Synopsis

Construction is the foundation of fashion design. It takes great skill to take a two-dimensional drawing and turn it into a successful garment—and now fashion designers can learn those essential skills, from Basics Fashion Design: Construction. With no-nonsense text and more than 200 color images, this book leads readers through the essential stages of creating a garment, from pattern cutting to construction and draping a mannequin, to finishes and haberdashery. Interviews with designers and other fashion-industry creatives from around the globe offer exciting insights into garment construction, from concept to execution.

Biography

Anette Fischer, a lecturer at the University College of the Creative Arts in London, teaches garment construction, pattern cutting, modeling on the stand, and tailoring. A consultant to the designer Julien MacDonald, she lives in the UK.