The Snap Fashion Sketchbook [Spiral-bound]

Sharon Lee Tate (Author), Bill Glazer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 28, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0130574236 | ISBN-13: 978-0130574237

Allows anyone, even those with little or no art background, to quickly master basic working fashion sketches (or croquis). Readers learn to trace and eventually sketch garments by reading, practicing simple lessons and using the "pictionary" of style details provided.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This new text allows students to master drawing basic working fashion sketches or "croquis" quickly and easily. Users with little or no art background can master the ability to trace and eventually sketch garments. It works well either with or without the "SnapFashun" software developed by Bill Glazer, allowing a person with no sketching ability to combine silhouettes and details to design garments.

From the Back Cover

Allows anyone, even those with little or no art background, to quickly master basic working fashion sketches (or croquis). Readers learn to trace and eventually sketch garments by reading, practicing simple lessons and using the "pictionary" of style details provided.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 224 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (January 28, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130574236
• ISBN-13: 978-0130574237
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,281,470 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book under any circumstances., May 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Snap Fashion Sketchbook (Spiral-bound)

The authors of this book are pulling a huge scam on people who are interested in learning and/or enhancing their design skills. The information provided isn't even useful for a beginning designer.

My entire take on this book is "we're big shot designers and your NOT. So, you'll be happy to spend $54 plus dollars just to have a book we've taken the time to write." Who are these people, I've never heard of them! I have gotten better and more useful information from books that cost less. Well over half the book is filled with cheap looking line drawings of their designs, which the reader is to copy by tracing. If these were people with a good design sense, I wouldn't be so upset- but they aren't. If a person is looking to learn design in the method the authors "write" about,one would be better served to get a Fashion Trace Barbie Set for $15 bucks. It's the same thing, only Barbie doll designers have better sense of style. I know Amazon is looking to sell books. but this one is taking advantage of people.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book really teaches fashion nomenclature, September 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Snap Fashion Sketchbook (Spiral-bound)

I am an architecture student who was very interested in entering the design world. I picked up this book on a lark and found that without a teacher I was able to master the art of fashion design. It also proved valuable in teaching me the proper names of specific details and silhouettes. As far as I am concerned it is one of the best books out there for understanding the specifics of fashion design while at the same time being entertaining. I give it a high 5.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not self taught well enough!, July 22, 2006

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Jason Bray (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Snap Fashion Sketchbook (Spiral-bound)

What self-taught fashion illustrators/designers probably do not understand is that the fashion flat illustration is ESSENTIAL to the fashion industry! You can render the most beautiful fashion figures, but they won't tell manufacturers a damn thing about how to produce the actual garment - the fashion flat with all of the appropriate details (stitch lines, pocket and button placement, etc) is how we as designers communicate with the actual people producing the garment.

This book is a great tool for beginning designers! Learning to design with fashion flats will not only make you a better and more efficient designer, but also help you to communicate your ideas, and give you a better understanding of how garments are actually constructed.

Do not be swayed by those who believe that fashion is all about pretty drawings.