Fashion design : process, innovation & practice

✍ Scribed by Munslow, Janine; McKelvey, Kathryn

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 237
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Shows how the design process can be successfully applied to satisfy market needs and trends

Fashion design seems to be a glamorous mystery for which only the fortunate few have sufficient talent to succeed. In reality, commercially successful results can be achieved if the right processes are followed in the early design process.

''Fashion Design'' sets out basic principles and exercises in order to make fashion design a logical process, providing a framework from which they can expand your skills steadily.

''Fashion Design, 2nd Edition'' Shows how the design process can be successfully applied to satisfy market needs and trends Has a problem solving approach, with practical design projects and portfolio exercises to encourage readers to develop their innovation, experimentation and versatility Pays special attention to computer-aided design (CAD) and employment opportunities, including an overview of what is involved in studying and becoming a designer in the contemporary fashion industry

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Contents
Title
Copyright
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Analysing the Brief
Innovation
Quickstart Exercise
Research
Inspiration
Direction
Observation
Trends
Sub-Cultures --
Street
Fashion & Art
Fashion Forecasting
Design Process
Development
Colour
Texture
Silhouette
Proportion
Understanding Fabric
Innovative Developments in Fabrics
Construction
Shirt
Blouse
Dress
Bodice
Skirt
Jacket
Coat
Trouser
Sleeves
Collars
Prototypes
Flat Pattern Cutting
Embellishment
Pleating
Specialist Markets
Sportswear
Lingerie
Accessories
Knitwear
Collections.