Laura from FashionIllustration Tribe

Laura Volpintesta BFA Parsons 1995, founded Fashion Illustration Tribe, an educational and community site for fashion design and illustration, after 15 years teaching Patternmaking, Draping, Sewing, and Illustration, Portfolio, Concept Development, Tech Design/Drawing and Model Drawing. Moved by a desire to "undo" the unrealistic proportions predominantly used in fashion art and to inspire fashionistas to get the skills to create their own images for fashion's future. Balancing technical and professional with creative, Laura's online courses and live workshops/ lectures inspire fashion designers from beginner to more experienced to look at sustainability, diversity, positivity and joy in their design processes, business models, images, and messages.

Top Recommended Books for Fashion Design

Here are my top 9 recommended books for fashion design!(video)   Hello Fashion Creatives!! I’m so happy you’re here. As a 25-plus years fashion design professor and former student, I’m finally, answering “that” question: 9  BEST BOOKS for students who are learning Fashion and Design and Illustration!!  Except- I’m revisiting this page about ten years

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Fashion School and Studio: Designing Fashion through Flats!

It’s time to take your ideas, your message, your feeling, your style… and bring it to life on paper…. Fashion School: Sketching Flats for Fashion Design (VIDEO LESSON ENCLOSED) In design studios, fashion flats are HUGELY important. Sketching illustrations with swatches in full color and posed models has its place and does so much to

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