Haute Couture Fashion Illustration Resource Book: How to draw evening dresses and wedding gowns (Fashion Croquis Books) - Softcover

Ivanova, Irina V

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0984356037 ISBN 13: 9780984356034

Publisher: Art Design Project, Inc, 2018

Synopsis

A professional fashion illustration resource for couture, evening, and bridal design

This book is designed for fashion designers, illustrators, and advanced students who need to illustrate evening dresses and wedding gowns accurately, efficiently, and with an understanding of garment construction.

If your work involves haute couture–style garments, bridal gowns, or one-of-a-kind evening wear, this book provides a practical visual system to support your design and illustration process.

What this book helps you do

• Illustrate complex dress silhouettes without starting from a blank figure

• Focus on garment design, structure, and detailing rather than basic figure drawing

• Work faster using ready-to-use fashion croquis templates

• Develop and refine ideas through clearly organized visual references

This book is intended as a working design resource, not a decorative art book.

What is included in the book

• 18 professional fashion figure templates
  (front, back, side, and three-quarter views; still poses and mild movement)

• 700+ original freehand illustrations

• A structured visual library of:

  • Dress silhouettes and gown types

  • Sleeves, necklines, waistlines, hems, and trains

  • Drapery, pleats, gathers, flares, ruffles, and cascades

  • Bridal and evening-wear accessories, including veils, headpieces, and hair details

All illustrations are created with attention to sewing logic, fabric behavior, and couture construction principles.

How this book is best used

• Select a figure template and sketch directly over it

• Combine silhouettes and design elements to develop original garments

• Use the drawings as reference when refining proportions, structure, and details

The book supports design development and visualization, helping you move from concept to clearly articulated garment ideas.

Important clarification for readers

• This book is:
  A professional illustration reference for fashion design and garment development

• This book is not:
  A coloring book, a beginner drawing course, or a step-by-step figure-drawing textbook

Basic familiarity with fashion drawing is helpful.

Part of the Fashion Croquis Books series

This title belongs to a series of professional fashion design resources focused on drawing as a practical tool for apparel design.
About the author:
Irina V. Ivanova is a trained fashion designer, professional illustrator, and educator, and the author of a series of practical fashion drawing and design resources used by designers and students worldwide.

Edition details

• Publisher: Art Design Project, Inc
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0984356037
• ISBN 13: 9780984356034
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 261