The Fashion Designer's Directory of Shape and Style: Over 500 Mix-and-Match Elements for Creative Clothing Design
(back cover)Over 500 mix-and-match elements for creative clothing designAn invaluable resource for dressmakers and students of womenâ€™s fashion design, this book presents more than 500 detailed illustrations that give you the building blocks for creating imaginative and original garments. The authors tell you how to research ideas, master construction methods, and choose suitable fabrics. They also offer inspired suggestions for embellishing your creations.Instructive illustrations provide an at-a-glance visual guide to scores of options for sleeves, necklines and collars, waistbands, pockets, cuffs, closures, and hems. Also shown are hundreds of shapes and styles for shirts, tops, skirts, pants, jackets, and dresses.All garment illustrations are designed to fit the outlined human figure on the fold-out flap. Using it as your guide, you can mix and match shapes from the directory to create original garments and prototype collections.Special feature: A comprehensive textile directory advises on using specialty fabrics such as silk, cashmere, and velvet. These fabricsâ€™ characteristics determine a garmentâ€™s final shape and fit.Simon Travers-Spencerteaches fashion design at Londonâ€™s prestigious Central St. Martinâ€™s College of Art and Design. He is currently developing his own label collection and acting as a trend researcher for a U.S.-based fashion forecasting agency.Zarida Zamanteaches at both Central St. Martinâ€™s and London College of Fashion, specializing in teaching womenâ€™swear fashion design. She has designed garments for a wide range of markets, including work for fashion houses of Fabio Prias, Joe Casely Hayford, Florence-based Enrico Coveri, and French Connection.