New York Style Week Fall 2025 – Christopher John Rodgers (Picture credit score: Fashionista.com)

Should you’re a fashionista like me, watching runway exhibits throughout vogue week all the time will get me considering, “how’d they make that”? Then I ask myself, “let me see whether or not we’ve got a lesson at College of Style for that exact design element, approach 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 tips on 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, clothes, jackets and coats. We now have the right 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 several vogue eras particularly throughout the 80s. This time it’s again with an amorphous, extra artistic edge. Learn to drape this look in our lesson: Inventive Draping- Strapless Taffeta Costume.

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 essential to the end result. These UoF classes will present you ways ruching is completed on a bodice and tips on how to 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 lower is an artwork type. Understanding which materials, when lower 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 pictures and lesson ideas is not going to solely demystify numerous methods, however will encourage you to create your personal variations based mostly on Christopher John Rodgers’ brilliance.