Molouk Y. Ba-Isa

Saudi Gazette

 

Are you interested in clothing and looking good? Then maybe you could be a fashion designer. Both girls and boys can grow up to have careers in the fashion business. You might think that making nice clothes, shoes and handbags is a career for girls, but some of the most famous fashion designers in the world are men. Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Shantanu Mehra & Nikhil Mehra are just a few of the famous men in fashion design.



To get an idea of what it’s like to design your own clothes, try “My Virtual Fashion Show” from Crayola. This is a fun game that lets kids draw their own fashion designs in the Crayola sketchbook and then try them out on a virtual model. When the designs are ready, kids can showcase their creations in a virtual fashion show on their smartphone and share designs via email, directly from the apps for iOS or Android. See it at http://www.crayola.com/products/my-virtual-fashion-show-product/



If you don’t have a smartphone, then give “Project Runway’s Fashion Design Sketch Portfolio” a try. This spiral bound portfolio book features removable plastic stencils and easy to follow instructions for fashion designing on-the-go. Trace the stencil shapes on the model sketch pages, then color, shade and add details to make a dream wardrobe of clothes, accessories, shoes and more. To see how easy it is to design with the book, watch the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_AruRk3x6c 



Maybe you think that it’s too early to launch a career in fashion. If that’s so, then go to www.ceciliacassini.com to meet Cecilia Cassini. When she was just six years old, Cecilia received her first sewing machine as a gift. She came to the notice of the fashion world when she was ten. Now at the age of 14, she’s designing for celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Sofia Vergara. 



And don’t think that you have to be able to draw to be a great designer. Ask an adult to help you download Edraw Max software (www.edrawsoft.com/fashion.php) and you can get started designing in minutes. The software is free to use for thirty days.