Textiles and Fashion Design Sketchbooks – 20 Inspirational Examples

Textiles and Fashion Design Sketchbooks – 20 Inspirational Examples

Textiles and Fashion Design Sketchbooks – 20 Inspirational Examples

example drawing of decorative textiles -  By Amiria Robinson


This article contains outstanding textile and fashion design sketchbooks to inspire high school Art and Design students. It is hoped that these sketchbooks motivate those who are designing fashion garments, personal accessories, wearable art costumes, fabrics, woven textiles, experimental weaving, embroidery, printed textiles (such as block printing, silk-screen printing) and items produced using any other method of decorating or manipulating fabric and thread, such as batik, dye and spray painting.

A Level Textiles sketchbook pages by Anya Jane Magee:

A Level fashion design sketchbookThese experimental, mixed media sketchbook pages explore a wide range of tactile surfaces and structures and indicate a high level of engagement with the subject matter. The properties of threads and fabric are investigated thoroughly, using a range of mediums and techniques, resulting in rich, exciting pages. Small, tidy annotation surrounds the pieces, providing thorough analysis without causing distraction from the work itself.

An A Level Textiles sketchbook by Halima Akhtar (see more of Halima’s superb Textile projects):

fashion design sketchbook ideasStudents with a strength in traditional painting and drawing should not hesitate to embrace this within a fashion or textiles project. In this page contains layered, mixed media abstractions that command attention and suggest ideas for a textile surface. The work of relevant designers integrates seamlessly with personal investigation and informs and extends the development of ideas (studying relevant designer work via fashion shows, exhibitions and museums is essential if students are to appreciate historical development and current trends within the textile and fashion industry).

A sketchbook page by Lucy Feng, completed as part of a short fashion design course (see Lucy’s A* A Level Art portraiture project):  

fashion design course sketchbookThe use of conceptual models and mocks-ups can be an excellent starting point for students. Here, draped and folded fabric has been photographed and then used to inspire the development of more detailed and resolved designs. A minimal colour scheme allows emphasis on the layering of fabric, forms and shapes of the garment.

Sketchbook pages by knitwear designer Amber Hards, a graduate of the Fashion and Textile Design course at the University of West of England: 

fashion design sketchbooks - inspired by jellyfishThese sketchbook pages contain a clear link between real world sources of inspiration (such as the jellyfish) and conceptual designs. The pages include a superb range of techniques (i.e. the white on black work, completed by blowing white ink through a straw) and drawings upon found surfaces (such as the gridded maths paper). Amber demonstrates an awesome variation of line weight in the bottom work – using a simple medium to great effect.

Drawings from Katty Hoelck‘s thesis collection, produced while studying Fashion at Parsons School of Design:

 

creative figure drawing for fashion designThis fashion collection was inspired by wild fires and explores the theme of possession and loss. The work includes experimentation with sustainable Air Dye technology and has fabric printed on both sides. The use of colour and mottled surface pattern creates a visual links with burnt skies and grey ash; strengthened by the stunning figure drawings that emulate this style. Avoiding the common cookie-cutter approach to figure drawing, as in this example, helps to make the designs more riveting and communicate the mood of the garment.

Fashion drawings by Anne Isabella Rasmussen:  

fashion design sketchWhile the majority of the sketchbook pages we have featured here contain an vast array of mixed media and creative approaches, it is worth remembering that sometimes the best approach is just to draw. In this example, quick gestural drawings investigating function and form are all that are needed. Beginning with lighter lines, darker lines are applied with confidence as each concept is resolved.

T-shirt development by Bryony Carrigan:  

t-shirt fashion designThis presentation has a confident, analytical, graphical style. The project boasts clever and bold heading colours,which link to the design, without dominating the page. The inclusion of photographs helps to inform and illustrate stages of development (students should be careful they don’t use this to space-fill, however), considering pattern, form and colour alternatives.

A sketchbook by A Level Fashion Design student Elle Salt produced while studying at Esher College:  

fashion design studyThis sketchbook illustrates an excellent strategy in a fashion design project. A photographs of a conceptual model (the cardboard dress on the left) has been drawn over, developed and extended. The work of relevant artists and designers has been analysed and dissected, helping to inspire patterns and a bold aesthetic.

An AS Fashion Design Coursework project by Ellie Carless:

fashion pattern designThe left-hand images in the sketchbook above show analysis of existing clothing items, demonstrating an understanding of construction methods, such as seams and fastenings. This knowledge is essential if students hope to prepare their designs for actual production. The right-hand side shows pattern adaptation and technical flats, using confident, precise, analytical drawings.

Fashion sketchbook pages by A Level student Chanel Viegas:

fashion design concept ideasThese sketchbook pages have a gestural, immediacy about the work – loose, uninhibited splurging of ideas onto paper – exactly how a sketchbook should be. Original drawings show connections to objects explored first-hand (i.e. the gas mask) with strong tonal contrasts and dramatic forms.

A Level Art Textiles sketchbook pages by Virginia Durigon-Richardson:

fashion design research pagesThese sketchbook pages are the unequivocal result of effort, passion and enthusiasm. Although ‘decoration’ is usually unnecessary within a textile or fashion design sketchbook, in this case, the background patterning demonstrates a complete understanding of the aesthetic; a strong personal response to the colours, shapes, textures, lines and forms of the work studied.

An A Level Textiles sketchbook page, sourced here:  

textile techniques such as use of embroidery, heatpress and boningA sketchbook is a place for testing and refining ideas. This page shows experimentation with several textile techniques, such as using a heat press, machine embroidery and boning. This allows a student to demonstrate an understanding of properties of materials and techniques, and to investigate how these can be used to create forms that are relevant to their project. Each of these textile samples are derived from textures observed first-hand. In this case, the absence of colour focuses attention solely upon the surface qualities of the materials.

A Level textiles sketchbook pages by Hollie Wakeford-Smith:

insect fashion designThese sketchbook pages include observational drawings, dresses and fabric experiments (including distressed materials) that are inspired by insects. Designs are developed from original first-hand experience, with clear links between initial observational work and subsequent explorations with fabrics and garment forms.

Mixed media drawings by Fashion Illustration student Laura April Jayne:

draping for fashion designThese sketchbook illustrations contain several useful techniques for Fashion Design students. Photographs of conceptual experiments (fabric draped and held in different ways etc) have been painted and drawn over – creating an expressive, hand-generated aesthetic – extending the image beyond the edges of the photograph and adding details. This allows sculptural 3D work to inspire 2D designs and vice versa. The illustrations also include carefully cut out photographic portraits, which provide a real-world context for the designs and create a dramatic visual focal points. (Taking your own photographs of human models and incorporating these with hand-drawn designs can be an excellent approach for high school Fashion students).

Designs by Honours Fashion BA graduate Nicole Bradshaw:

student fashion design projectEvery item within this design presentation has been positioned with care. Darker fabric samples have selected to communicate a luxurious, ‘high-end’ aesthetic and are placed at the bottom of the page to weight the composition. Figures have been accurately drawn in a range of cleverly repeated poses, creating interesting negative spaces and integrate seamlessly with the style of the fashion drawings.

Sketchbook pages by Fashion College student Olivia Hands:

butterfly fashion design projectThese sketchbook pages have a formal, organised, uncluttered presentation style, with a minimal use of colour. Items are positioned carefully, allowing each piece of the design process to be appreciated fully. The project contains a thorough investigation of detail and pattern, with first-hand observation of moths and butterflies informing subsequent designs.

A project by Tim Nguyen, completed while studying Fashion Design at OTIS College of Art and Design: 

fashion design sketches using white penThis simple, ordered presentation allows viewers to focus on the designs without distraction. The figures are suggested with pale outline only, with tone applied confidently to the clothing using a range of beautiful mark-making and hatching techniques.

Sketchbooks by illustrator and designer Jessie Holmes, completed while studying at design college:

fashion school graduate sketchbookThese stunning sketchbook pages contains a wealth of first-hand observation of bird cages, animal anatomy and other objects gathered while on travels. The pages contain wide tonal variety and use contrast to draw attention and create focal points. Filled with a mass of beautiful, intricate drawings and photographic recordings, the pages can be pored over for hours.

Sketchbook pages by Ania Leike, completed in her last year of a fashion design degree at Istituto Marangoni:  

fashion design school sketchbook exampleThese outstanding sketchbook pages are by an up-and-coming young designer who has had work worn by Lady Gaga. The inviting, textural, mixed-media pages are filled with multiple layers of mediums; each page treated as an artwork itself. Dramatic human faces have been collaged into the work and then collaged, cut and drawn over.

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