Spring 2022 Fashion Show Gone Dogon: CLO3D CAD

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Fashion Design Spring 2022 CLO3D CAD

I was inspired by the Dogon of Mali and their Dama harvest celebration, with boldly colored costumes and striking masks. I created this capsule collection in honor of this amazing tribe, which has had knowledge of Sirius A, B, and C before modern technology made it even possible to discover the hidden stars within the cluster.

All of the prints and designs are my own original designs and are subject to copyright.

Spring 2022 Fashion Show Gone Dogon by Perry Uwanawich in CLO3D
Spring 2022 Fashion Show Gone Dogon by Perry Uwanawich in CLO3D 6.2 3D Autocad software. All Prints and Designs original artwork of Perry Uwanawich and Subject to Copyright.

I wanted to literally represent the color palette of the dogan costumes and straw-like fringe they wear as clothing and accessories on their arms, wrists, and ankles while translating into fashion through feathers, pleats, and draping. I also wanted to incorporate the Pantone Color of The Year for 2022, Very Peri. I was able to edit the avatar’s skin tone to a rich brown, and think it came out beautifully although the inclusivity is wanting.

I used CLO3D’s 3D CAD software, version 6.2, to compare it to my recent testing of Marvelous Designer 11′s release. CLO3D and Marvelous designer are both created by the same company, CLO, but Marvelous Designer is used for video games and 3d rendering specifically, and CLO3D is used for fashion designers as it also allows for grading and pattern making, outputting tech packs and JSON files. I feel as if there were considerably fewer collision issues with CLO3D versus Marvelous Designer, which is interesting.

My complaint with the CLO3D and Marvelous Designer software is that it’s still more difficult to construct garments in 3D than it is in real life- particularly when you’re creating the structure-providing undergarments over which you’re draping other layers of fabric- it would not take as long to make a real petticoat and overskirt as it does in CLO. You’re forced to simulate, then click and drag the fabric to make it drape or hang realistically. Another issue, at least with the trial version, is that there aren’t enough ethnicities, and I wish I could’ve had black models instead of having to modify white ones to fit my collection.

See my Marvelous Designer capsule collection inspired by my people, the Gypsies, Rom, Les Gitans, or Gitanos, and their migration across the globe at 3D CAD CLO3D Fashion Show Fall.

Published by Perry Uwanawich

Perry Uwanawich is an American fashion designer and illustrator- AuricWear.com; fashion, beauty, and lifestyle blogger at Subversive.Style; and Spirituality Lifestyle Blogger at TheGypsyMystic.com. Perry has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from The Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, two certifications in Fashion Design and Industrial Sewing, and has a background in graphic design, marketing, journalism, and fashion design. Perry Uwanawich launched two fashion collections, the first called Deity Greek Wear, while enrolled full-time in college, and the second in 2020 called Auric Wear available at AuricWear.com and on Etsy. While pursuing a Certification in Fashion Design, Marketing, Public Relations, and Photography, he became the Parsons Teen Vogue Ambassador and created multimedia content which was included in the course. He completed another Certification in Industrial Sewing and was placed as an Industrial Sewing Machine Operator in a Rhode Island mill, working in production sewing for Military, Bags, and Medical Health industries. Perry Uwanawich has worked in retail, acted as a graphic designer for multiple brands creating graphic prints for screenprinted garments. His marketing experience spans several industries from Fashion to Media, Medical Billing to the Medical Field- he's created graphics, logos, digital and print media assets, designed and managed websites (HTML, XHTML, CSS, WordPress…), managed social media accounts, and created marketing campaigns and ad campaigns which drove significant traffic in the local and national markets for respective industries. He has experience with photo and video editing, re-touching, motion graphics, and also worked as a freelance makeup artist working in Beauty as well as SFX makeup.

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