How To Be A Fashion Designer

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

Draw and color creations, choose materials, and learn to design through drawing your own fashion. Whether your child wants to design the next big outfit for New York 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.

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.

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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Draw and color creations, choose materials, and learn to design through drawing your own fashion. Whether your child wants to design the next big outfit for New York 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.

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.

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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