How To Be A Fashion Designer

Ideas, Projects, and Styling Tips to Help You Become a Fabulous Fashion Designer

Paperback
$16.99 US
8.56"W x 10.88"H x 0.42"D  
On sale Sep 10, 2024 | 96 Pages | 9780593840511
Grades 6-8

Design, style, and accessorize clothes with this book of practical fashion design ideas for kids

Whether your child wants to design the next big outfit for London fashion week, or they just want to learn about textiles and fabrics, How to be a Fashion Designer helps kids enjoy experimenting with new ideas.

Draw and color creations, choose materials, and learn to design through drawing your own fashion. Bright illustrations mixed with fun photography show kids how to choose gorgeous colors, design dress shapes, customize t-shirts, and add sparkle to their accessories using simple, easy-to-follow design tasks and practical projects.

This hands-on fashion book for kids offers:

- A collection of practical activities like restyling their wardrobe staples and customizing t-shirts, with easy to follow design tasks and projects.
- A new and updated edition, with fresh content including dressing to boost your mood, how to create your own look book, and sustainable design techniques.
- Art and design combined with practical, hands-on making, so children can easily follow along and make their ideas come to life.

Using inspiration from the natural world, everyday life, and their own imagination, children can design outfits from scratch and learn how to put together the clothes and accessories they already own in fun, stylish ways. This nonfiction fashion book for children is perfect for 7-9 year olds and brings a unique approach to STEAM learning by combining art and design with practical, hands-on making.
Lesley Ware is an author and fashion educator. She has taught at Parsons School of Design and the Met Museum and worked on a national program for the Girl Scouts of America. She is based in Brooklyn, New York, where she runs workshops for girls and helps them express themselves through fashion. View titles by Lesley Ware
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Design, style, and accessorize clothes with this book of practical fashion design ideas for kids

Whether your child wants to design the next big outfit for London fashion week, or they just want to learn about textiles and fabrics, How to be a Fashion Designer helps kids enjoy experimenting with new ideas.

Draw and color creations, choose materials, and learn to design through drawing your own fashion. Bright illustrations mixed with fun photography show kids how to choose gorgeous colors, design dress shapes, customize t-shirts, and add sparkle to their accessories using simple, easy-to-follow design tasks and practical projects.

This hands-on fashion book for kids offers:

- A collection of practical activities like restyling their wardrobe staples and customizing t-shirts, with easy to follow design tasks and projects.
- A new and updated edition, with fresh content including dressing to boost your mood, how to create your own look book, and sustainable design techniques.
- Art and design combined with practical, hands-on making, so children can easily follow along and make their ideas come to life.

Using inspiration from the natural world, everyday life, and their own imagination, children can design outfits from scratch and learn how to put together the clothes and accessories they already own in fun, stylish ways. This nonfiction fashion book for children is perfect for 7-9 year olds and brings a unique approach to STEAM learning by combining art and design with practical, hands-on making.

Author

Lesley Ware is an author and fashion educator. She has taught at Parsons School of Design and the Met Museum and worked on a national program for the Girl Scouts of America. She is based in Brooklyn, New York, where she runs workshops for girls and helps them express themselves through fashion. View titles by Lesley Ware

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