fashion design

Fifteen-year-old Angela Jenkins accepts Shayla Mercer's offer to make sure Angela wins the holiday fashion show competition, but she soon learns that the price of instant popularity can be very high.

We are on the cusp of a revolution, where the intersection of technology, the human body and everyday objects will become completely seamless. Smart textiles are a key part of this revolution. This is a survey of specific fabrics grouped by properties provides a core reference section and a palette for the designer to work from. The book also examines five different design approaches and features images and interviews with leading designers and design teams, showing their processes and working methods. This is the first book to look at this exciting and quickly developing area of technology through the eyes of a designer, this is both a core reference work.

This comprehensive guide explores all the fundamental sewing methods and introduces professional garment construction.

Provides information about the properties, characteristics, and garment potential of natural-fiber textiles and manmade fabrics; discusses responsible fashion design and terminology; and includes charts.

Providing a mix of practical information and the industry vocabulary, this reference book will help students gain a clear understanding of how to work with fabrics as an integral component of the fashion design process.

This easily navigable resource provides 125 swatches of most recognized and widely used varieties of fabric, including cottons, silks, wools and linens, to encourage consideration of not just the aesthetic appeal of various fabrics but also their structure, feel and weight.

A step-by-step guide to illustrating and envisioning fashion.

"This compilation brings together highlights from TASCHEN's Fashion Now! series to create a comprehensive overview of fashion design around the world at the start of the 21st century"--Inside dust jacket.

Presents the costume design profession with a guide book providing how-to information on research, collaboration, presention of sketches, and mastery of the techniques of costume design.

Presents a step-by-step to guide to fashion illustration, covering the fashion figure, fashion shapes, and garment details, and explaining how to draw women, men, and children, including posing the figure, developing the head and face, sketching accessories, and adding garment details.