New York Trend Week Fall 2025 – Christopher John Rodgers (Picture credit score: Fashionista.com)
Should you’re a fashionista like me, watching runway reveals throughout trend week all the time will get me pondering, “how’d they make that”? Then I ask myself, “let me see whether or not we’ve a lesson at College of Trend for that exact design element, approach or silhouette”?
Throughout New York Trend Week Fall 2025, I used to be not solely impressed with the work of designer Christopher John Rodgers, however noticed many design particulars, strategies and silhouettes that we will train you learn how to create.
SHAWL COLLAR
Scarf Collar by Christopher John Rodgers’ (Picture credit score: Fashionista.com)
Scarf collars are all the time a beautiful design element when used on blouses, attire, jackets and coats. We’ve the proper lesson to show you ways: Drafting a Scarf Collar & Variations.
REIMAGINED BALLOON SKIRTS
Picture of Christopher John Rogers’ balloon skirt silhouette
The balloon, bubble or puffball skirt is outlined by its voluminous silhouette and has appeared in numerous trend eras particularly throughout the 80s. This time it’s again with an amorphous, extra artistic edge. Discover ways to drape this look in our lesson: Artistic Draping- Strapless Taffeta Gown.
RUCHING & WAIST GATHERS
Christopher John Rodgers’ ruched bodice & waist gathers (Picture credit score: Fashionista.com)
Ruching is a design approach that entails gathering cloth alongside a seam to create texture or dimension. Studying what the suitable gathering or shirring ratio for a specific cloth is vital to the result. These UoF classes will present you ways ruching is finished on a bodice and learn how to plan for gathers on the waistline: Artistic Draping – The Artwork of Ruching and Gathered Skirt with Waistband.
BIAS COWL & HIP WAIST GATHERS
Picture of Christopher John Rogers’ bias cowl neckline & hip waist gathers (Picture credit score: Fashionista.com)
Mastering the bias reduce is an artwork kind. Understanding which materials, when reduce on ‘true bias’, create one impact, whereas ‘garment bias’ creates one other. These are subjects lined in our lesson, Bias Cowl Shirt. The rules of making a gathered hip waist look contain shirring ratio and gathering strategies. These abilities are lined in our lesson, Yoke Dirndl Skirt.
Hopefully these pictures and lesson solutions won’t solely demystify varied strategies, however will encourage you to create your personal variations primarily based on Christopher John Rodgers’ brilliance.