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A how-to guide for budding designers from "Runway's" Vosovic
"Fashion Inside Out," by Daniel Vosovic (Random House, $29.95), is a collection of interviews with fashion insiders such as Tim Gunn, Nina Garcia and Diane von Furstenberg, interspersed with chapters on design techniques by Vosovic, a finalist from "Project Runway" Season 2.
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"Fashion Inside Out," by Daniel Vosovic (Random House, $29.95), is: a collection of interviews with fashion insiders such as Tim Gunn, Nina Garcia and Diane von Furstenberg, interspersed with chapters on design techniques by Vosovic, a finalist from "Project Runway" Season 2. Since sending his collection down the runway at Bryant Park (he lost to Houston's Chloe Dao), Vosovic has held off creating his own line, instead working for the small, high-end label Raven and designing uniforms and sportswear for NYLO hotels.
What you'll find: The book is not only a good introduction to the fashion industry, with interviews with many of today's top movers and shakers, but it's also a good primer on techniques. Vosovic walks readers through drawing a croquis (a basic design sketch), gives tips on swatching and fabric-shopping, provides a short lecture on designing a silhouette for a particular body shape, and even gives a how-to on creating a rub-off (essentially, taking apart an already-designed garment and using it to create a pattern).
Who will like this book: Fashionistas will like the interviews with designers, but there's not much new for those truly familiar with the profession, other than perhaps Gunn's confession that he spent all of his childhood allowances on Legos, not fashion magazines. But for amateurs or budding designers, the book is a wealth of knowledge on the fashion-design process, from inspiration to sketching to styling to selling finished work and getting it produced.
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