An abundantly illustrated guide providing the tips, tools, and knowledge that fashion enthusiasts need in order to design and express one-of-a-kind creations

People of different skill levels and backgrounds
find themselves drawn to the beauty and creativity of fashion design for
a variety of reasons, including the growing trend of “slow fashion.”
Many would-be designers soon discover, however, that envisioning
brand-new creations and conveying them to others can be a difficult task
for amateurs and professionals alike. This resource book presents
various methods for developing and
showcasing fashion design ideas.

Sharing a wealth of fashion know-how, this
guide offers
a comprehensive directory of various clothing items and
accessories, as well as an array of design variations
a discussion of design principles and suggestions for tapping into
readers’ own springs of creativity
a primer on textiles to inform design
decisions
tips and techniques to
express ideas through design sketches, offering lessons on proportions,
fitting, shading, and color
step-by-step instructions that show how to create basic renderings as well as stylized fashion
croquisboth by hand and with the assistance of software

Through
helpful images and instructions, this resource provides the tools
fashion enthusiasts need to successfully create and draw their own
designs.By Zeshu TakamuraZeshu Takamura is a fashion illustrator and fashion style researcher. A professor of fashion science at Tokyo’s Bunka Gakuen University and its graduate school, he is the director of the division of fashion graphics. Takamura is the author of several books, including Fashion Design Techniques (Schiffer, 2016). He lives in Tokyo.1,000+ color and B&W illustrations and imagesA Guide to Clothing Construction, Textiles, and Fashion Illustration1,000+ color and B&W illustrations and images