Fashion Design Course: Accessories: Design Practice and Processes for Creating Hats, Bags, Shoes, and Other Fashion Accessories

Schaffer, Jane

ISBN 10: 0764147544 / ISBN 13: 9780764147548

Published by Barron's Educational Series, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fashion Design Course: Accessories: Design Practice and Processes for Creating Hats, Bags, Shoes, and Other Fashion Accessories
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764147544
• ISBN 13: 9780764147548
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 30 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

A guide to fashion accessory design covers the process of research and development; design principles; construction techniques; and information specific to handbags, footwear, and millinery.

From the Inside Flap

(back cover)
Design principles, construction techniques, and professional practices for aspiring designers and start-up businesses.

A detailed introduction for fashion design students to the growing market sector of accessory and footwear design.

A comprehensive overview of the design process takes students through the fundamental principles of research, design, and development.

Explains the core techniques and processes, specialist terminology, and tools of the trade.

Opens with a general section explaining fashion design principles and processes common to all categories

Follows with chapters dedicated to handbags, footwear, hats, and small leather goods

A concluding chapter describes courses, careers, and trade fairs

Jane Schaffer studied at the London College of Fashion, after which she was apprenticed to Philip Somerville--milliner at the time to the Queen and Princess Diana. She subsequently moved on to create her own label, making and designing hats for emerging new talents. She now teaches at the London College of Fashion and has developed several successful accessory courses.

Sue Saunders is the footwear Subject Leader and B.A. Course Director for Cordwainers at the London College of Fashion. For over 20 years she worked as an in-house shoe designer. Her shoes appear frequently in leading fashion publications, including Vogue.