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The Language of Fashion Design
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The Language of Fashion Design

by Laura Volpintesta
February 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
240 pages
7h 2m
English
Rockport Publishers
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What is fashion, if not contrast? Contrast is
everywhere in fashion: body types, silhouettes
and shapes, variations in color, texture, attitude,
movement, edge, culture, style. Contrast in
design creates energy.
contrast
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the language of fashion design
If a garment’s impact is in its details, however
many or few, it is in contrast to other parts
that a detail is noticed. Most notably in use
of color, texture, or silhouette (cinched waist,
wide shoulder), contrast creates a tiny ripple
or a tidal wave of excitement, an a-ha mo-
ment of surprise ...
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ISBN: 9781592538218