The Big Book of Fashion Illustration: A Sourcebook of Contemporary Illustration

Bought as a present and was really happy with the large amount of different styles of fashion illustration, well worth buying if that's your thing.

This is quite a hefty, good-sized paperback.Described as a "source book of contemporary illustration" it pretty well is just that; aside from a few pages of introduction, that is the only text - the book is packed with page after page of full-colour artwork executed in a wide variety of media; there's a good ratio of traditional drawing/painting examples to digital or digitally combined work, with Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator as prominent as good o`l pencil n` paper, gouache/watercolour and assorted graphic materials. The illustrations are split into seven sections under the loose headings of Womanswear, Menswear, Youth Culture, Children, Sport, Accessories and Beauty.An inspiring collection of work from a wide range of artists and designers making this a hugely enjoyable and very useful volume indeed; it should appeal to anyone interested in drawing/painting, design, illustration and - of course - fashion.

Stuffed full of amazing, creative and original drawings, this book far exceeded my expectations. I fail to see how anyone could not be inspired by this book with its plethora of styles and great layout. I suspect that the target market is fashion students but my 9 year old budding artist absolutely adores it and so do I as someone with a casual interest in the subject.

I saw this on a guide of ideas - what to buy your teen who wants to be a fashion designer.It had good reviews and I bought it as a Christmas pressie. My daughter is enjoying it and found all the different designs inspiring. There is not much text though - it is illustrations.

Decent book with lots of different styles of illustration. I was looking for something that could show me examples of more basic styles, such as 9-head figures. There is actually not a whole lot of that unfortunately but still a fun book.