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Fashion Design: The Complete Guide

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Fashion Design: The Complete Guide by John Hopkins offers an all-encompassing journey through the entire fashion design process. Starting with fashion's cultural and historical contexts, it covers crucial skills such as fashion drawing, colour theory, fibres, pattern making, draping, and fitting. The book also guides readers on developing a professional portfolio and career.

Featuring insights from industry experts including Stefan Siegel and Maggie Norris, this second edition addresses modern themes like social media's influence and sustainability in design. Each chapter includes practical activities to reinforce learning, making it a thorough resource for emerging fashion designers.
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This book is ideal for aspiring fashion designers, students of fashion, and creative professionals seeking a comprehensive introduction to both the artistic and practical aspects of fashion design.

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"From researching new concepts to incorporating sustainable practices into design, production and distribution - this is the ultimate introduction to the fashion industry"--

From researching new concepts to incorporating sustainable practices into design, production and distribution - this is the ultimate introduction to the fashion industry.

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From the first sketch to handling a prototype, Fashion Design: The Complete Guide is an all-inclusive overview of the entire design process. This second edition begins with an exploration of fashion in the context of different histories and cultural moments, before fashion designer and educator John Hopkins walks you through fashion drawing, colour, fibres, research methods, and studio must-knows such as pattern making, draping, and fitting.

You’ll also learn how to develop your portfolio and practice as a professional designer. Each of the six chapters ends with activities to help you hone your skills.

Interviewees include Stefan Siegel (founder and CEO of Not Just A Label), Maggie Norris (Founder of Maggie Norris Couture and former designer at Ralph Lauren), Samson Soboye (Creative Director and Founder of Soboye Boutique), and Jessica Bird (a fashion illustrator, whose clients include Vivienne Westwood and matchesfashion.com).

With discussion of the evolving role of social media and the practicalities of incorporating sustainability at the centre of the design process, this is an essential text for any aspiring fashion designer.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350116573

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 150 colour illus

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 208.0mm

Height: 268.0mm

Weight: 581g

Pages: 168

About the Author

John Hopkins is a principal teaching fellow of fashion design within the Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton, UK. He has previously worked as a fashion designer for prestigious British luxury brands such as Jaeger and Burberry.

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