Fashion Design Essentials

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ARTISTRY 77. Blackouts and Full Immersion In this age of information overload, scheduling blocks of time when every channel has ...

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ARTISTRY 78. Representation and Abstraction Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The written word wraps itself around fashion, liter ...

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ARTISTRY 79. Symbols The most common use of symbols in fashion to­ day is the graphic T-shirt. Beyond those that are about blata ...

Destination T: Beetlebung of Martha's Vineyard Band T: Rolling Stones Concert T: Pearl Jam To ur Museum T: Cooper-Hewitt Nationa ...

ARTISTRY 80. Dynamics When it comes to dance, the space that contains it can be considered a blank canvas, while the dancer who ...

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ARTISTRY 81. Trompe L'Oeil In some ways, fashion has always been smoke and mirrors. Every detail of fashion can be manipulated t ...

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ARTISTRY 82. Space and Sculpture Clothing can be sculpted to conform to the shape of the body or built to create abstract spaces ...

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ARTISTRY 83. Matters of Size: Addressing Curves The terminology that is used to describe a wom­ an with generous curves constitu ...

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ARTISTRY 84. Dressing for Bowie Is the goal of the designer to draw the observer in gently and quietly? Should the sound of fash ...

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ARTISTRY 85. Objects of Art Very few artists who work with fabric compare with Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Gates and other pr ...

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NAVIGATION 86 A Designer's Inheritance It's never too early to be thinking about the future, specifically the passing on of a cr ...