Fashionary Shoe Design
Differing from ordinary shoe design books, this is a complete handbook geared towards practical usage by footwear designers. It includes three main sections: Shoe Style Library, Shoe Encyclopaedia, and Shoe Templates for Tracing. The first section features more than 300 styles of shoes, ranging from historical archetypes to the most signature styles in todays footwear industry. The second focuses on essential and practical information on shoe design, from materials and construction to labels and international fairs. The templates section includes both basic templates and templates for 60 styles of common footwear, from flats and boots to high heels.
Misleading title, this is more of a generic reference with basic templates So, so.It has very basic information, for example, the section relating men shoes has the top three or four shoe styles, but it does not give an idea of proportions, etc. You can try copying their templates and enlarging them to fit your shoe last, but this is it. Ideally, the book should give an explanation on the shoe types, and explain a bit on the proportions, but it is very vague. Also, there see not guides on the assembly sequence of the shoes. It has a lot of diagrams, of…
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