A famous designer was talking of his childhood memories on TV. He has two sisters and played together with dolls. He enjoyed making the doll’s dresses as well. It led him to the present job as a designer.
I also played with dolls and made the dresses as he did.
A popular US TV show was ,,,. About ten challengers competed with each other for the prize and honor. Two-three challengers were eliminated in each trial. The last one was an winner. Every week a competition for various professionals was broadcasted.
One of them was a competition with dress designers. They first drew the dress’s design and went shopping fabrics. They draped the fabrics on body, and fixed them on the body and made gathers and frills with pins, and cut them. Then they temporally sawed.
I remember I made simple clothes in home economics school-class. I have leaned dressmaking in a summer vacation when I was a student. I used patterns and cut fabric spread out on the table. I can not draw patters by my self or understand the curve of neck and shoulder, but I thought the method was a routine way.
However, the professional designers did not use patterns at all, but their methods were quite same as my methods making doll’s dresses. I think I had made many (doll’s) dresses since my childhood, with methods as professional designers do. I think I had a possible choice as a dress designer.
I already had a job during very long time The job was quite different from dress-design. I do not hope to become a dress designer from now. I do not regret my life, because I would have another job even though I could start my life again.
I think making dolls may be training the skill for dress designer. I would like to suggest people making dolls have a choice as dress designer.
