Accompaning CD includes printable .pdf files for sourcing, professional design presentation, and class notes.

A one-step, HOW-TO, resource for introductory Fashion Design study. Provides the fundamentals required to quickly grasp the skills for success in a highly competitive industry. Packed with vital information, tips, templates, tools, techniques, inspiration and over 600 illustrations and images. Includes CD-ROM with design templates.

Shows how the design process can be successfully applied to satisfy market needs and trends Fashion design seems to be a glamorous mystery for which only the fortunate few have sufficient talent to succeed. In reality, commercially successful results can be achieved if the right processes are followed in the early design process. Fashion Design sets out basic principles and exercises in order to make fashion design a logical process, providing a framework from which they can expand your skills steadily. Fashion Design, 2nd Edition: Shows how the design process can be successfully applied to satisfy market needs and trends Has a problem solving approach, with practical design projects and portfolio exercises to encourage readers to develop their innovation, experimentation and versatility Pays special attention to computer-aided design (CAD) and employment opportunities, including an overview of what is involved in studying and becoming a designer in the contemporary fashion industry.

Designing a final degree collection is a fashion student’s first chance to approach the reality of the industry. This handbook provides a step-by-step guide to creating this collection, with each chapter exploring a different stage of the project: from understanding the brief and identifying the market to research, development and sampling, through to garment design, range planning, and styling and presentation. Richly illustrated with 350 colour photographs, the book builds on the skills learnt by students during their degree course and throughout the creation of their capsule collection. The accompanying case studies, featuring inspirational work by fashion students from 18 top fashion schools around the world, illustrate every stage of the process and showcase new talent. The book will be accompanied by a CD containing 15 additional student case studies.

Research, be inspired, experiment and concretize your fashion collection projects The first volume of ""The Fashion design process” series, Creative paths lays the base for the creative process today in the fashion world. Numerous techniques and tools can help one develop ideas, stimulate methods of thinking... and create. Look at things differently, research freely, without restrictions, take time to experiment, be conscious of the context in which you must express your creativity. This is a thought process of a creative person on an every day basis. ABOUT THE AUTHORS After studies in graphic design in Maryse Eloy school of arts, Armelle Claudé also study interior design in Camondo. There, she discover a passion for fashion and graduate from ESMOD, ready-to-wear course. She start as assistant for Nathalie Garçon during 3 years and then work for brands like Bill Tornade ; Gérard Pasquier ; 1, 2, 3 or Ellesse as freelancer. In 2001, she found, with Éric Rabiller, a creation and consulting agency Rose pour les filles, bleu pour les garçons ... She also share her passion with the new generations, teaching in parisian fashion schools. Éric Rabiller discover his fashion passion through architecture. Graduated from ESMOD he worked for luxury haute couture and leather goods for brands like LVMH, Rihcemont or The Limited in the USA. He also designed ready-to-wear men's accessories. In 2001, he found, with Armelle Claudé, a creation and consulting agency Rose pour les filles, bleu pour les garçons ... He also teach fashion drawing.

From the first sketch to handling a prototype, Fashion Design: The Complete Guide is an all-inclusive overview of the entire design process. This second edition begins with an exploration of fashion in the context of different histories and cultural moments, before fashion designer, and educator John Hopkins walks you through fashion drawing, colour, fibres, research methods, and studio must-knows such as pattern making, draping and fitting. You'll also learn how to develop your portfolio and practice as a professional designer. Each of the six chapters ends with activities to help you hone your skills. Interviewees include Stefan Siegel (founder and CEO of Not Just A Label), Maggie Norris (Founder of Maggie Norris Couture and former designer at Ralph Lauren), Samson Soboye (Creative Director and Founder of Soboye Boutique) and Jessica Bird (a fashion illustrator, whose clients include Vivienne Westwood and matchesfashion.com). With discussion of the evolving role of social media and the practicalities of incorporating sustainability at the centre of the design process this is an essential text for any aspiring fashion designer.

This latest edition helps aspiring fashion designers understand demographics, psychographics, and the role of advertising; learn how to create a unique design vision through ethnographic research; develop a collection from first concept to finished project on the runway; see how to build a career in fashion, and more.

Offers information on fashion design and sketching along with several sketching projects, including contemporary fashion trends, fashions from history, and custom designs.

Whether their dream is to become the next hot runway designer, develop their own clothing line, or simply combine their artistic skills with a love for fashion, the tips, tools, and step-by-step projects in Fashion Design Workshop Drawing Book & Kit provide budding designers with everything they need to draw an assortment of fashions. Artists will learn to render a variety of fashionable contemporary styles, including a classic red dress, a bohemian outfit, sporty athletic wear, and casual jeans paired with a t-shirt. Also included is plenty of inspiration from past decades and iconic styles, including a Renaissance-era dress, ’40s swing, ’50s rock ‘n’ roll, and others. The project book opens with an overview of the included tools and materials, as well as an introduction to basic fashion design drawing techniques, such as figure proportions, rendering textures, drawing various poses, and tips for rendering details. Aspiring fashion designers and illustrators will find everything they need to create the stylish projects in the book using the materials provided, including a drawing pencil, eraser, 6-double-sided colored pencils, 8 fine-line markers, loose-leaf drawing paper, and pre-printed fashion pose templates corresponding to the projects inside, which artists can photocopy for continued use and endless creative designs.