Fashion Sketchbook - This is an excellent and comprehensive book for all fashion design students who wish to learn the art of fashion illustration or for anyone who desires to perfect their skills.
As a fashion figure drawing instructor I suggest that if one’s budget only allows them to purchase a single book I would highly recommend this one. In addittion to the female croquis, it touches on the male and juevenile croquis as well as illustration techiques, flats and portfolio presentation.
Aspen: Aspen fits you to a T. What can be better than carving turns in the morning and hitting the cobblestone streets dense with designer goods in the afternoon? You revel in throwing on high-performance sports gear and pushing your limits. But afterward you’re likely to treat yourself to a little indulgence, whether it’s by bundling up in a cashmere throw in front of a fire or ordering an awesome bottle of pinot noir at a ridiculously good restaurant.
Fashion Zeitgeist: Trends and Cycles in the Fashion System - Although it is appealing to think that fashion turns away from conventions, is this really the case? Or are “pioneering” designs simply part of a cyclical revival of forgotten fashions? Looking at some of the most influential designers of the twentieth century–from Yamamoto to Gaultier to Lagerfeld–Vinken considers the politics and philosophies that have been the driving force directing their sense of style. Vinken shows how fashion trends are informed by the past. Chanel, under the direction of Karl Lagerfeld, is viewed as the only fashion house to have remained fresh after one hundred years, yet is this success essentially proof of the self-referential qualities fashion has adopted? What inspired the fetish for labels at the end of the twentieth century? Answering these questions and many more, this thought-provoking book shows how beauty, gender, sexuality, commerce, and dandyism have persisted in defining the fashion system.
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“Fashion Zeitgeist does not make the auteur and créateur the subject of discussion anymore, but rather the conditions of fashion themselves…Vinken is theoretical but also entertaining and informative. She shows how individual designers reject fashion dictates and make fashion a subject of discussion by examining it against the standards of haute couture.”–Die Tageszeitung
“The spectrum of international top designers whose creations reflect the Zeitgeist is shown in 13 brilliant and amusing detailed analyses.”–Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Fashion Sketchbook - This is an excellent and comprehensive book for all fashion design students who wish to learn the art of fashion illustration or for anyone who desires to perfect their skills.
Giorgio Armani, the Italian fashion designer, has said in a newspaper interview that he was prepared to sell his fashion empire. 
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