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The Bauhaus school of design was founded in Weimar Germany in 1919. During its years of operation, the goal of the school was to bridge the gap between art, design and industry. The apparel industry is always changing, with designers looking for both inspiration and processes of design to create new, unique designs. The study identifies several ideas that came out of the Bauhaus school, from both published documents and works created by the faculty and students. Three original designs were created using ideas such as geometric precision, truth to materials, ease of production and functionality. Each design focused on one of the mentioned ideas and attempted to remain close to the ideals of the Bauhaus. After individual exploration with materials and concepts, the three designs were created and judged against the ideas identified as basic Bauhaus ideas. Although not all ideas were encompassed in each design, the primary goal of each design was successful. Some areas had to be sacrificed due to the unique medium of apparel, that is, for fit, proportion and aesthetics. It was discovered that knowledge of construction and knowledge of materials (fiber content and fabric structure) contributes to better, more practical designs. The Bauhaus ideas were found to be practical for designing apprel.