This book showcases the fashion sketches of sixty contemporary fashion designers, selected for their extraordinary talent in the art of illustration. The drawings of world-famous designers such as Christian Lacroix, Sonia Rykiel and Yves Saint Laurent appear, as well as the work of up-and-coming visionaries including Roksanda Ilincic, Jens Laugesen and Tuleh. Their fashion drawings display a wide range of creative techniques and approaches: from refined and elegant sketchwork, through colourful and cartoon-like imagery, to amazingly accomplished draftsmanship. All the artworks featured are guaranteed to amaze, enlighten and inspire anyone interested in fashion or illustration.

introduction

3.1 phillip lim

aitor throup

alena akhmadullina

anna molinari by rossella tarabini

antonio berardi

antonio ciutto

badgley mischka

bas kosters

basso & brooke

betsey johnson

boudicca

bruno frisoni

bruno pieters

burfitt

chapurin

christian lacroix

christian wijnants

christopher kane

costello tagliapietra

denis simachev

doo.ri

elise overland

gary graham

generra by pina ferlisi

giambattista valli

gianfranco ferre

giles

gilles rosier

givenchy by riccardo tisci

gustavo arango

hall ohara

hanuk

herve l. leroux

isaac mizrahi

james thomas

jens laugesen

jorgen simonsen

karl lagerfeld

michael vollbracht

molly grad

peter som

ramirez

richard chai

rodarte

roksanda ilincic

sonia rykiel

stephen burrows

susan cianciolo

terexov

tibi

tsumori chisato

tuleh

veronique leroy

walter van beirendonck

wunderkind by wolfgang joop

y&kei water the earth

yoshikazu yamagata

yves saint laurent

zandra rhodes

zang toi

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