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Caftan one piece pant-suit with decorative yoke, boots and bracelets. Gouache and pencil illustration by Laura Volpintesta

Kaftans, Kimonos, “Roots of Fashion Design” sketching and construction class

Caftans, Kimonos, Circle Skirts, and Dirndls Kaftans Kimonos Roots of Fashion Laura Volpintesta FashionIllustrationtribe FUNDAMENTAL sustainable CLOTHING PRINCIPLES Since (even before) the very beginning of my career, I’ve been fascinated by kimonos, caftans, saris, togas ponchos, and all sorts of “original” clothing created with minimal cutting of the cloth. THE ORIGINAL SUSTAINABLE FASHION. It’s zero […]

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Museum Visit: Seydou Keita, African Fashion and Photography

Let’s explore fashion, beauty, cultura and history through the photography of Seydou Keita. Remember the Claire McCardell Museum Visit post? Remember the Agatha Ruiz de la Prada Museum Visit? Did you enjoy Tamara de Lempicka’s luscious paintings and carefully sculpted forms? I love a day at the museum, and strive to remember that fashion is, or can

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Sketching Fashion Figures in Profile

Sketching Fashion Figures, or any figure, in profile, always seems to present unique challenges. The most common problem is that the figures become too thin when rotated into profile, and that we don’t understand what the anatomy is doing. I’m here to help you with that today. There’s also a video in this post, to

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Fashion Portfolio Elements

FASHION PORTFOLIOS: what do I need? Hello Gorgeous Visionaries! A crop of new videos up on my YouTube channel suporting fashion portfolios. Informational and inspirational, a fashion portfolio MUST BE INSPIRED, above all! You want to show what you know, how you think, how you see things through, how you solve problems, how you present things,what your taste is like, how

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The New Fashion Draping Book and Fashion Figure

I eagerly unwrapped my review copy of the newly released Draping, the Complete Course by Karolyn Kiisel on Laurence King Publishing, a few months ago. (Hang in here, the juiciest part is at the end 🙂 It sure shows how many years have passed since I taught sophomore draping at Parsons in New York, 1997-2001… when

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Maternity hight Fashion Beverly Peele in Azzedine Alaia Lace dress

Maternity Fashion Tips and Ideas

High Fashion Maternity Fashion Design Illustration and Model Drawing At the bottom of this page (and here on my dedicated pinterest board for maternity figures and pregnant fashions) you’ll find some pregnant models to practice sketching from. I created these boards for designers and fashion design students who need quick reference and access to models

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#FashionFilter: Fashion Ethics Issues

Hello TRIBE! I miss you! I’ve been busy registering and prepping my pilot run of 12-week Fashion Design Semester online course and it’s been eating up a lot of my time. I am so EXCITED as I’m connecting with each new student and meeting new artists and designers from around the world. Pinch me,

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