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Book Description
The photograph has long been the medium of fashion, but contemporary illustration is transforming how the industry is presented. Fashion Illustration Next presents the work of nearly forty artists from around the world whose work is changing the way we see fashion, free of model worship and the cult of the photographer. Though it is no shock that the new generation of illustrators makes abundant use of digital media and techniques, the surprising array of results -- from high-sheen artifice to fantasy collage to work that looks like "old school" pen-and-ink -- represents a rich confluence of styles. More than 200 examples of this cutting-edge work convey a host of moods reflecting the state of the modern world as much as that of the fashion industry, and revealing a tendency toward the erotic, fantastic, introspective, and sometimes sinister. Fashion Illustration Next is the collision of fashion and vision.

About the Author
Laird Borrelli is the Senior Fashion Editor at Style.com in New York City. A fashion historian and writer, she has curated numerous international projects and exhibitions.

I've studied and drawn fashion illustrations for more than 20 years. I'm familier with the history, the artists, and the techniques of this genre.

Most fashion illustrations serve the purpose of either selling clothes or giving directions to people actually making the garments. Short of that, they've been used to present a fashionable illusion for p.r.

I'm not sure what purpose of the often very abstract illustrations in this book are supposed to serve. They aren't glamorous. They aren't drawn well enough to sell or direct in the creation of garments. Perhaps they were intended as decorative illustrations at either point-of-purchase locations or on websites.

Either way, I found the enclosed illustrations lacking in imagination, verve, and technical skill. This is the first book I've ever returned to Amazon.

I bought this book for ideas to improve my fashion illustration skills. However, most of the illustrations in this book do not pertain to "fashion clothing" per se. I would categorize most of the illustrations as "art illustration" depicting human figures. The author confuses the distinction between "fashion illustration" and "art illustration". Most of the illustrations in FASHION ILLUSTRATION NEXT were not intended to sell clothing. Borelli's last book, FASHION ILLUSTRATION NOW had a lot more FASHION illustrations; however I'm disappointed with this book. Many of the art techniques used by these artists would not be practical for fashion illustration. However, this book is great eye candy of art illustration in general.

FASHION ILLUSTRATION FINALLY PROGRESSES, August 27, 2005

Reviewer:

Nixie (NYC) - See all my reviews

Every fashion illustration book I have picked up for the past 20yrs would show the same premises on which to draw and present your illustrations. The fashion industry is suppose to be a creative industry but instead you find very narrow perspectives on how to present your drawings. If you want to be inspired by a new fresh take on illustration and you want to take illustration to the next level then this is a great book. This is currently the best fashion illustration book I have found on the market showing a new modern direction. If you are into method illustration drawing that is taught in classroom books then this is not the book for you.

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