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introduction
The Language of Fashion Design takes its form in twenty-six
chapters or principles, imitating the standard alphabet. Like the
alphabet, this book aims to arm the reader with the building
blocks to create new combinations from these twenty-six elements.
While several of these elements are occurring simultaneously in
any particular design featured herein, like characters in a word,
use each chapter principle as a lens through which to view that
particular principle while analyzing and observing it in action,
for a firsthand experience.
The captions beneath each image function as pointers, guid-
ing the viewer to see how the element ...