10Sep
02Sep
Fashion Design Drawing – Working Drawings
In fashion it is quite usual to produce a series of rough sketches or working drawings in order to arrive at a design or collection proposal. This allows the designer to develop variations on an idea, before making a final decision about a design, whilst...
14Aug
The Fashion Figure – Croquis
Fashion drawings are frequently characterised by gesture and movement, both of which are ideally suited to exploration through drawing the fashion figure from life. Part of a fashion drawing’s allure is its seemingly effortless style, which is sometimes the result of a careful selection of...
25Jul
The Fashion Sketchbooks
Fashion Sketchbooks are the repository of a fashion designer’s ideas, observations and thoughts. Whilst there is no template for the perfect sketchbook (and they are not solely the preserve of fashion designers), a good fashion sketchbook should enable the designer to progressively record and document...
24Jul
The Fashion Sketching Process
Fashion sketching not only involves the act of drawing an initial idea but also the process of considering and developing the idea across the pages of a sketchbook. It is always best to have an idea of what you want to draw. This may sound...
13Jul
The Fashion Sketches
An understanding of the human body is integral to fashion sketching, which is usually the process of drawing the clothed figure on a stylised human form. To a lay person, fashion sketches can often appear abstract, energetic or even unfinished, but in fact fashion sketches...
10Jul
Rendering Tools for Fashion Design
The raw material of fashion design is fabric or textiles, terms that denote a multiplicity of beautiful yarns, fibers, colors, textures, smart synthetics, knits, organic cottons, and so on. Once your drawing accurately depicts the silhouette of your fashion design, rendering is the means by...
09Jul
