How to Draw Women’s Wear: A practical guide to fashion drawing for clothing designers (Fashion Croquis Books)

“How to Draw Women’s Wear” is a hands-on, actionable guide to fashion drawing for:
For whom is this book created: busy fashion professionals who want to develop a highly productive drawing process; for fashion students who are in the process of developing their drawing style; and for clothing designers who want to make illustrations that all team members accurately interpret.
The book is for visual learners; it contains virtually no text, only captions.
What is in the book: The book includes a section with dos and don’ts of garment drawing to help you avoid mistakes in clothing design illustration. The book focuses on drawing by hand (pencil and black marker), demonstrating methods and techniques of illustrating clothing and structural design elements. The book combines features of a reference book, a visual guide, a tutorial, and a template book. Figure templates, garment templates, terminological references, step-by-step drawing demos, and sketching examples illustrate the progression of an idea from a sketch to a completed illustration: all are parts of the same book. The book includes a collection of fashion templates for various women’s wear figure types, enabling you to concentrate on apparel drawing to illustrate clothing design.
About Fashion figure templates in the book: The book includes figure templates for 9-head-tall figures (a classic fashion design standard), 12-head figures (a junior size standard), Plus-size figures Maternity figures. All figure styles are presented in front, back, and side views in still poses and mild movement. All figure templates (fashion croquis) include main construction lines, such as the princess, bust, and hip lines, to ensure precision and accuracy in clothing design illustration.
About the author:
Irina V. Ivanova is a fashion designer by trade, a professionally trained illustrator, and an experienced educator.
In Irina’s Fashion Drawing books, she combines knowledge of making clothes, skills in art, and good teaching by explaining things clearly. These abilities make her the perfect person to create fashion drawing books.
Irina created the Fashion Croquis books and the Fashion Croquis Sketchbooks series. Sketchbooks series. “How to Draw Women’s Wear” is a part of the Fashion Croquis book series. Other books in the series include: Haute Couture Fashion Illustration Resource Book: How to Draw Evening Dresses and Wedding Gowns How to Draw Fashion Flats: A Practical Guide to Fashion Technical Drawing (Pencil and Marker Techniques) How to Draw Children’s Figures: A practical guide for fashion designers Children’s Wear Fashion Illustration Resource Book: Children’s Figure Drawing Templates with Fashion Design Sketches Men’s Wear Fashion Illustration Resource Book: Figure Drawing Templates with Fashion Design Sketches (Pencil Drawing Techniques) How to Draw Fashion Figure: Essential Figure Drawing Techniques for Women’s Wear Designers