Product Description

This is a visual bible for fashion illustrators and graphic designers, giving an unprecedented variety of approaches for illustrating fashion with hundreds of stunning images. Illustrators from all over the world show a range of approaches, techniques and styles. With illustrators from Singapore to Italy, America to New Zealand, it is the ultimate resource for fashion expression. The chapters are arranged as follows: Introduction; Womenswear: seperates - knit, coats and jackets, eveningwear, couture, bridal, and lingerie; Menswear: Ts and shirts - outerwear, knit, casual, neckwear, smart, bespoke, and underwear; Childrenswear: babies - tots, juniors, tweenies, and teens; Youth Culture: music - clubland, tribes & vibes, street fashion girls, streetwise guys, and relationships; Sport & Leisure: gym - track, ball games, snow & ice, blades & boards, biking, and aquatics; Accessories: footwear - bags, headwear, eyewear, jewellery, techno, and umbrellas; and, Beauty & Glamour: grooming - cosmetics, make-up, and hair. It is an invaluable acquisition for students and college libraries internationally but it is relevant to all those involved in fashion and grahic design as fashion illustration continues its onslaught on today's media.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3703 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Karen Santry, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
`This is fashion illustration at its best, incorporating every
weapon of seduction. Hang on to hats and your wallets - these formerly
endangered artists are out to get you!'

S Magazine (Supplement to Sunday Express), 15th July 2007
No true fashionista is complete without a few good style books, and the latest from Anova is a must. Big Book of Fashion Illustration...contains hundres of stunning images.

Pride magazine, August 2007
Calling all wannabe fashion designers: the ultimate sourcebook for fashion expression is Martin Dawber's Big Book of Fashion Illustration. The images are varied and striking, and sure to get every fashionista salivating.

Customer Reviews

THE best ever
This is of the the most packed books so great value ...such a range of modern illustration...very inspiring.Lots of computer aided illustrations. In my top 5 fashion Ill books!

big book of greatness
A great sourcebook for illustrators, fashion designers and students. It features a vast range of styles and subjects with some hidden gem illustrators that won't be featured in any other books

inspiring and recommended to any designer or student designer interested in surface pattern and illustration
this book is filled with ideas from an array of techniques found in contemporary illustration. i would really recommend this to anyone interested in having a nice illustration book on the coffee table, or simply as a reference for inspiration.