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Design: Fashion Design

Resources from the library and the internet about all kinds of design- from fashion to landscape to websites.

Online Resources

Career Profile
Fashion designer career profile from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Peterson's Guide
Authoritative guide to fashion-related Bachelor's and Associate degree programs.
Fashion.net
Advice on what skills and degrees are necessary to be successful as a fashion designer.
Basic Sewing Skills
Basic sewing skills from Popular Mechanics.
Joann - Learn to Sew
In-person sewing classes at Joann stores. NOT free, payment required.

National Sewing Circle
Sewing tutorial videos from the National Sewing Circle.
WikiHow - Fashion Sketching
Guide to fashion sketching basics from WikiHow.
Fashion Sketching for Beginners
How to draw fashion figures.

Library Resources

Fashion Design Drawing Course by Caroline Tatham; Julian Seaman (Editor)
Call Number: 741.6 Tat
ISBN: 0764124730
Publication Date: 2003-10-01
Fashion Illustration by Fashion Designers by Laird Borrelli
Call Number: 741.672 Bor
ISBN: 9780811863360
Publication Date: 2008-03-05
The Fashion Designer Survival Guide by Mary Gehlhar; Diane Von Furstenberg (Foreword by)
Call Number: 746.92 Geh
ISBN: 9781427797100
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Dance and Fashion by Valerie Steele (Editor)
Call Number: 793.3 Dan
ISBN: 0300208855
Publication Date: 2014-12-02
So You Want to Be a Fashion Designer by Atlantic Publishing Group
Call Number: Y 746.9202 McG
ISBN: 9781620232057
Publication Date: 2017-06-30
Passion for Fashion by Jeanne Beker; Nathalie Dion (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 746.9 Bek
ISBN: 9780887768002
Publication Date: 2008-03-11
Forties Fashion by Jonathan Walford
Call Number: 391.009 Wal
ISBN: 9780500514290
Publication Date: 2008-11-27
Fashion Designer by Patricia Wooster
Call Number: J 746.92 Woo
ISBN: 9781610801317
Publication Date: 2011-08-01
Fashion by Susan M. Freese
Call Number: Y 746.9202 Fre
ISBN: 9781617148002
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
The Teen Vogue Handbook by Teen Vogue Staff
Call Number: Y 746.9202 Tee
ISBN: 9781595142610
Publication Date: 2009-10-05
The Fashion Encyclopedia by Emily Angus; Macushla Baudis; Philippa Woodcock
Call Number: 746.9203 Ang
ISBN: 9780764167676
Publication Date: 2015-04-01
Encyclopedia of Embroidery from the Arab World by Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood; Bloomsbury Publishing Staff
Call Number: R 746.4409 Enc
ISBN: 9780857853974
Publication Date: 2016-04-07
Careers in Fashion by Bonnie Szumski
Call Number: Y 746.9202 Szu
ISBN: 9781601527042
Publication Date: 2014-08-01
Girl in Dior by Annie Goetzinger
Call Number: Y GN 746.9202 Goe
ISBN: 9781561639144
Publication Date: 2015-04-01
Fifty Dresses That Changed the World by Design Museum Staff
Call Number: 746.92 Fif
ISBN: 1840915382
Publication Date: 2009-11-01
The Dress Doctor by Edith Head
Call Number: 746.92 Hea
ISBN: 9780061450655
Publication Date: 2008-10-07
The Encyclopedia of Fashion Illustration Techniques by Carol A. Nunnelly
Call Number: 741.672 Nun
ISBN: 0762435763
Publication Date: 2009-05-12
Big Book of Fashion Illustration by Martin Dawber
Call Number: 741.672 Daw
ISBN: 9781849941389
Publication Date: 2014-03-04
Fashion Drawing for Dummies by Consumer Dummies Staff; Lisa Arnold; Marianne Egan
Call Number: 741.672 Arn
ISBN: 9780470601600
Publication Date: 2012-05-08
Fashion Drawing by Carolyn Scrace
Call Number: Y 741.672 Fra
ISBN: 9781912233687
Publication Date: 2018-04-03
Print, Pattern, Sew by Jen Hewett
Call Number: 646.4 Hew
ISBN: 9781611804621
Publication Date: 2018-05-22
The Savvy Seamstress by Nicole Mallalieu
Call Number: 646.4 Mal
ISBN: 9781617453113
Publication Date: 2017-12-07
Gertie's Ultimate Dress Book by Gretchen Hirsch
Call Number: 646.432 Hir
ISBN: 9781617690754
Publication Date: 2016-03-08

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