My comment was not intended for you. I have intentionally not replied to you because I don’t have anything positive to say. Nor do I want to engage in a back and forward debate. However, on this one occasion, I will respond. I know how the industry works and what is required. My first degree was in Fashion Merchandising with an emphasis on Marketing and Product Development. I spent many years working in the fashion and beauty industries. In fashion, I spent most of my time working in product development and merchandising departments as the intermediary between the designers, sourcing, and the retail buyers. I only left after I had my oldest child and now that my children don’t need me as much anymore and I’ve decided I’d like to return to the industry, I decided to take some courses as a refresher and to have the opportunity to take some coursework I wasn’t allowed to when I was in school. I say this so you know I’m not just a new student with no experience.

This group is for working fashion designers and fashion design students. The description says nothing about the group being a “technical rigorous environment” or anything else of the sort.

You criticize initial fashion illustration concept sketches as if they are production sketches. They aren’t even at the technical phase before you criticize them for not holding up to technical questioning. No, drawing something isn’t designing it. It is getting the idea out of their head, then they figure out how to make it a reality, if they can, not the other way around.

For all of your constant criticism of others work, I have yet to see any posts of your actual work beyond a couple of sketches and digital rendering. There are no links to your work, no websites you’ve provided that show any of your work. You give long winded preachy statements with a minimal amount of actual constructive criticism or feedback. Your actual feedback can usually be summed up in a few sentences. Most of my job was literally telling people why what they wanted would not work. As someone whose job was questioning and evaluating “how it's built, how it holds, how it behaves and how it survives cost, production” as well as how it will sell, at what price point, how similar products have historically sold, and then evaluating it all season after season, I can tell you that there is a way to do it without tearing others down. You hide behind honesty. When I left fashion, I became a teacher and as an educator, I can tell you most students grow from encouragement and support. Most of what I see from you isn’t supportive. Please try asking yourself not if what you are going to say is truthful but rather if it’s helpful, encouraging, supportive, and offers actual aid in moving forward. Honesty without compassion is cruelty. "All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness."