Fashion Design for Button Cuffs

Series Summary

Why design fashion for models? According to J.P. Prewitt, famous hand model of Bulova fame, models are genetically constructed to become something great: “They’re in peak physical condition. They can gain entry to the most secure places in the world. And most important of all, models don’t think for themselves. They do as their told.” It seems only natural for mothers to want their girls designing fashion and accessories for these legendary lookers. Because of the popularity of shows like Project Runway, fashion design has become a potential career readily consumed by our tweenagers and teenie-boppers. In this free fashion design and illustration video series, pro fashion designer Laurel Armstrong teaches you how to illustrate a variety of cuffs for new garments. Laurel covers French, flounce, ribbed and other varieties of cuffs for women's fashion, giving tips for design and illustration. Each variation is discussed and coupled with various attitudes or genres of fashion.

Video Transcript

"We are going to do a cuff drawing and the first one that we are doing is called a button cuff. A button cuff does not necessarily from your interpretation have to look like mine. I did a basic drawing but your interpretation, should you design something with a button cuff, you need to have buttons, plain and simple, shows you right there. What I have done is show you a button cuff in an exaggerated version that is kind of old timey looking just to get the point across that you do have to have buttons for to call it a button cuff. That's it, that's the whole point and in order to draw that you need right angles so you use a T square which I didn't bring, my bad and you draw a right angle. Because I put so many buttons on it it is going to be a rectangle, it is going to be longer on the sleeve and you're going to have it, think about your cuffed collared shirts that you have that button. They button on the side, that is why the line is not down the center, the line is down the side signifying that that is a side view. Your line down the center would fall on the top of your wrist if you were going to draw it like that that would signify that it is on the top of the wrist. Should that be your idea in your direction you want to go so be it, do that but if you want to show a traditional button cuff in how a regular shirt is worn you are going to have to draw it like that."