Shoot photos / On model

Put the real product on the model. Keep the evidence in the frame.

The source garment is not a mood board. It is the contract. Photograph it clearly, name the parts that must survive, and build the pose and light around those facts.

Make it, step by step Copy the prompts

On-model fashion image created from separate garment references — Shirt, skirt and shoes arrive as references; pose, cast and light turn them into one photograph.

The point of view

Begin where the customer will look.

List the details that make the SKU itself: silhouette, color, print, trim, closure, sleeve length, hem, logo and construction. If the reference cannot show a detail, the generated image cannot verify it.

Use one clean product reference per essential item and one approved model reference. Ask for fit and layering in plain language—shirt untucked, trousers covering the shoe, top two buttons open—instead of burying the garment in aesthetic adjectives.

Make it

From blank page to a production-ready first set.

Work small until the cast, product and photograph agree. Then make the system repeatable.

01
Prepare the source
Use clean front and back product views when available. Separate colorways so a faithful generation does not become a faithful rendering of the wrong variant.
02
Name each reference
A ring is a ring, not “jewelry.” A dress is a dress, not “product.” Clear classes make the prompt and review legible.
03
Make the front master
Generate a straight, full-length front view first. Lock identity, background and outfit before adding movement or location.
04
Complete the battery
Add 45-degree, back, waist/detail and movement. Check every new view against the source, not against the previous generation.

Prompt book

Prompts you can actually start from.

Replace the placeholder IDs with your Astria references. Keep the factual product and identity instructions; change the creative language until it sounds like your brand.

Clean full-length on-model catalog result — Example result

Clean front view · 3:4

<faceid:MODEL_ID:1> woman wearing <faceid:SHIRT_ID:1> shirt and <faceid:TROUSERS_ID:1> trousers. Full-length front catalog photograph, arms relaxed, shirt untucked, trousers reach the shoes. Plain background #f5f5f5, large softbox, true color, natural fabric drape --background_color #f5f5f5

Why this worksThe prompt is short because the references carry the product. It spends words on fit and the repeatable set.

Layered reference fashion result from an Astria model benchmark — Example result

Layered look · 3:4

<faceid:MODEL_ID:1> woman wearing <faceid:JACKET_ID:1> jacket open over <faceid:TOP_ID:1> top with <faceid:SKIRT_ID:1> skirt. Three-quarter standing view, jacket fully visible, top hem visible, skirt waistband unobstructed. Soft off-white studio, camera at waist height, accurate garment shape, trims and colors. Avoid copied room backgrounds, changed closures, extra layers or missing products.

Why this worksVisibility clauses stop one garment from quietly swallowing another.

Full-length fashion model in motion — Example result

Movement frame · 4:5

<faceid:MODEL_ID:1> woman wearing <faceid:DRESS_ID:1> dress and <faceid:SHOES_ID:1> shoes, walking toward camera at an easy pace. Keep the exact neckline, sleeves, print, hem and shoe shape from the references. White daylight studio, 50mm lens, fabric moving naturally, same model identity and body proportions.

Why this worksMotion is added only after product and identity are locked.

Choose the tool by the photograph

There is no single “best model.” There is a best next move.

Nano Banana / Gemini

Reference composition and edits

A strong default when a model and several product references need to meet in one image.

Seedream 5

More complex reference stacks

Useful for layered outfits, but still split overloaded looks into passes when details compete.

Recraft 4.1

Casting only

Use it upstream to create an original model face, then bring that approved identity into the product workflow.

Model availability changes. Astria added Recraft V4.1 in May 2026; check the current model catalog before production. See Astria changes

Show me the money

The front master buys down the rest of the collection.

Solve one representative SKU before launching the whole assortment. Once cast, background and fit grammar are approved, every neighboring SKU starts closer to finished.

Fewer full-look reshoots for late samples
One treatment across product and lookbook
Reusable fit instructions by garment class

See the work

Inspect the inputs beside the result.

America Basics shows the product references, a finished full look, and the reusable template that joins them.

Build it with Astria Skills

The craft can live in your workflow.

The open-source Astria skills turn these methods into guided work with the Astria CLI. Read the skill, adapt the judgment, and keep every generation reviewable.