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Design and Communication… Do you FREEZE UP when you approach a blank page? Here we have a heart-to-heart…. sometimes we avoid what we most want or most need to do. This can be the video camera, the sketchbook, the illustration board, the fashion show, the portfolio, the radio broadcast, podcast, phone call…. There’s so much […]
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“Probably about 25 years ago, I hired Laura to teach at Parsons. She was excellent then, and has continued to innovate and expand as a teacher and as an artist. She’s without questions one of the best I’ve known” Pamela klein Fine Artist, Designer, fomer Chair at Parsons School of Design “To find a teacher
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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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I’ve been so busy lately creating new course offerings and getting ready for back-to-school at Parsons, while also trying to squeeze the last drops out of my summer with the kids, that I’m developing a PILE of news tidbits for you. Â Here’s the top of the pile. I’ll be making up for lost time with
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It’s your day to discover TAMARA DE LEMPICKA. Yes, it’s more of the usual. I wanted to throw a few instructional/inspirational pics up for you, and fell down a rabbit hole of art and women’s history! (notice the circular flare inserted into the hemline of this dress at knee level, and the sheen and deep
Tamara de Lempicka- Illustrating Fashion, Figure, and Form Read More »
 (remember last week’s post about color? I found these images of Ronaldo Fraga’s spring/summer 2015 collection the next day..cool, right?) At the end of this post there are lots of images. Scroll down to see several Sao Paulo collections. I guess I’m just going to share all of my secrets with you all! Sharing
Fashion Design, Research, and Sao Paulo Fashion Week Read More »
HELLO TRIBE, it’s “MUSEUM” time again! Viva Agatha Ruiz de la Prada!! In researching my book, the Language of Fashion Design, last year, I felt desperate to find designers like Agatha Ruiz de la Prada who felt joyful, innovative, fresh, vibrant, alive! Everything looks sooooo dreary in the fashion weeks around the world (especially the usual
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pencil drawing of a face with watercolor wash Laura Volpintesta Drawing Faces for Fashion (guide sheets and videos enclosed in this post) Â As a fashion design professor of 25+ years and having been a fashion student too, drawing faces is so important to me! FACES are incredible storytellers. Faces are communicators of the human in the sketch.
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A few things to remember for sure when you’re learning drawing, fashion design, or fashion illustration: (I reminding myself too, here, every day)… To enroll in a free beginner masterclass, just subscribe for email updates from Fashion Illustration TRIBE to begin a free journey first. TODAY< I’m inviting you join my “boost” course called “Everything but
Negative Shape, Proportion, and Plumbline: Fashion Illustration Course Online Read More »
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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