Footwear design / Aki Choklat.
By: Choklat, Aki.
Material type: TextSeries: Portfolio skills. Fashion & textiles: Publisher: London : Laurence King Pub, 2012Description: 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781856697453 (pbk.); 1856697452 (pbk.); 9787506499132.Subject(s): Shoes -- Design | Footwear -- Design | Footwear -- Design | Accessoire | Schuh | Shoes -- Design | Footwear -- Design | Shoes -- Design | Footwear -- DesignDDC classification: 391.413 CHO Other classification: TS943.2Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Footwear Design Then And Now -- Fashion And Celebrity - The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- Haute Couture And Seasonal Fashion Cycles - The Nineteenth Century -- Innovation And Street Fashion - The Twentieth Century -- The Future Of Footwear Design - The Twenty-First Century -- The Footwear Industry -- Case Study: Liza Snook -- Case Study: Catherine Willems -- ch. 2 Shoe Basics -- Foot Anatomy -- Shoe Anatomy -- The Last -- Patterns -- Materials Used In The Shoe Industry -- Shoe Styles -- Case Study: Sebastian Tarek -- ch. 3 Research -- Inspiration -- Investigation -- The Process -- Compiling A Sketchbook -- Mood Board -- Digital Research -- Creating An Ideas Book -- Colour And Materials -- Trend Analysis And Forecasting -- Case Study: Nicoline Van Enter -- Case Study: Niels Holger Wien -- ch. 4 Collection Design -- Design Development -- Collection Theory -- Case Study: Minna Parikka -- Case Study: Rosanne Bergsma --
Contents note continued: Case Study: Stuart Weitzman -- Case Study: Paco Gil -- ch. 5 Presentation -- Presenting Your Ideas -- Drawing -- Technical Drawings And Line Drawings -- Mixed Media -- The Design Pack -- Portfolio -- After Graduation -- ch. 6 Training And Working In The Footwear Industry -- Training -- Footwear Careers -- Case Study: Rachel Jones -- Seasons And Trade Shows -- Case Study: Sue Saunders.
Footwear design is now one of the most lucrative strands of any fashion brand and has become the new dream career for many fashion students. This book is a first guide to show the key skills behind the trade, for both budding designers and anyone interested in shoes.