What are some good resources to improve ones ability at costume

>>3090388
Real life references

/cgl/ /fa/ /his/ /tg/ /a/ sometimes /v/

>>3090388
Having a grasp on real-world fashion helps a lot

>>3090412
That's what I'm here for. I figure there has to be some decent material out there from fashion designers about the principals of fashion and costume design.

>>3090412
>>3090422
What's a good place to get started to learn those? My clothes taste is literally edgy 13 years old tier

>>3090422
>>3091281
go on /fa/

>>3091285
/fa/ has notably and objectively shit taste in fashion over all, somewhere good please

>>3091311
books idiot

>>3091318
which books, anon

which ones

If you mean the bare design and not the actual method of drawing clothes then i think simple observation is best. Google images and results works perfectly fine.

Break down what you see and try to find the things that make it distinct. Pay attention to where the parts are sown together and see them as distinct parts, imagine mixing and matching parts

If you want to design shit thats not just more of the same then look at obscure/non western cultures. Persian, medieval Russian, Scythian, whatever the fuck. Modern high fashion has some wacky stuff too that might create inspiration.

>>3091619
At the moment I'm using rhythm and contrast in design. If something is tight it should be followed by something loose, if it is bland it should be followed by something flamboyant.
http://images.library.wisc.edu/HumanEcol/EFacs/MillineryBooks/MBEllsworthTextiles/reference/humanecol.mbellsworthtextiles.i0011.pdf
I also found this PDF on the subject but it's somewhat of a difficult read. Still, I was able to pull a bit of information out of it.

I use references at the moment but I want to get better at fantasy design,the last bit of your post addresses that pretty well though.