Fashion design is a process of investigating, researching and constantly questioning what you are doing and why. This book shows students and professional designers how to use visual research to develop a personal aesthetic as a fashion designer in a global industry.
The first section of this comprehensive guide demonstrates the research process underpinning the work of design icons from Coco Chanel and Jean Paul Gaultier to Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen. It reveals the many different areas ?of inspiration they draw on, from precursors such as Christian Dior's 'New Look' to traditional textiles from around the world.
The second section introduces a wide range of themes that often inform fashion design research, including vintage and retro, the use of archives and the influence of art movements such as op art and surrealism.
A series of detailed case studies investigates the research process in the work of designers such as Paul Smith, Comme des Garçons and Anna Sui, among others. Many visual examples are included and influences are analysed.
Topics include:
Historical Research Art as Inspiration Uniforms Heritage World ?Architecture and Fashion Nature and Science Denim and Workwear? Sportswear Zeitgeist Film Style Icons Street Style Concepts? Fabric Manipulation Colour Structure
Includes a foreword by Shelley Fox, Donna Karan Professor of Fashion, Director of the MFA Fashion Design and Society Program at Parsons The New School for Design, New York.
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