How to Design a Tennis Dress
Female tennis players once wore white, full-length dresses on the court. However, tennis dresses have evolved to be shorter, more colorful and more fitted, allowing women to move more easily on the court and make a fashion statement. Designing a tennis dress is about creating an outfit that combines your personal style with practicality. Update your tennis wardrobe by designing your own custom tennis dresses.
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Find inspiration for your tennis dress design. Search fashion and tennis magazines to see what silhouettes, colors, fabrics and details you like and might want to incorporate into your design.
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Decide on a fabric you want to work with. The fabric you choose will greatly impact how it will be designed and sewn. Cotton and Dri-Fit fabrics work best for tennis dresses.
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Choose features for your tennis dress. Consider whether the dress will be sleeveless or short-sleeved, pleated or not pleated, short or long and so forth. The features you choose depend on your sewing abilities and the level of tennis you play.
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Sketch out dress design concepts with a pencil in your sketchbook. Draw several variations of dresses so you can better see what looks good and what is going to be most manageable to sew. Color your designs with colored pencils to really see the full effect.
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Choose which of your sketches will make for the best tennis dress. The best design will be one that can be transformed from a concept into reality. That is, the design must be practical and manageable, and it must meet your tennis-playing demands.
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Take your design sketch to a fabric store and begin -- and enjoy -- the process of creating your custom tennis dress.
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