Vogue Goes Pop: Coloring Book

The media could not be loaded. The Pop culture fashion of the 1960's is the theme for this Vogue coloring book. Iain R. Webb is the illustrator for this book as he was for the prior Vogue coloring book. He does a lovely job of interpreting the actual fashions of the time into line drawings. Along with each fashion is a particulars of the fashion, the designer as well as odd bits of info (such as how it could be ordered, etc.) This information is generally off to the side of one of the fashion designs. The designs range from fairly simple lines to highly detailed with small intricate parts to color.The fashions of the 1960's showed a jump from the cute matching outfits with gloves to wild colored mini-skirts and men's ware for women all the way to the hippie-inspired caftans that were popular as the decade wound to an end. A number of the models have a “Twiggy” quality to them, with thin almost young boy figures with eyes with heavy fake eyelashes.While my preferences in fashion coloring books are from the decades before the pop culture period, I appreciate the fashions that I recall seeing when I was a little girl. As an adult, I now appreciate how the fashions of this period reflected the social changes which were occurring at the time. Women were becoming more free to express themselves and to show the expression in how they dressed.The one issue I had with the prior book is much better in this one. I did not like the squiggly lines that were placed on the models mouths as I prefer to color the lips in my coloring projects my own way. The few that do appear have more of a highlight look to them rather than the “caterpillar” look I found in the first book.This is what I found as I colored in this book and tested the paper with my coloring medium. In the comments section below, I will list the coloring medium I used for testing and for coloring.93 pages of Fashion Designs from the Pop Culture PeriodPrinted on both sides of the pagePaper is heavyweight, white, smooth and non-perforatedSewn Binding (you can snip a few threads to remove a few pages at a time if you wish.)Designs do not merge into the binding area and do not spread across two pagesColoring book can be opened to fairly flat for coloring by breaking the spine with some effort.Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paperWater-based markers, gel pens, and India ink pens do not bleed through and did not leave shadows on the back of the page.Colored pencils worked well for the most part. I could get good pigment color and layer the same or multiple colors easily. Blending with a blending stick sometimes resulted in a slightly smeary look rather than a clean blend. Using a liquid blender worked better for me. I tested both oil and wax based pencils with similar results.

Beautiful and sophisticated illustrations with high quality printing, paper, and binding. A great way to learn about fashion history! Unfortunately the pages are double-sided, so if you want to use markers to color them in, you'll have to pick one side--the other won't be usable, due to bleed-through. The loose and sketchy yet detailed style of the illustrations is very attractive, but doesn't pair well (IMO) with markers, especially if you are not skilled at shading, etc. Highly recommended for colorers who prefer to use colored pencils, but may not be a good fit for those who enjoy markers best.

I enjoyed coloring it but...Virtually every face has nothing more than two dots for nostrils to represent the nose. The illustrator also sometimes has a problem drawing hands and arms.The designs on the clothing were drawn in a very mis-matched, abstract manner, which I found quite impossible, at first, to even attempt to highlight separately. I did find the clothes quite interesting, however. The backgrounds were usually drawn in such an abstract way I found some of them impossible to comprehend.The pictures are large, which I liked, and there are 95 pages to color in this book. The pictures are on the backs of the pages and as the left side does not go down flat it can sometimes make coloring the picture on that side a bit difficult. On the plus side, the paper is thick and I had no problem with bleed thru.

The coloring book is the best!!!! Glad we checked on here for it first since they are usually very expensive. Came brand new , no marks or scratches !!

I quite like all of the designs, which is why I ordered it. The quality of the paper is excellent! Now I just have to find some free time to start coloring it. Thank you to the seller!

The drawings are amazing and fun.

I prefer fashion coloring books and this one was exceptional with the years it covered and the fashions that were included and info that was also shown beside each coloring subject,hope there will be more like this one from vogue.

Love it so much!! Works great with watercolor pencils too

Poderia ser melhor, não gostei dos desenhos.