I am really excited to have had the opportunity to get my hands on this book. I will be promoting this book to everyone I know I love it so much. Thanks again Amazon Vine!
Publishers Description:
The book encourages creativity, with illustrations to colour in and designs to finish off, as well as simple ideas for making and doing (how to make a sari, turn a napkin into a headscarf, dye a T-shirt and so on).
Covering clothing, shoes, bags, jewellery and other accessories, the illustrations span both vintage fashions — drawing on beautiful and interesting objects through the ages — and contemporary invented designs from the illustrator's own imagination.
'Did you know...?' features give brief historical notes to encourage children to be inspired by history and by the fashions of other cultures. A wonderful celebration of fashion, the book will appeal to fashion addicts from 8 years plus.
About the Author:
My take on the book:
On the Technical Side:
An interactive colouring book for fashionistas of all ages, My Wonderful World of Fashion is packed with beautiful and sophisticated illustrations specially created by illustrator Nina Chakrabarti.
The book encourages creativity, with illustrations to colour in and designs to finish off, as well as simple ideas for making and doing (how to make a sari, turn a napkin into a headscarf, dye a T-shirt and so on).
Covering clothing, shoes, bags, jewellery and other accessories, the illustrations span both vintage fashions — drawing on beautiful and interesting objects through the ages — and contemporary invented designs from the illustrator's own imagination.
'Did you know...?' features give brief historical notes to encourage children to be inspired by history and by the fashions of other cultures. A wonderful celebration of fashion, the book will appeal to fashion addicts from 8 years plus.
About the Author: Nina Chakrabarti is an illustrator based in London. She was born and spent her early life in Calcutta, India, then studied illustration at Central Saint Martin's College and The Royal College of Art, London. She works using Rotring pens, felt tips, biros, pencils, ink and the computer. Her clients include Habitat, French Connection, Vogue and Marks and Spencer.
My take on the book: One of the hardest things for tweens is trying to find something to interest them that is age appropriate. Things all seem to be either too old or too young. They don't want to be childish and have coloring books, but they still love to color. This book bridges the gap and will provide weeks of fun for tweens and adults alike.
There is a coloring activity on each page. You will be challenged to use your imagination with guided tasks, while at the same time learning the history of fashion and trends. The book teaches how to put a spin on a classic and make something totally new. It teaches how to imagine a fashion display, or how something would look on a person.
An excellent activity, I highly recommend.
There is a coloring activity on each page. You will be challenged to use your imagination with guided tasks, while at the same time learning the history of fashion and trends. The book teaches how to put a spin on a classic and make something totally new. It teaches how to imagine a fashion display, or how something would look on a person.
An excellent activity, I highly recommend.
On the Technical Side:Lets get down to the nitty gritty, can you really color in this thing? You totally can, and its not like a childhood coloring book either. This book is all heavy weight paper that can take heavy markers on without bleeding on to the next page. The book is quite large and so are the images allowing lots of wiggle room with detail.
I say try mixing mediums, the paper is so thick you could even paint on some pages. It would be really exciting to finish the entire book, and then to be able to flip through and see all the different mediums used.
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1 comments:
I love this book, I have a couple of teenage neices that would love this!(Actually I think that I would like this too)!
Hugsxx
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