Fashion Design: An Indispensable Guide: All The Details Fashion Designers Need To Know But Can Never Find

Description

An essential primer for students and first-stop reference for professionals, Fashion Design: An Indispensable Guide takes the fashion designer through the entire design process, from conceiving a garment to marketing it. This valuable handbook contains the information and ideas essential to planning and executing fashion projects of every scale and distills them in an easy-to-use format that is compact enough to slip into a tote. Linking six central phases in the cycle of fashion-research, editing, design, construction, connection, and evolution-Fashion Design: An Indispensable Guide helps designers develop effective strategies for building a cohesive collection and communicating their vision.

Author description

Jay Calderin teaches a wide variety of fashion and professional development courses at the School of Fashion Design in Boston, MA, where he is also the Director of Creative Marketing. He founded and serves as Executive Director of Boston Fashion Week. Calderin's designs have appeared in the pages of Vogue and Elle magazines. Laura Volpintesta teaches fashion illustration, presentation and concept development at Parson's New School of Design. She resides in New York City.