Fashion Portfolio - by Anna Kiper (Paperback)

Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Art
Sub-Genre: Fashion & Accessories
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Batsford
Age Range: Adult
Author: Anna Kiper
Language: English

About the Book

From finding inspiration to creating the final collection, this is the complete guide to putting together an attention-grabbing fashion portfolio. It follows the entire design process, covering research, quick sketches, silhouettes, mood boards, garment details, textiles, fabric manipulation, and draping experimentation. In addition to samples from professional sketchbooks, established fashion and accessories designers offer their personal insights on the jobs highlights and challenges.

Book Synopsis

From finding inspiration to creating the final collection, this is the complete guide to putting together an attention-grabbing fashion portfolio. It follows the entire design process, covering research, quick sketches, silhouettes, mood boards, garment details, textiles, fabric manipulation, and draping experimentation. In addition to samples from professional sketchbooks, established fashion and accessories designers offer their personal insights on the jobs highlights and challenges. A beautiful and practical book that helps readers get inside the designers mind.

About the Author

Anna Kiper has been involved in the fashion industry for many years, as a fashion forecaster, designer, and more recently as a tutor. For the last 10 years she has taught fashion portfolio and concept development courses at Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, Parsons Paris, Pratt Institute, and Drexel University. Her first book Fashion Illustration: Inspiration and Technique (David & Charles) was a bestseller that was translated into 6 languages.