Encourages creativity, with illustrations to colour in and designs to finish off, as well as simple ideas for making and doing - how to make a sari, turn a napkin into a headscarf, dye a t-shirt, etcetera. This book features illustrations that span both vintage fashions and contemporary designs from the illustrator's own imagination.

A classroom guide and reference for those studying fashion design drawing. It contains 20 step-by-step exercises to assist in finding inspiration, developing techniques of observation, and creating finished fashion drawings. It also features cross-references and a glossary of designer's terms.

Contains experimental design ideas as well as experimental textile practice. This book offers exercises for design work and projects for finished textiles. It covers paper, felt, machine embroidery, recycling, hand stitch, working with and combining unusual materials, layering different media, working in three-dimensions and also in large scale.

A practical guide on how to build your portfolio so that you can successfully get into fashion design.

Showcases a selection of cutting-edge textile designs from all over the world, presented in feature interviews with the world's most visionary young designers.

Looks at the fashion history and celebrates the significant designers, developments and movements of various decades. This book chronicles influences from the arrival of the flapper to modern trends to plunder the past as well as cross-blend disciplines.

Includes interviews with Fashion Makers, from famous designers, founders of fashion labels to key figures that unveil the process that creates an alluring design, collection and brand. This book is suitable for fashion students, fashion professionals and those who want to know what makes fashion function.

Showcases the fashion sketches of sixty contemporary fashion designers, selected for their talent in the art of illustration.

As a fashion designer you must have an understanding of fabrics and what their properties are. For example, how fabrics are constructed, what they are made from and how they perform. This knowledge allows you to choose the right fabric for your designs. This title enables students with skills they need to make informed decisions on the fabrics.

The second title in a series on Fashion, this book covers the creation of accessories from the original design through to the manufacture and selling of the items.

Handbags have evolved into unique design pieces status symbols that many aspire to own. Featuring handbags from well-known fashion designers, this book showcases some of the most exciting and innovative handbag designers from across the globe, including Chanel, Dior, Prada and Louis Vuitton.

Collects together over 120 of the exquisite drawings Manolo Blahniks makes at the outset of the design process.

Suitable for any fashion student or designer who wants to create stunning fashion illustrations quickly but lacks either the time or the confidence to draw their own, this book provides the answer with over 200 figure templates: figures in movement, with attitude and in elegant poses - from a variety of angles and full-length poses, and more.

Guides the reader through the process of developing a collection, from initial research through to final presentation. This title teaches the process from initial design ideas through development of product to the final outcome and its exhibition and sale, and includes an overview of fashion collections through the eyes of fashion journalists.

Style City tells, for the first time, the story of how London became a style capital describing how fashion developed in Britain from the early 1970s, when designer fashion scarcely existed, to the present day.

Provides a comprehensive account of modern Chinese fashion since 1978. This book offers an analysis of the development of the Chinese fashion industry as well as an analysis of the relationship between dress, gender, identity and consumption in contemporary China. It is suitable for students of fashion and textiles.

Covers what students and practitioners of textile design may need to learn about designing and printing digitally. This title provides the know-how for students and professionals who wish to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator as design tools. It also features the craft of embellishment that is being used to offset the apparent flatness of print.

A visual journey through the decades, this book is suitable for those interested in collecting and acquiring vintage and also caters for the woman who is 'beyond fashion'. It provides an awareness of the fashion skills and techniques, as well as pointers on what to look for when sourcing original vintage pieces.