Presenting a fresh perspective on the basic principles and practices of contemporary drawing styles, this work describes the process of fashion drawing, offers advice on the selection of materials and media, discusses the stylized proportions of the fashion figure, and more.

Communicate your ideas and designs through a variety of sketches, drawings and expressive illustrations, with guidance from a seasoned professional. With more than 150 colour examples, John Hopkins takes you through the different styles, techniques and approaches to drawing in the fashion industry. This second edition offers advice on selecting appropriate materials and media, with examples demonstrating their different uses and applications. You'll also learn the theory and history of fashion drawing, and the range of styles used by contemporary designers, from quick sketches to sophisticated digital drawings. In addition to new interviews with designers and illustrators, a glossary, resources directory and revised templates, this edition also has exercises to get you pencilling your fashion figures, painting your collections and developing that all-important portfolio right from the start.

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!

Basics Fashion Design: Fashion Drawing presents a fresh perspective on the basic principles and practices of contemporary drawing styles, applied to a fashion context. The title takes a practical approach in describing the process of fashion drawing, offering advice on the selection of materials and media, through to their different uses and applications. It also considers the theory and history of fashion drawing, and the range of styles used by contemporary designers; from quick sketches to sophisticated digital pieces. This discussion is accompanied by interviews with designers and illustrators, a glossary, resources directory and templates.

This work guides readers through the theory and practice of fashion drawing. It provides a fresh perspective on the basic principles and practices of contemporary drawing styles, applied to a fashion context.

Emphasizes the style used for fashion illustrations and discusses basic anatomy, proportions and weight distribution, hand, feet, and face composition, and basic shapes for garments and accessories

"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.

Fashion Drawing is a comprehensive, practical guide to fashion drawing for students of fashion design. This second edition features brand new illlustrations reflecting developments in pose, presentation and digital design, plus guidance on creating technical flats. Step–by–step tutorials show how to create fashion drawings for women, men and children, and adapt them for different markets More than 1000 illustrations depict work from leading designers and illustrators revealing a wide variety of approaches Discover how to render fabrics, textures and effects, from faux fur and metallics to prints, woven and knitted materials Includes an illustrated glossary of garment and fabric details and an extensive resource section "A useful resource for both fashion students and home sewists looking to give their sketches a professional look." – Simply Sewing Chapters include: • Drawing Women • Drawing Men • Drawing Children and Young Adults • Zooming In • Working From Life • Drawing Garments • Production Sketches • Basic Garment Details and Silhouettes • Drawing Drape • Tailored Clothing • Rendering Shine • Texture, Patterns and Sheers

This stylish introduction to fashion drawing is aimed both at practicing designers who want to brush up their skills, and at wannabe designers and fashion enthusiasts who want to learn how to design, draw and illustrate fashion from scratch. User-friendly, accessible and stylish, this book is an ideal guide to the world of fashion illustration and design. Fully illustrated throughout, this book contains examples from a range of practising fashion designers and illustrators, and step-by-step illustrations showing how to get the best results. Beginning with the materials and equipment that readers will need, the book goes on to explain how to get inspiration and ideas and use a sketchbook to develop design projects, before moving on to the process of drawing fashion figures. Readers are guided through the process of drawing fashion figures, with step-by-step illustrations showing proportions, men and women, and a range of different poses (standing, sitting, walking etc). Noel Chapman is a fashion author, lecturer, consultant and designer who has designed clothes for Urban Outfitters, Tommy Hilfiger, Quiksilver and Galeries Lafayette amongst others. Judith Cheek is a fashion illustrator who trained at Central Saint Martin's School of Art and has worked for clients including M&S, the Conran Group, Viyella and Littlewoods.

The Fundamentals of Fashion Design discusses how a collection is formed, who it is designed for and how it is promoted. An overview of jobs within the fashion industry is included, supported by interviews with designers, stylists, photographers, buyers and agents. The visual material provided throughout the book aims to illustrate aspects of fashion design and to bring to life ideas explained within the text. Examples of work from talented designers and other creative people who work in the fashion industry are used to inspire and inform readers. Each 'fundamental' is supported by up-to-date theory, illustration and appropriate context to explain the underlying principles of fashion design practice.