Fashion Flats and Technical Drawing, Second Edition is a step-by-step workbook for technical drawing and flat sketching skills. With more than 500 hand-drawn and CAD-rendered flats and 100 photos of finished samples showing how a sketch translates to a 3D garment, the book covers a range of garments and construction details used to communicate fashion designs for portfolios and production. It progresses from basic design construction details such as darts, gathers, and trims to essential garment styles including skirts, tops, dresses, shorts and pants, blazers and jackets, and coats. There is a new chapter on 3D Flats addressing technical advancement in the discipline. The book includes unique coverage of presentation of flats in a portfolio and critical steps of preparing flats for a technical package. Downloadable figure templates and a flats library are available in the online STUDIO. This book is an essential resource for fashion designers to learn technical drawing skills that effectively communicate fashion design concepts.

New to this Edition:
· Brand new chapter on 3D Flats exploring technical advancement and digital drawing platforms in the discipline
· Inclusion of more diverse flat figure work to address various body forms
· All new Guest Artist features showcase professional designer styles for flats to add more drawing influences up to current industry standards
· Practical format includes lay-flat binding and drawing practice pages with grids and figure templates

Fashion Flats and Technical Drawing STUDIO
· Download figure templates and basic garment flats that can be used in different CAD programs or printed out for reference or practice
· Access extra drawing exercises and projects using women's, men's, and children's flat figure templates
· Review concepts with flashcards of essential fashion vocabulary

Instructor Resources
· The Instructor's Resources include sample course syllabi, test questions, visual quizzes and grading guidelines.

Bina Abling is an adjunct Instructor at Institute of American Indian Arts. She is the author of the best-selling Fashion Sketchbook, Advanced Fashion Sketchbook, and Model Drawing, among others.

Felice DaCosta is a professor emeritus at Parsons the New School for Design in New York City where she taught for more than 25 years. She draws upon 25 years of experience in the fashion industry as a fashion illustrator and design consultant.