How to Create Your First Digital Prototype?
Learn how to create your first digital prototype, what software to use, and why digital prototyping is important in today's fashion landscape.
August 3, 2021
With 3D disrupting the world of fashion more than ever before, top fashion schools around the world are eager to gear up their students with the right skill set to thrive in a rapidly changing industry, from both a practical and environmental perspective. One of Israel’s most well sought after fashion institutions, WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education , recently incorporated Browzwear’s 3D fashion design software VStitcher into their third-year Natural Resources course, within the Fashion Design Program, to demonstrate how the implementation of digital tools enables designers to cut back on resource-intensive tasks and double down on environmental sustainability. Spearheaded by Shimon Amar , President of Wizo Academy, the institution passionately supports digital transformation across all faculties.
Through a combination of on-site intensive training led by Valentin Karabanov, Digital Fashion Designer and Lecturer at Wizo Academy, alongside Browzwear’s e-learning platform Browzwear University, the students took on the challenge of learning the basics of 3D garment creation in VStitcher and putting it into practice instantly, producing outstanding projects. With a heavy focus on environmental conservation, each student was asked to research a natural resource that they would base their collection on, such as plants, water, or solar energy, understanding the importance of its preservation. They would then create their collection using 2D sketches, selecting one outfit to develop in 3D CAD before producing the physical piece.
“To begin the process, we started by covering the basic concepts of 3D garment creation in VStitcher, from pattern making and colorways to creating accurately measured avatars that would represent the real-life model,” says Valentin. “As this was the students’ first time working with 3D in such a short timeframe, there were undoubtedly several challenges to overcome along the way. Nevertheless, the results were outstanding and it was a major success. ”
After the success of the first 3D apparel design project, the academy plans to introduce 3D design tools to first-year students in the upcoming year, enabling them to gradually build upon their skills and thus complete their studies with proficiency in VStitcher and embark on their careers with 3D under their belts.
Here are some of the students’ final designs, as created in 3D and showcased as physical garment:
“Toward the end of the course, it was clear that digital design brings so much opportunity for creativity that cannot always be found when crafting patterns by hand, not to mention the amount of time and resources that are saved throughout the process”
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