Illustrating Fashion [Illustrated] [Paperback]

The most important skill that fashion students need to communicate their ideas is the ability to create their own fashion illustrations. Many students of fashion have little or no drawing experience to equip them ot illustrate fashion designs and concepts. Those who have tend to adopt a formulaic way of working which can narrow their approach to design. This inexperience can be the main obstacle to fulfilling their potential and they need to learn how to create effective illustrations fast. This contemporary and highly effective textbook sets out everything fashion students need to master essential teachniques. (Publishers Weekly)

The most important skill that fashion students need to communicate their ideas is the ability to create their own fashion illustrations. Many students of fashion have little or no drawing experience to equip them ot illustrate fashion designs and concepts. Those who have tend to adopt a formulaic way of working which can narrow their approach to design. This inexperience can be the main obstacle to fulfilling their potential and they need to learn how to create effective illustrations fast. This contemporary and highly effective textbook sets out everything fashion students need to master essential teachniques.

In clear and easy-to-follow steps, this highly effective textbook sets out everything that students need to know to produce competent and visually exciting illustrations. It is suitable both for class use and self-teaching, and shows how to create lively fashion illustrations of men, women and children. Examples of the media available and different drawing techniques are presented in a student-friendly form, with detailed explanations of how to represent fabrics, create and use templates and stencils, and make specification and working drawings. The presentation in this new edition has been updated throughout, using modern software techniques, the resource drawings now have a more contemporary look, and coloured illustrations are included for the first time. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Students of fasion design need to learn how to produce competent and visually exciting illustrations in order to communicate their ideas. In clear and easy-to-follow steps, this highly effective textbook sets out everything that students need to master these essential techniques. It is suitable both for class use and self-teaching, and shows how to create lively fashion illustrations of men, women and children.

Examples of the media available and different drawing techniques are presented in a student-friendly form, with detailed explanations of how to represent fabrics, create and use templates and stencils, and make specification and working drawings.

Specialist areas such as sportswear, maternity wear and accessories are also covered, with many examples from contemporary designers using both traditional drawing techniques and CAD.

Kathryn McKelvey is a Senior Lecture at the University of Northumberland at Newcastle, teaching on the fashion market and multimedia degree courses. She graduated in 1982 and worked in the fashion prediction industry in New York as an illustrator/designer, before commencing an academic career. 

Janine Munslow is a Senior Lecturer in fashion marketing for the BA (Honours) degree course at the University of Northumberland at Newcastle. After graduating in 1979 she worked as a fashion and textile designer in London for three years before setting up her own design label partnership, Guerrilla Farm, wholesaling in Europe, USA and the Far East and with established retailing outlets in London.