Ladies and Gentleman, thanks very much for your patience. After 8 months of making, the new version of Fashionary is ready.

I would love to thanks for everyone’s feedback and suggestion, we have sent out feedback emails and received lots of opinion which helps the development of the new version.

The new-versioned Fashionary comes in womens and mens edition with 35% more content than the previous version. Nearly all the previous content are re-written and updated.

Today, I would love to reveal with excitement about the updates and features of the new Fashionary.

Major Updates:

• A new cover material is used, more durable and better hand feeling.
• The Flat Drawings section is rewritten and accessories categories are added – bag, hat, shoes, button, neckwear are all introduced in Accessories section.
• Fabric Dictionary section is added, it Includes 160 fabric descriptions and common fabric pattern.
• Seams & Stitches section is added.
• Book & Bookmarks section is updated. Online shop, makeup, hair, bag and shoes reference are added.
• Spec Sheets are rewritten.
• Laundry label is expanded from just US standard to US, EU and JP standard.

Additional Updates and Changes:

• Brand list is updated for the latest brand.
• Body Measurements is updated to include European countries and Japanese sizes.
• More board examples are added to the Presentation Boards Section.
• Online color generators are added to the Color & Print section.
• More cities are included in the Catwalk event section.

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After 6 months of research and preparation, the Fashionary mens edition will be launched in early August. In the meantime, the templates are open to download.

Download the template (PDF):
http://fashionary.org/download/mens_sketch.pdf

The mens template works in the same way as the womens, to serve as a tool for instant sketching and at the same time it can be treated as blank page.

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