Fashion Artist (Fashion Design Series)
by Sandra Burke
from Burke Publishing
Fashion Design Drawing Course
by Caroline Tatham
from Barron's Educational Series
A superb reference book and an ideal instructional textbook for classroom use, this beautifully illustrated guide is organized into units that reflect required courses at leading design colleges. Twenty step-by-step exercises cover methods of finding inspiration, developing observation techniques, and creating fashion drawings in both color and black-and-white media. 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 to its various art instruction techniques, a designerÂ’s glossary, and a helpful index. This book guides students through their first steps in fashion illustration, covering everything that is presented in the best college-level courses. It makes a fine starting point for all students of fashion, introducing them to fashion drawing as a first step toward a career as a creative costumier. More than 250 illustrations in color and black and white.
Creative Fashion Design with Illustrator
by Kevin Tallon
from Batsford
Classic Tailoring Techniques: A Construction Guide for Men's Wear (F.I.T. Collection)
by Roberto Cabrera
from Fairchild Books & Visuals
Essential Fashion Illustration
by Maite Lafuente
from Rockport Publishers
The second part of the book revolves around color and the different techniques with which one can work: watercolor, wax, pastel, and so on. All the drawings that appear constitute a brief exhibition of the changes that the fashion world has experienced and with this in mind a path has been laid which starts in 1900, illustrated in watercolors, and finishes in 2000, illustrated in pencil. The goal of this volume is to uncover the reader's desire to paint and to provide him with some of the secrets that will encourage him to do so. After all, experience is the most effective way to learn, whatever the subject.
Jacques Helleu and Chanel
by Jacques Helleu
from "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
Jacques Helleu is the eye behind the House of ChanelÂ’s enduring image, having explored the meanings of this legendary brand in daring commercials and fabulous print ads for the past 40 years. He has given tangible, glamorous shape to the essential mystique of ChanelÂ’s perfumes, by bringing together artistic luminaries (from photographer Helmut Newton, to director Baz Luhrman, to actress Catherine Deneuve, and countless others) and masterfully guiding the creative combustion that has resulted.
This beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated volume tells the story of Helleu’s vision. Stiletto magazine founder Laurence Benaïm’s foreword puts Helleu’s grand influence into perspective, and Helleu himself presents four decades of inspiration, arranged from A to Z in themes, including: Allure. Coco. Egoïste. Femme. Goude. Joaillerie. N°5. Newton. Penn. Proust. Rouge. Séduction. Style. Temps. Vitesse. Warhol.
Fashion: From Concept to Consumer (9th Edition)
by Gini Stephens Frings
from Prentice Hall
The Fundamentals of Fashion Design (Fundamentals)
by Jenny Udale
from AVA Publishing
Highly visual, stunning overview
* Covers the basics and the underlying principles
* What people wear and why they wear it
* Unique insights into working methods of design pros
Like the other titles in the Fundamentals series, this book offers an introductory look at its subject--with a sophisticated twist. This overview of fashion design has been created for students, but it will also appeal to anyone with an interest in what people wear and why they wear it. Sections include Pattern Construction and Cutting, Fashion Movements, Textiles, Creative Thinking, and Selling Clothes. With exciting visuals and clear text, The Fundamentals of Fashion Design uses detailed diagrams, historical references, and innovative layout to challenge readers to consider the underlying principles of fashion design.
Manolo Blahnik Drawings
by Manolo Blahnik
from Thames & Hudson
Manolo BlahnÃk's shoes inspire fanatical devotion. "Manolo BlahnÃk's shoes are as good as sex," Madonna has said. "And they last longer." Diane Von Furstenberg has more than eighty pairs; Paloma Picasso has been a fan since she was fourteen; Bianca Jagger and Kate Moss, to name just a few, are fellow addicts. For three decades, BlahnÃk's sense of the theatrical wedded to the finest materials and superlative craftsmanship have held the fashion world spellbound, and his creations have graced the catwalks of great designers from Yves Saint-Laurent to Isaac Mizrahi to John Galliano.
Here, collected together for the first time, are over one hundred exquisite drawings that BlahnÃk makes at the outset of the design process. These sketches are executed with such exuberance and deftness that they have become as sought after as the shoes themselves (they often fetch up to $15,000.00 at charity auctions). Inimitable in style, the drawings, beautifully reproduced in this book with special inks, vividly convey BlahnÃk's unique vision. Whether it's a Grecian sandal designed for Galliano, with a snake-like strap slithering up the calf, or an emerald- and bead-fringed satin mule, the seductive attention to detail in the drawings conjures up the shoe itself.
Illuminating introductions by Anna Wintour and Michael Roberts explore why Manolo BlahnÃk's shoes inspire such passion, and these are complemented throughout the book by the words of admirers including Suzie Menkes, Donatella Versace, and David Hockney. Michael Roberts also contributes a photographic essay showing BlahnÃk at work in his studio, making sketches, preparing the wooden lasts, and supervising the production of his shoes at his factories in Italy. A final "scrapbook" section includes Manolo BlahnÃk's own photographs of family, friends, and inspirational places. 150 illustrations, 120 in color.
Fashion Computing: Design Techniques And CAD
by Sandra Burke
from Burke Publishing
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