Synopses & Reviews
From finding inspiration to creating the final collection, this is the complete guide to putting together an attention-grabbing fashion portfolio. It follows the entire design process, covering research, quick sketches, silhouettes, mood boards, garment details, textiles, fabric manipulation, and draping experimentation. In addition to samples from professional sketchbooks, established fashion and accessories designers offer their personal insights on the job's highlights and challenges. A beautiful and practical book that helps readers get inside the designer's mind.
Synopsis
The book takes the reader through all the major steps of fashion portfolio creation. It features the main components of the design process from the identification of inspiration sources and fashion trends research to conceptualization of a complete fashion collection. The topics covered include mood/fabric boards development, creation of original and innovative textiles as well as fashion silhouettes and garment details development through extensive research, quick design sketching, fabric manipulation, and draping experimentation. Great original designs and illustrations by the author as well as design sketch samples by established designers are provided throughout. There are samples of sketchbooks from professional and emerging fashion artists. The book provides some insight from established fashion and accessories designers on the highlights and challenges of the creative process. It is a great professional reference for techniques in the portfolio development. A beautiful but practical book that provides useful techniques and helps the reader get inside the mind of the designer.
Synopsis
With digital technologies, anyone with a basic knowledge of both fashion design and computing can create 3D imagesandmdash;still and animatedandmdash;that realistically capture how fabrics will look and clothing will fit. Packed with tutorials and step-by-step instructions, this guide explores the far-reaching capabilities of 3D fashion software. It begins with the principles of working in three directions, and moves on to creating the mannequin avatar, garments, accessories, and textures. Case studies and the various software programs are covered in detail.
About the Author
Anna Kiper has been involved in the fashion industry for many years, as a fashion forecaster, designer, and more recently as a tutor. For the last 10 years she has taught fashion portfolio and concept development courses at Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, Parsons Paris, Pratt Institute, and Drexel University. Her first book Fashion Illustration: Inspiration and Technique (David and Charles) was a bestseller that was translated into 6 languages.