Figure Drawing for Fashion Design, Vol. 1

The seminal guide to figure drawing for fashion design in a completely revised, updated and expanded two-volume edition.

Elisabetta Kuky Drudi has collaborated as an illustrator, fashion and textile designer with firms such as Baldessarini, Fuzzi, Hugo Boss & Hugo Boss Sport, Jean Paul Gaultier (Femme, Homme and Soleil and Joop. Currently she designs for various international fashion houses and collaborates as a technical knit designerwith Emilio Pucci, Mary Katrantzou and MSGM. She is author of "4000 Fashion Details", "Fabric Textures & Patterns" and co-author of "Figure Drawing for Men's Fashion" and "Lingerie & Beachwear".

CONTENTS. Introduction. FIRST MODULE. Canons of proportion and drawing the figure. Basic rules in drawing. Facial features. The nose. The ear. The mouth. The head. The torso. The upper limb. The hand. The lower limb. The feet. SECOND MODULE. The Figure in Fashion. From the Greek canon to the fashion canon. The imagined figure. The fashion figurine. THIRD MODULE. Pleats. The pleating system in clothing. FOURTH MODULE. Drawing techniques for fashion design. Colour Theory. Textile Design. Outfit and mini capsules. Bibliography.