9 Heads: A Guide to Drawing Fashion

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Summary: great fashion illustration book
Review: 9 heads starts as a very professional teaching book with all the details needed for a design student who wants to learn more about fashion illustration. towards the end of the beautiful designed book itself comes the big plus: the examples of some of the finest and famous fashion designers worldwide, like the great christian lacroix or the new star bernhard willhelm. both represented with their fashion and their truly originally illustrations. the book is a great guide to get as good as them. not only is every way you can draw/see an eye, a hand, the body, the draping of the material, the light on clothes and many more important and helpful details presented - there are also fascinating interviews to be found.

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Summary: 9 Heads: The fashion designers Bible
Review: Before I read 9 Heads, I did not even know how to draw. Now I can completely sketch fashon figures and dress them head to toe. I recently went to a portfolio review and the reviewers were amazed at how good my drawings were.

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Summary: If this is the best book out there,
Review: drawing skills must truly be at an all-time low. I bought this book because of Amazon's 5-star rating, but I found the drawing style distinctly unsophisticated and melodramatically adolescent. The figures look like comic book characters, and the flats look, at best, ready to photocopy. Do yourself a favor and attend proper figure drawing and anatomy classes for instruction in the human form, then learn to draw fabrics, draping, shoes, and buttons from old-fashioned, time-tested observation and practice, practice, practice.

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Summary: If this is the best book out there,
Review: I am a fashion student at Parsons, and this book is the exact equivilant of two years of training. My drawings improved beyond belief even after just a few days of studying this bible. The drawings are informative and have a style and flair that only the best illustrators posess. Impressive -- A must have for any fashion student!!

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Summary: Best Fashion Book I Own
Review: I am a fashion student at Parsons, and this book is the exact equivilant of two years of training. My drawings improved beyond belief even after just a few days of studying this bible. The drawings are informative and have a style and flair that only the best illustrators posess. Impressive -- A must have for any fashion student!!

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Summary: A Future Fashion Designer Must Have
Review: I am a high school student currently taking Fashion Designing Classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, which is where I want to go to college. My professor told me about 9 Heads and after working with it for about 5 months now, she noticed dramatic (good) changes in my drawing. I strongly suggest this book for anyone who is considering fashion designing because it has everything and beyond in it- figures, collars, necklines, skirts, pants, sleeves, faces- EVERYTHING!

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Summary: the fashion illustration bible
Review: I am preparing my portfolio to apply to FIT, which I have dreamed of going to for years. This book helped me more than I ever thought possible. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to bring their fashion designs to life.

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Summary: the fashion illustration bible
Review: I am preparing my portfolio to apply to FIT, which I have dreamed of going to for years. This book helped me more than I ever thought possible. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to bring their fashion designs to life.

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Summary: A must for aspiring Fashion Designers!!
Review: I attend the Fashion Institute Of Design and Merchandising where "9 Heads" is used to teach the students how to illustrate fashion. My teacher was also the author of "9 Heads" and she is amazing. My fashion sketching has improves so much along with other students. This book is extremely helpful and very detailed. A must have for anyone who wants to learn how to Fashion Illustrate. :)

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Review: I do have to apologize. I was not too happy with my purchase of this book. Illustrations were porrly drawn and distracted me from appreciating the written content.