Books Review: The Complete Fashion Sourcebook by John Peacock

Books Review: The Complete Fashion Sourcebook by John Peacock

Part of my many hobbies includes reading random art books. During my search for good art book to read, I discovered this book. The Complete Fashion Sourcebook by John Peacock gives us sample illustrations of fashion between the 1920s and 1980s. Each time period has a little introduction about the fashion of the time. From then on, he shows us some sample attires based on the time of day or usage. They range from day, night, wedding, leisure and night dresses. From time to time, he takes time to illustrate fashion accessories.




Overall, I found this fashion book very useful. It mostly focuses on women fashion. According to Peacock, Men's fashion evolved much slower, then lady's fashion. Thus, he only drew one male figure per sample page. Overall, his illustrations focus on texture and patterns. His drawings are all the same color. They change after each year. At the end of each year, they give you a chart telling you of the kinds of fabrics to displayed in the drawings.

Frankly, I always found this fashion source book very useful. There are many things not stored in the internet. If you ever want to draw a manga or a painting taking place between the 1920s and 80s, this is the fashion source book to use. The books costs roughly 35 bucks. It is far cheaper than your regular fashion source book. Truly, John Peacock's The Complete Fashion Sourcebook deserves 5 stars worthy. I recommend it to you chibis.