The Curvy Fashion Design Book: A Library of Silhouettes & Style Details for Drawing Flat Fashion Sketches

Have you always wanted to design a clothing collection that completely reflects your style? It all starts with getting those designs and ideas out of your head and onto paper.

Whether you are making a fashion design portfolio or sewing for yourself, the better you can draw, the better you'll visualize your designs before they come to life.

This book will teach you how to sketch and design clothes for curvy or plus-size women. It will guide you through the process with free step-by-step videos (through QR codes). More than 40 free videos linked through the book teach you how to design, sketch, and render your fashion sketches.

The entire book is a mix-and-match library of sketches to assist you in creating your designs. You select the parts you want. For example, choose one neckline, sleeve design, and dress silhouette to create a unique style.

This book contains flat garment sketches. A flat sketch is a 2-dimensional visual of how the garment looks from an overhead perspective when it is flat on a table. Flat sketches are more accurate in the design proportions, helping the designer envision the style and plan the sewing process.

Except for the few extra blank pages to add to your library, this is not a sketchbook where you draw your designs inside the book.
There are two methods of using this book:
1) As a template for tracing;
2) As a reference to see how to draw the designs.
If you are a beginner, the tracing method is beneficial until you understand the proportions. Use this book in conjunction with tracing paper or thin marker paper for this method. Place the tracing or marker paper on the style details and silhouettes to draw your designs. As you become more advanced, you will likely move onto the second method of simply referencing the sketches as needed and draw without tracing.

This is the curvy version of the book, which is suitable for women’s US sizes 12 and up (EU sizes 42 and up). There is a standard version of the book, which is called The Fashion Design Book, and that is suitable for women’s US sizes 0-10 (EU sizes 30-40). Search for The Fashion Design Book if you prefer that option. Both books have the same content, just different sizes.

Many styles show examples of how to draw design details. Get creative with what is here. Mix and match as you like. Your designs will start to flow once you begin.

Gina Renee has been working in the garment industry since 2003, when she graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City (NYC). Directly after graduating with a fashion design degree, she worked in high fashion in NYC, fitting beautiful gowns and tailoring women's suits. After living in NYC for five years, she moved to California, where she worked for two leading action sports clothing brands, creating snowboarding outerwear and surfing boardshorts. In 2012, Gina moved to Germany, where she worked as a freelance patternmaker and started Gina Renee Designs, an Indie sewing pattern company. To view her sewing pattern collection and download her patterns, visit www.GinaReneeDesigns.com. She has lived in Switzerland since 2014, where she led a talented team of patternmakers and developers at a well-known European sportswear brand. In 2022, she decided to go full-time with her business, teaching about patternmaking, fitting, and designing. With this, Gina has found her true calling by sharing all the information she learned while working in the garment industry. Her main task while working in the garment industry has always been to develop quality clothes that fit well. She has fitted tens of thousands of garments during her career. Gina has fitted numerous top-performing athletes from several different nations. Several have won gold medals in the world's highest international competitions while wearing garments she fitted for them. Gina has always loved the technical side of fitting, and her goal is to help you achieve the perfectly-fitting clothes you dream of. She is also the creator of The GRD Method(TM) of patternmaking and designing. GRD stands for Gina's name. Her online course, "Making a Moulage - The GRD Method(TM)," gives you a solid foundation in patternmaking from which you can design the clothes of your dreams. The online design course "Define, Design, & Love Your Style - The GRD Method(TM)" teaches you how to create an entire collection that flatters your body type. The course "Mastering Garment Ease - The GRD Method(TM)" shows you how to execute pattern corrections before cutting a fitting sample so that you have fewer fitting frustrations. More information can be found at www.GRDMethod.com or at www.GinaRenee.com. Gina grew up in Colorado and is a nature-girl by heart. She is happy to be living near nature once again in Switzerland. During her free time, she enjoys hiking, swimming, and cycling in the beautiful Swiss Alps. And let's not forget her most important hobby - sewing!