This compendium contains a wealth of information about fashion design and illustration that will prove of much interest to today's sewing enthusiast. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings and diagrams. Contents Include: Designing and Planning Clothes; Designing and Decorating Clothes; Dress Decoration and Ornament; Costume Design and Illustration; A Manual on Figure Drawing & Fashion; Costume Design. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
"How to Draw Women's Wear" is a hands-on, actionable guide to fashion drawing for busy fashion professionals who want to develop a highly productive drawing process; for fashion students who are in the process of developing their drawing style; and for clothing designers who want to make illustrations properly interpreted by all team members. The book focuses on drawing by hand (pencil and black marker), demonstrating methods and techniques of illustrating clothing and structural elements of design. Created for visual learners; the book contains virtually no text, only captions. The book includes a collection of fashion drawing templates for main women's wear figure types allowing you to focus on apparel drawing to illustrate clothing the way it is actually designed. Avoid mistakes in clothing design illustration; the book includes a special section with dos and don'ts of garment drawing. The book combines features of a reference book, a visual guide, tutorial, and template book. Figure templates, garment templates, terminological references, step-by-step drawing demos, sketching examples illustrating a progression of an idea from a sketch to completed illustration: all are parts of the same book. Irina V. Ivanova is a fashion designer by trade, a classically trained visual artist, and an experienced educator. "How to Draw Women's Wear" is the latest book in the Fashion Croquis book series.
In this essential primer, renowned sewing expert Adele P. Margolis offers step-by-step instructions for creating your own garments. Featuring over 200 how-to line drawings, this guide covers the fundamentals of dressmaking and fashion, including how to select patterns and materials, alter designs, and hand-stitching and sewing machine basics.
The fast and easy way to learn the art of fashion drawing This fun guide gives you dozens of step-by-step diagrams that walk you through the process of preparing creative illustrations that you can later develop into dynamic presentations for your design portfolio. Plus, you'll not only learn how to draw clothes and fabric, but also how to show details that make up the total look: faces and hairstyles, fashion accents, and a wide variety of textures. If you're an aspiring fashion designer, you know it's essential to be able to draw, prepare, and present a fashion drawing. Whether you have little or no prior drawing experience, Fashion Drawing For Dummies gives you easy-to-follow, non-intimidating instructions for mastering the drawing skills you need to design like a pro. Learn the rules and techniques of fashion drawing Draw the fashion figure in different poses and from multiple angles Discover how to complement your drawings with accessories, clothing, and style If you're a fledgling designer looking for non-intimidating guidance on learning the ins and outs of fashion drawing, this friendly guide has you covered!
A concise, topic-by-topic guide to acquiring and perfecting the drawing skills necessary for fashion design, concentrating on the female form. Ideal for those who want to apply themselves professionally to fashion design, and for all enthusiasts of drawing the human body.
How to draw fashion figure: Essential figure drawing techniques for women's wear designers Draw a fashion figure from scratch. Learn how to change any figure template by making simple transformations. Save time and effort on the fashion figure drawing process. The book is a collection of techniques and methods which allow you to: - draw accurate fashion figure with less stress and with minimum effort - modify proportions and body style of the figure - create multiple figures of various styles from the same croquis No previous figure drawing knowledge and skill is required for this book. Beginners: Jump start your drawing process: skip tedious typical figure drawing routine. Find the method which works best for you. Develop your drawing style with practice. Professionals: Explore the flexibility and effectiveness of methods described in the book. Practice the techniques of converting one style into another: mix and match practical methods described in the book. With this book you will learn: How to draw figure styles and proportions o for plus size fashion figures o for maternity designs o for runway model figures inspired by “haute couture” style o for fashion design projects with “nine heads tall” croquis How to create a basic female fashion figure from the beginning, without using any templates: o learn “cutting method” create a fashion figure using paper cutouts o learn “freehand drawing method” create a fashion figure by drawing with a pencil o learn how to manipulate figure by adjusting cutouts into different proportions o learn how to modify poses and movements in the figure template o learn how to combine cutting and freehand drawing methods for better results Book offers additional resources on: · face drawing · hands drawing · gallery oh hairstyles Before you buy the book, please make a note that: · The book is for womenswear designers: there is no children’s figure or male figure study in the book. · The book focuses on essential, standard, fashion design relevant poses and movements. · The book is all about drawing a figure: we do not study apparel drawing in this book. If you are looking for resources on apparel drawing use other Fashion Croquis books from the same book series. · We do not offer figure drawing templates in this book. This book helps you to create your figure template. If you are looking for pre-drawn, ready for use figure templates for fashion, we suggest you use other Fashion Croquis books from the same book series. About the author: Irina V. Ivanova is a fashion designer and visual artist: the creator of the Fashion Croquis book series. Book condense years of teaching experience and illustration practice. Irina’s classic figure drawing training combined with professional fashion design education and experience makes her an effective teacher for fashion figure drawing. 20 + years of teaching college-level courses on Fashion illustration and Figure drawing made this book possible. The book “How to draw fashion figure” by Irina V. Ivanova offers you a collection of practical, easy to use, original figure drawing techniques which you do not find in a typical fashion drawing book.
Complexity made easy! Illustrate Haute Couture style dress or bridal gown without unnecessary stress and mistakes. This book is for everyone who designs, illustrates, or works with "haute couture style" fashion. If you need to illustrate wedding dresses, evening gowns, one of a kind outfits loosely covered by the term "haute couture," this book is for you. With the Haute Couture Fashion Illustration Resource Book, you will Be more productive. The book is for busy professionals who value their time and effort. The book includes figure drawing templates, so you do not have to draw your fashion illustration from scratch! Select a croquis from the book and sketch over it. Jumpstart your project! This book breaks through creative blocks by offering ideas of dress silhouettes and inspiring step-by-step drawing demos. Be focused on the practical aspects of fashion design. You need to illustrate your dress with an understanding of sewing and fabrics. All illustrations of the dress elements in this book were created with the expert knowledge of Haute Couture construction. Learn how to draw accurately. All drawings in this book are simple pencil drawings with step-by-step demos, making it easier to see the illustration process. Learn visually. Are you a visual learner? Then this book is for you! The book has almost no text, just terms, and captions. The Haute Couture resource book is not a book to read; it is a tool to practice. Stay focused on details. In many cases, Haute couture-style dress is all about intricate details. To draw complex design elements accurately and fast could be an intimidating task, and this book contains a series of clearly depicted details. It is easier to get your project done with this book on your desk. In the Haute Couture Fashion Illustration Resource Book, you will find 700+ hand-drawn pencil illustrations collection of dress silhouettes with examples and analytics 18 haute couture style figure templates basic terminology of wedding dresses and evening gowns step by step drawing tutorials gallery of dress elements such as necklines, sleeves, hemlines, waistlines, trains gallery of headwear details such as veils, blushers, hair decorations, and flowers collection of structural elements of dresses and gowns such as cascade, drapery, gathers, pleats, ruffles, flares Save time and effort and achieve professional-grade results with the Fashion Illustration Resource Book. This book will be equally valuable to advanced designers and novices in fashion illustration.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
