every clothes, it contains fashion details such as color, silhouette. Clothes are distinguished by the shape of its silhouette.
In order to make the clothes looks modified, designed and subjectively look great for people who are wearing it, the designer must have a sense and skill of applying the fashion details in the right way. To apply the fashion details correctly, designer has to know who and what for they make the clothes. Designer must understand the fashion taste of the viewer or customer, what they are requested, what kind of details they want.
Every people have their own character of styling. Example:
Hipster
Tove lo is a singer who has her own character in fashion. If we observe more about her style, she is more into hipster. The sense of hipster vibe can be felt from her fashion and art work such as music, video. The hipster style can be noticed from the dark color of the clothing she wear, the pierced on her nose, black nail polish, the style of the rings, the boots, those factors that create the grunge and brave feeling.
Bohemian
This style is favorite style of Vanessa Hudgens. She likes to wear the long dress with the bohemian pattern. Something loose with the fringe. We can tell it's bohemian from the color of the outfit she wear, it's more to summer style and mostly warm color.
Fashion details have been applied since a long time ago by our ancestors. It developed time by time until today, and nowadays the fashion all are regenerated from the past generations. All of the outfits that we wear in 21st century are represent the past fashion era that inspired us to create the new fashion style for today. The difference between this modern era and past era is the technology of making the pattern, colors, etc.
Example:
The Baroque Era Outfit
The fashion details from Baroque era applicated to the modern era, e.g. pearls, motif, silhouette
The transformation of fashion details application is influenced by the culture, architecture, needs, habits, religion, and politics. In the past era, like rococo, they eager to wear something wide, big and extravagant because of their luxurious lifestyle which is influenced by the iconic fashion and political figure of France, Marie Antoinette. Now, people are more likely to wear something simple, comfortable, and functional because of the technologies improvement. So as to fulfill the people outfit's demand, the minimalist style is introduced in this new decade
Rococo
Minimalist
Fashion Vocabulary
Picture source:
Wilcox, Claire., and Mendes, Valerie. Modern Fashion in Detail. V&A Publication, 1991.
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