New York Style Week Fall 2025 – Christopher John Rodgers (Picture credit score: Fashionista.com)
When 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 now have a lesson at College of Style for that exact design element, method or silhouette”?
Throughout New York Style Week Fall 2025, I used to be not solely impressed with the work of designer Christopher John Rodgers, however noticed many design particulars, methods and silhouettes that we will educate you how one can create.
SHAWL COLLAR
Scarf Collar by Christopher John Rodgers’ (Picture credit score: Fashionista.com)
Scarf collars are all the time a stunning design element when used on blouses, clothes, jackets and coats. Now we have the proper lesson to show you the way: 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 several trend eras particularly in the course of the 80s. This time it’s again with an amorphous, extra inventive edge. Discover ways to drape this look in our lesson: Inventive Draping- Strapless Taffeta Gown.
RUCHING & WAIST GATHERS
Christopher John Rodgers’ ruched bodice & waist gathers (Picture credit score: Fashionista.com)
Ruching is a design method 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 the way ruching is finished on a bodice and how one can plan for gathers on the waistline: Inventive 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 matters coated in our lesson, Bias Cowl Shirt. The rules of making a gathered hip waist look contain shirring ratio and gathering methods. These abilities are coated in our lesson, Yoke Dirndl Skirt.
Hopefully these photos and lesson recommendations is not going to solely demystify varied methods, however will encourage you to create your individual variations based mostly on Christopher John Rodgers’ brilliance.
