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This comprehensive and long-selling manual, for many years a basic and indispensable tool for fashion designers and fashion design students, is specifically dedicated to the male figure in fashion design
List of contents
Index
Chapter 1 Drawing the male figure. Historical rules of proportion. Greek rules of proportion. The head. Facial features: The eyes, The nose, The ear, The mouth. Drawing hair. Light and shade (Light and shade close-ups of hats). The upper body. The arm. The hand. The leg. The foot. Using a wooden mannequin. The full body. The draping of folds on the clothed figure.
Chapter 2 The figure in fashion. The fashion figure. Multiple poses with a fixed upper body. Clothing the body
Chapter 3. Coloring techniques and styles. Adding color. Creating a range of styles: White tie, Black tie, Classic suits, Casual suits, Casual wear, Hip Hop, Street wear, Beach wear;
Chapter 4. Garment drawing and design. Technical drawings. Tailor's dummy. Basic darts. Different types of fit. Production sheet. Finishings and trimmings. Outerwear. Suit jackets and blazers. Formal dress. Shirts. Knitwear. T-shirts. Trousers. Jeans. Lounge and underwear. Footwear. Technical drawings for fashion books.
About the author
As a consultant, illustrator and stylist for different fashion companies, Elisabetta Kuky Drudi has planned and organized fashion shows and collections on an international level. She has collaborated as illustrator, fashion designer 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 designer with Emilio Pucci, Mary Katrantzou and MSGM. She is also the author of several bestsellers, Including 4000 Fashion Details and Figure Drawing for Fashion.
