A BOOK YOU'LL BE DRAWN TO

borrelli sitting font row during a season of fashion week. (viewimages.com)

world wide - lacroix, laurent, rykiel: these names are synonmomous with couture and bod design. nor, for the first time, you get to own sketches by them and hundreds of the worlds' renowned designers. it will all be contained in a new book called "fashion illustration by fashion designers." it is authored by laird borrelli, senior fashion editor of style.com and published by london based thames & hudson.

the cover of fashion illustration now, a previous book from the author. (amazon.com)

look out for the book to hit shelves in early march. a classic like this costs though: a hard back version of the book will retail for around $50 u.s.d.