This book is the first basic guide for aspiring fashion designers. It fully explains the fundamental concepts surrounding the business of fashion design from both a creative and marketing perspective. Designed as a flow chart; the book walks the reader through the steps necessary when developing a collection and highlights the key points in the process; from the genesis of an idea through to the production of a final design. A complete reference; this book also includes a listing of the major fashion schools around the world; and illustrates the paths taken by some of the most distinguished designers that got them where they are today.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Another Excellent Book by David OrrBy Erin SilvaJust about anything David Orr writes or on which he collaborates; is excellent. This book can point architects in a responsible direction if they will let go of their egos and understand the ecological implications of their work. I also recommend two of his other excellent books; THE NATURE OF DESIGN; and HOPE IS AN IMPERATIVE; The Essential David Orr.5 of 15 people found the following review helpful. A Babbled of Green FieldsBy Kevin KillianWho could dispute David Orrs central contention that we need to continue making buildings that can sustain themselves; so called "green architecture;" and that theres no better place to start than at home. His is an impassioned voice that occasionally reaches the oratorical heights of a Thoreau or a Lewis Mumford; and his account of the events leading to the opening of Adam Joseph Lewis Center at Oberlin (Ohio) is worth reading from the viewpoint of agitprop alone: it is the green equivalent of THE CRADLE WILL ROCK.Alas; it lacks music altogether; and some of its purpler passages should have gotten the red pencil. And while they had the pencil out; they might also have marked up some of the endless and dull passages about persuading this one; selling the idea to that one; many Ohio and government worthies who seem to have stepped out of an early Sinclair Lewis novel. In most cases Orr doesnt mind giving himself the heroic role; but hes the man and we might as well acknowledge it. Hes not only the hero; hes the Jeremiah of his own legend. His writing style is accessible: not for Orr the theoretical flourishes of his kinsmen. In fact he harbors a certain contempt for the jargonheads; even ones who share his preoccupation with the green. He has a telling anecdote in which a San Francisco cosmopolitan; invited to give a speech; turns place into an abstraction and bewilders a room full of hardworking Ozark peasant women who give her a grim glare of blankness. These were women who lived; as opposed to the San Francisco woman who could only speak. He quotes Lao Tzu with a certain wry approval: "One who knows does not say and one who says does not know."In that case he knows and says everything that needs to be said. With the Lewis Center slated to open shortly; we will see the first colleege built building capable to sustaining itself since the original Oneida Foundation in upstate New York during the Transcendental years commemorated by Hawthorne in his BLITHEDALE ROMANCE. Yes; the cost of making such a building is higher than your ordinary strip mall; but in the long run its the strip mall thats going to cost us more; and as Orr points out; costs decline geometrically as more and more buildings go green and the technology is shared by many. Plus he prevailed upon numerous foundations who were swayed by his appeal and his honesty. His book ends up paraphrasing Wendell Berry to the effect that "to live; we must daily break the body and shed the blood of Creeation. When we do this knowingly; lovingly; skillfully; reverently; it is a sacrament." I wouldnt put it that way myself; but at the heart of the matter; Orrs on the side of the Lord.
