The dress is one of the most important garments a designer will create for their collections. A single dress can describe an entire clothing line and designers voice. There are hundreds of ways in which to design and wear a dress. For this assignment, you will be learning the basic vocabulary for different styles of dresses, including neck types and skirt types in order for you to better be able to understand and describe your designs.  

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Assignment # 1
Google doc assignment on google classroom.

1. Go online and find an image of a casual dress and find an image of a formal dress. Paste both those images into this slide.
2. Describe the casual dress. Talk about the color, pattern, shape, style, fabric etc.
3. Describe the formal dress. Talk about the color, pattern, shape, style, fabric etc.
4. What kinds of occasions do women wear casual dresses? 
5. What kinds of occasions do women wear formal dresses?
6. Based on how you described the two dresses, what makes a casual dress casual?
7. Based on how you described the two dresses, what makes a formal dress formal?

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Assignment # 2
You are to complete the following example worksheet of different types of dresses. Find examples of each kind of dress on google images. It can either be a photo of just the dress (flat) or it can be on a model. Your choice. 
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Google slide assignment on google classroom!

Tutorial Below: If using photoshop

examplesheet.pdf
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Assignment # 3: Casual and Formal Dress Design

You are to draw what would be considered a casual dress on your model! It must include the following:

1. A full design head to toe including hair and shoes.
2. It must be fully inked and colored.
3. There must be at least ONE ADDITIONAL ACCESSORY that adds to the look. (hat, handbag, etc)
4. You must label your designs with the following information: style of dress being as descriptive as possible and the event/ occasion that the person is going to wearing it,