How to make A Chiffon Skirt for Ballet

For the most part, a chiffon skirt is merely one layer of a tutu. Here is a how-to article I recently had published on EHow. Check out my other articles as well. There are more than just clothing design and sewing articles. Make sure to click on the references section in each article, these are the sources of information used for the article and go into greater detail about the topic of interest.  
     

How to Make a Chiffon Skirt for Ballet

See more "how-to" videos:

  Draft a Basic Bodice,  Convert Bodice into Blouse,  Rotate a Shoulder Dart

Men are also subject to eating disorders from pressure to be "perfect".

"To get the abs, male models have to starve, binge, booze, suck sweets, slap on fake tan and be Photoshopped"  -The Sunday Times; "You too can´t have a body like this" by, Peta Bee; May 11, 2010
When we hear about eating disorders we think that mainly women are affected. Men are also under great pressure in the fashion industry and go to dangerous lengths to look fit. Here is an article. I was unaware of the sometimes deadly practices used by male models.

Read the full article. 

Color Theory the Color Wheel

Here is a short video about color theory. It is for web designers but color theory is the same for any kind of design.

Color Theory 101

A good understanding of the basics of color theory is important for any designer be it a designer of  fashion, interiors, architecture, fine art, webpages, textiles, floral arrangements, landscapes, make-up application or anything else for that matter.

In primary school perhaps you were taught that red, blue and yellow are the primary colors and violet, green and orange were the secondary colors. This is true on a 12-color scale of primary, secondary and tertiary colors. This system is very limiting.  In reality primary colors would all be of the same level of brightness.  Yellow is much brighter than red or blue.

In design, the color systems are is as follows:

Subtractive Color System

In the subtractive color system colors are produced by subtracting light and when all colors are mixed the result is black.

Primary Colors: Yellow, Cyan and Magenta 
Secondary Colors: Red, Green and Blue (formed by absence of one of the primary colors)

Additive Color System

In the additive color system colors are produced by adding light and when all colors are mixed the result is white.

Primary Colors:  Red, Green and Blue

Secondary Colors: Yellow, Cyan and Magenta

Mixing of colors is done in the eye.






Notes of Interest:

• In color theory it is understood that there exist colors which are not visible by the human eye.  Just like a dog is only able to perceive colors on the white, grey, black spectrum, humans are only able to perceive colors in the primary, secondary, tertiary color spectrum.
• Pastels are made by mixing grey with any other color.

View an informative video about the color wheel.