Product Description

Organized into units that reflect required courses at leading design colleges, it contains 20 step-by-step exercises aiming to assist in finding inspiration, developing techniques of observation, and creating finished fashion drawings both in colour and in black and white. Separate sections are devoted to getting started and understanding figure proportions, planning and designing garments, and creating and assessing flat specification drawings. The book also features cross-references and a glossary of designer's terms.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11437 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

Fabulous book
When I was putting together my portfolio for my uni interviews I was advised to make a sketchbook of fashion designs as your final pieces of work usually lose a lot of life but a sketchbook shows your creativity and conveys your interest in the subject.
I had thousands of ideas for clothes but I was struggling to get my ideas on to paper mainly because I thought my drawings had to be perfect and to be honest my figure drawings aren't brilliant especially when I am only doing quick sketches. So I bought this book in the hope that it would help me out a little and it really has.
Being a textiles student I already knew about some of the things in the book like mood boards and trend forecasts and so on, but this book encouraged me to be creative and develop my own style. For example I had always used colouring pencils for all of my designs because I thought it looked neat and tidy but the book teaches you that anything can be used including paint, glitter, fabric, newspaper in fact anything you want.
This book has inspired me and given me so much confidence and it has helped me to make original fashion designs and to present my ideas in a creative manner.
Now every time I sit down to do some fashion sketches I always have this book close by just in case I need a little inspiration or some reassurance about my ability. I am very glad I got this little gem.

informative and interesting
an excellent book for students and those with an interest in fashion design. no prior knowledge of design is needed and is easy to understand.
clear illustrations and explanations, ideal for helping the creative juices to flow! a bargain price for such a high quality book

recomended!
I am a student currently studying Fashion/Textiles at University. Thisbook is fantastic for my course. It has detailed descriptions on drawingfashion designs and making the clothes fit the shape of the model. It is agreat buy for the price that is asked! go get it!