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My professor insisted I ditch the zippers on my asymmetrical jacket design, and the final piece was way more fluid.
I ignored his advice for a week, but after seeing the bulky sample, I replaced them with hidden magnetic closures and the silhouette improved dramatically, so has anyone else been stubborn about a design element that a mentor was right about?
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rodriguez.skyler3mo ago
Mentors spot the bulky stuff early, trust it.
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joseph_murray83mo ago
Yeah but that's only half of it, @rodriguez.skyler. A good mentor spots the big problems, sure, but the real skill is knowing what to point out right away and what to let you figure out on your own. If they correct every little thing early on, you never learn to trust your own gut. Sometimes the bulky stuff is obvious to them because they've been there, but you need to hit that wall yourself to really get it. It's about balance, you know?
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shane24411d ago
Haven't you ever wondered if that "stubbornness" is actually a test? Sometimes mentors let you push back on purpose to see how committed you are to your own ideas. They know you'll learn more from a failed zipper experiment than from blindly following their advice. I bet your professor was watching to see if you'd fight for your vision or just cave. The fact that you eventually found a BETTER solution on your own proves you grew through that process. Maybe the REAL lesson wasn't about closures at all, but about knowing when to dig your heels in versus when to adapt.
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