Fashion and textile design Books
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Dress Fitting
Book SynopsisThe techniques Natalie Bray pioneered revolutionized dress pattern designing. Here, problems of figure, posture and pattern adjustment are explained so that the dressmaker can learn to identify a defect and choose the best method of dealing with it.Table of ContentsPreliminary modelling exercises; The fitting of a bodice; The fitting of sleeves; Neckline and collar fitting; The fitting of skirts and slacks; The problems of the one-piece dress; Kimono, raglan, drop-shoulder fitting; Pattern adaptation to individual measurements
£39.90
Phaidon Press Ltd Pattern
Book SynopsisA survey of 100 of the most exciting contemporary fashion designers.Trade Review"I love this book. Pattern saves me from having to search a ton of uber-cool websites and blogs to find all the new, cool, edgy and emerging designers around the world. It's a great resource, and edited by credible, interesting curators."—Fern Mallis, former Executive Director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America "Which young designers will be the next global tastemakers? New tome Pattern highlights 100 names currently shaping fashion."—Harper's Bazaar "Pattern features established designers, well-known emerging labels, and proper newbies. The designers’ diverse aesthetics, techniques and outlooks are presented via detailed introductions, backstage, campaign and editorial photographs, and never-before-seen sketches, all of which serve to give readers an in-depth understanding of their work."—Style.com "Phaidon has done it again... Fashion lovers will devour this hefty four-hundred page book. This is a gorgeous book... Exactly what you need on your coffee table."—Beso.com "This hefty volume, a follow-up to Phaidon's Sample (2005) takes on an almost impossible task: identifying the 100 most influential new designers of the moment... The book, presented in a printed Tyvek shoulder bag, offers something for everyone."—Publishers Weekly "Kudos for Phaidon’s newest book Pattern - 10 curators from around the world describe a groundbreaking generation of the most courageous fashion designers. I especially admire those designers whose creativity is combined with sound business acumen."—Adrienne Vittadini, fashion designer "A comprehensive labor of fashion love."—Net a Porter.com "10 leading taste makers have picked the designers [...] defining the decade with innovative techniques and processes."—Daily Telegraph magazine "We'll be spending the next few months swooning over the pages of Pattern, the most current, comprehensive and, well, beautiful collections of fashion designers and their work we've seen for a long time... No humble fashion list, Pattern is an opus giving four pages each to the designers and cover never before seen photographs, drawings, sketchings and computer renderings If there's one thing on our must-have list this season this might just be it."—Top Shop blog, Inside Out
£42.46
Abrams The Little Dictionary of Fashion
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£18.69
Esmod Editions Art of Draping the
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£33.30
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Fort Lauderdale Memories A Postcard History
Book SynopsisTour historic Fort Lauderdale, Florida through 276 color postcard images that depict the growth of the Venice of America and Gateway to the Everglades. Be transported to earlier days before urban sprawl and renewal. From the 1900s through the 1960s, images of Seminoles, farming, tourism, the beach, buildings, and the New River will appeal to everyone interested in Florida history, architecture, and water activities.
£20.69
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the
Book SynopsisPeter McNeil is Professor of Design History at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Peter McNeil Chapter 1 – Textiles Tove Engelhardt Mathiassen Chapter 2 – Production and Distribution Beverly Lemire Chapter 3 – The Body Isabelle Paresys Chapter 4 – Belief Dagmar Freist Chapter 5 – Gender and Sexuality Dominic Janes Chapter 6 – Status Mikkel Venborg Pedersen Chapter 7 – Ethnicity Barbara Lasic Chapter 8 – Visual Representations Christian Huck Chapter 9 – Literary Representations Alicia Kerfoot Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
£85.50
Quercus Publishing At the Strangers' Gate
Book Synopsis'A dazzling talent' Malcolm GladwellWhen Adam Gopnik and his soon-to-be-wife, Martha, left the comforts of home in Montreal for New York, the city then, much like today, was a pilgrimage site for the young, the arty, and the ambitious. But it was also becoming a city of greed, where both life's consolations and its necessities were increasingly going to the highest bidder. At the Strangers' Gate builds a portrait of this particular moment in New York through the story of this couple's journey--from their excited arrival as aspiring artists to their eventual growth into a New York family. Gopnik transports us to his tiny basement room on the Upper East Side, and later to SoHo, where he captures a unicorn: an affordable New York loft. He takes us through his professional meanderings, from graduate student-cum-library-clerk to the corridors of Conde Nast and the galleries of MoMA. Between tender and humorous reminiscences, including affectionate portraits of Richard Avedon, Robert Hughes, and Jeff Koons, among many others, Gopnik discusses the ethics of ambition, the economy of creative capital, and the peculiar anthropology of art and aspiration in New York, then and now.Trade ReviewEngaging, witty, thoughtful, clever, casual, ebullient, erudite and thoroughly modern * Spectator, on Adam Gopnik *Gopnik's mind darts about like mercury as he tells his tale * The Times, on Adam Gopnik *The distinctive brilliance of Gopnik's essays lies in his ability to pick up a subject one would never have believed possible to think deeply about then cover it in thoughts. He is truly able to see the whole world in a grain of sand -- Alain de Botton * New York Times Book Review, on Adam Gopnik *Adam Gopnik's avid intelligence and nimble pen . . . Conscientious, scrupulously savvy * John Updike, on Adam Gopnik *Adam Gopnik is a dazzling talent - hilarious, winning and deft * Malcolm Gladwell, on Adam Gopnik *By virtue of his exceptional observational and analytical powers, acute emotional and moral exactitude, and charmingly rueful sense of humor, he turns in a riveting and incandescent chronicle of personal evolution vividly set within the ever-morphing, cocaine-stoked crucible of ferocious ambition that was 1980s Manhattan . . . Arabesque, captivating, self-deprecating, and affecting, Gopnik's cultural and intimate reflections, in league with those of Alfred Kazin and Joan Didion, are rich in surprising moments and delving perceptions into chance, creativity, character, style, conviction, hard work, and love. -- Donna Seaman * Booklist *Gopnik has written with entrancing penetration on just about everything . . . He's one of the silkiest stylists around -- Christopher Bray * Spectator *Anyone who worries that artificial intelligence might some day outpace the faulty circuitry inside human headsshould be cheered by the existence of Adam Gopnik. His brain has nothing to fear from electronic competition. Itis an organ housed in a body, kindled by the appetites and affections of the flesh; it operates friskily, risking vast generalities that it clinches with neat, nimble aphorisms . . . Performed by him, such verbal flourishes are both witty and wise. Gopnik is a sleek stylist, and a high-minded, big-hearted moralist into the bargain. -- Peter Conrad * Observer *Self-deprecation, his honesty, his humour, his amiable, relaxed acknowledgement of his own foibles. In short, he's enormously likeable . . . A real treat . . . A piece of real insight, perfectly put . . . Heartening proof of a life lived fully, and fully savoured * Times Literary Supplement *Gopnik's sentences build into paragraphs that are architectural feats . . . He is investigative again, tracing this psychic image of his own time, his own New York * Guardian *
£10.44
Batsford Ltd Felting Fashion: Creative and inspirational
Book SynopsisStep-by-step projects for creating clothes and accessories from felt -now in paperback. In Felting Fashion, acclaimed felt maker Lizzie Haughton guides the reader through every stage of creating wearable masterpieces in felt. Featuring detailed patterns and templates making a range of garments, from simple corsages, hats and scarves to more advanced vest tops, jackets and full-length coats. All aspects of creating beautiful clothes from felt are covered, from basic techniques and choosing materials and equipment to step-by-step instructions for working with nuno felt. There’s also a strong emphasis on using colour and embellishment in felt, including a section on dyeing wool and silk. Lizzie’s original felt fashion designs are showcased throughout and readers choose to recreate these at home or create their own unique garments.
£14.99
Rizzoli International Publications Drag
Book SynopsisDrag celebrates the fabulous current and historical influence of drag, and its talented and inspiring performers.
£11.38
Yale University Press Veiled Presence
Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging book elucidates the symbolism of veils and highlights the power of drapery in Italian art from Giotto to Titian. In the cities of the Renaissance, display of luxury dress was a marker of status.Florentines decked out their palaces and streets with textiles for public rituals.But cloths are also the stuff of fantasy: throughout the book, the author moves from the material to the metaphorical.Curtains and veils, swaddling and shrouds, evoke associations with birth and death. The central chapters address the sculpture of Ghiberti and Donatello, focusing on how they deployed drapery to dramatic effect. In the final chapters the focus shifts to the paintings of Bellini, Lotto, and Titian, where drapery both clothes the figures and composes the picture. In the work of Titian, the veiled presence of the body is absorbed within the materials of oil-paint on canvas: medium and subject become one.Trade Review“Paul Hills is one of the most creative scholars of Italian Renaissance art”—Bruce Boucher, The Art Newspaper“This thought-provoking study, with its ravishing illustrations, made me long to book the earliest flight to Italy, to drown myself anew in the masterpieces of Tuscany and Venice. It is a model of erudition and attentive looking, and of intelligent book design.”—Ariane Bankes, The Spectator“Marvellous book…It will open your eyes”—Martin Gayford, The Spectator“Enchanting book”—Donal Cooper, Apollo Magazine“As a theologian I rarely read a book of art history that is quite so fruitful to think with as this one.”—Ben Quash, Art and Christianity“Paul Hills is held in high regard by artists for his special sensitivity to the physical and formal beauties specific to painting and sculpture [. . .] Steadily and deeply the insights mount up, always particular and placed in context, but nevertheless tending to the subtler realm of symbolism and revelation, until they reach their apogee with chapters devoted to Donatello and Bellini, Lotto and Titian [. . .] [An] exceptionally handsome book”— Christopher Le Brun, RA Magazine“In his richly illustrated book, Paul Hills discusses the motif of the veil and the act of unveiling in the arts of the early to High Renaissance, focusing on formal variety and changes of meaning”—Joachim Poeschke, Burlington Magazine
£47.50
Onomatopee One-To-One: Reader / Elisa Van Joolen
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£20.90
LID Publishing Onlife Fashion: 10 rules for the future of
Book SynopsisIn an era marked by sudden and profound change, the fashion world has also experienced significant transformations. Its boundaries, its rationale and its protagonists have all been redefined, with these changes continuing now and in the future. The purpose of this book is to analyze this market with particular focus on the segment defined as "high-end" and to provide entrepreneurs, professionals, workers in the sector, consultants, and business/fashion students, a context to understand better the latest and most up-to-date ideas and how to govern their growth. The starting point for the book's discussion begins with the title of the book, which emphasizes two important characteristics regarding its context: the increasingly blurred distinction between offline and online - hence the term "onlife" - and the absence of rules, given the obvious out-of-date nature of those on which fashion companies have based their business strategies in recent decades. This has led the authors to propose a handbook of new rules, suitable for a world that increasingly appears to be lacking them.
£15.99
Abrams Street Unicorns
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the top fashion books of 2022" * Women's Wear Daily, WWD *
£27.04
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Cultural Appropriation in Fashion and
Book SynopsisYUNIYA KAWAMURA is Professor of Sociology at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA. She is the author of four other Bloomsbury publications: Fashioning Japanese Subcultures (2012), Sneakers (2016), Fashion-ology (2004, 2018), and Doing Research in Fashion and Dress (2011, 2020).Jung-Whan Marc de Jong is Associate Professor of Sociology at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA.Trade ReviewThis is a timely book, given that discussions of what is and is not cultural appropriation are exploding within the academy, museums, fashion design, and social media. Those unfamiliar with the concept will find this to be a fine introduction to the topic, and those well-acquainted with the subject will appreciate the literature review. ... From the beginner to the academic expert (and everyone in between), there is much to learn and appreciate in this thorough recounting of the debates over cultural appropriation. * Fashion, Style & Popular Culture *This is a timely examination of the problems inherent in the way that dominant cultures have taken inspiration from minority groups in ways that have been exploitative. This book makes an important contribution to the wider, political call for an urgent reappraisal of attitudes and inequalities that have had a devastating effect on many communities. -- Janice Miller, Head of School of Critical Studies and Creative Industries, Kingston School of Art, Kingston University, UKTable of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction – Culture Culture in Classical Social Theory Schools of Thought: Value-laden and Value-neutral Culture Conceptual Tools for Cultural Analysis Outline of the Book Conclusion Suggested Further Reading 2. Academic Studies on Cultural Appropriation Definitions, Processes, and Types Logos, Mascots, and Nicknames Gastronomy and Cuisine Literary Works Adornment Conclusion Suggested Discussion Examples 3. Fashion In Pursuit of Exoticism and Novelty Biological, Cultural, and Sartorial Hierarchies Conceptual Typologies The Strength of Weak Virtual Ties Conclusion Suggested Discussion Examples Suggested Further Reading 4. Entertainment What is Sociological about Entertainment? The Commodification of Culture and the Other Conditions of Cultural Appropriation The Production of Culture in Social Media Age Cultural Hybridization and Cultural Appropriation Conclusion Suggested Discussion Examples 5. Ambivalence and Paradox: Derritorialization and Reterritorialization in the Globalized World Cross-cultural Encounters in a Historical Context Globalization and Deterritorialization Immigration and Cultural Globalization through Mediascapes Culture as Epistemological Relativism: Coexisting with Harmonious Differences Ambivalence in Fashion Globalization Cultural Authentication Process: Cultural Integration and Hybridization Conclusion Suggested Further Reading Conclusion
£21.84
Phaidon Press Ltd Viktor Rolf
Book SynopsisA celebration of the quirky, surprising, and often spectacular work of Dutch fashion designers Viktor & RolfTrade Review"One questions how a fashion house famous for its ability to transform - and transform in ways that are theatrical, experimental and 3-dimensional - could be distilled into a book. Irma Boom's Viktor&Rolf: Cover Cover [...] does not leave you questioning for long. The acclaimed Dutch graphic designer performs her own transformation in the expansive tome, reinventing the very concept of a book in order to bring Viktor&Rolf to life on the page, employing the same principles of wit, experimentation and rule-breaking that the fashion designers employ on the runway... Viktor&Rolf: Cover Cover reads as a true collaboration: a partnership between two experimental designers to transform the three-dimensional into the two-dimensional without losing the essence of the art. Each project has been reimagined in Cover Cover, transforming a fashion universe into one of graphic design. With each read there is more to discover. As the book declares in the front cover, both as means to introduce and challenge: 'This book invites you to discover the method in the madness'."—Wallpaper.com"Conceived and designed by graphic designer Ima Boom [...] brings the legendary duo to life. The book as daring as the duo is made up of 8 page gatefolds, is hand sewn with the paper starting off super fine and getting thicker the deeper the reader delves in to the collections... A creative masterpiece."—Centmagazine.co.uk"A massive new coffee-table book... It weighs eight pounds and contains 520 folded pages, chronicling a quarter-century of the brand's conceptual haute couture."—The Cut"The label's 20 years are being commemorated this June by Phaidon in a publication overseen by award-winning Dutch graphic designer Irma Boom."—Experience Magazine"A 520-page conceptual tome... Designed by Irma Boom, and it's a totally unusual object, made up entirely of eight-page gatefolds, with all the images reproduced as negatives."—Women's Wear Daily"A perfect bundle of hot pink acetate, stacks of inverted fashion photography and different weights of paper stock, calling the new Phaidon title dedicated to theatrical Dutch fashion designers Viktor&Rolf a book seems something of a stretch. Designed by Irma Boom - the experimental publication specialist sometimes dubbed the "queen of books" - the tome called Cover Cover has been made from eight-page gatefolds, each of which represent a different Viktor&Rolf collection. Using different thicknesses of paper, the spreads have been layered on top of each other and hand-sewn with matching hot pink thread. "It's very much how they work," Irma says of the relationship between the book's structure and its subject. "Of course they're fashion designers so they 'cover' but throughout their career even if you go back to their first show, you can see they put layer over layer - a jacket over a jacket over a jacket. This book is a cover on a cover on a cover."—ItsNiceThat.com"Marking the 25th anniversary of their eponymous label, Cover Cover details their experimental collections in a fittingly conceptual design made up entirely of eight-page gatefolds... what else would you expect from a pair known for pushing the spectacle of fashion?"—i-D.com"Her latest for the Dutch fashion house Viktor & Rolf, which is about as far from the traditional idea of a "book" as it's possible to get. Entitled Viktor&Rolf Cover Cover, it is made entirely of covers, building on the idea of clothes as a form of covering and as layers. It is stitched together by hand and wrapped in transparent, flexible pink plastic – an incredibly complicated thing to make."—AnOther
£112.50
Alfred A. Knopf Murakami T
Book SynopsisThe famously reclusive novelist opens his eclectic closet, showing readers his extensive and personal T-shirt collection, and providing short, frank essays that have been translated into English for the first time. Illustrations.
£14.40
Esmod Editions Focus on Fashion Details 4: Women-Men-Children
Book SynopsisFor those wishing to perfect their sewing skills, the Focus on Fashion Details series includes 4 books with sewing instruction pages that correspond to specific details for constructing men's, women's and children's garments. These detailed pages give the necessary patterns for tracing and show how to make them step-by-step. Written in simple language for universal comprehension, each step is easy to follow with sketches. Simplified secrets and tricks from the ready-to-wear industry for home sewingTable of ContentsCollars Crew neck Round collar Shirt collar Shirt waist collar Curved stand collar Tailored collar Measurement charts for neckline ease values and openings for children's, women's and men's wear s Sleeves Set-in sleeve Raglan sleeve Kimono sleeve Tailored sleeve Tailored sleeve vent Measurement charts for sleeve lengths and widths Plain cuff Facings and linings For fitted necklines Front facings Raincoats front facings Outlines for straight skirt and trouser linings Linings for sheathed dress, vest, jacket and coat Outlines for jacket and coat canvas or interlinings Lexicon
£29.25
Steidl Publishers Numéro Couture: By Karl Lagerfield and Babeth
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£56.25
University of Washington Press Aboriginal ScreenPrinted Textiles from Australias
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£63.31
Skira Life is a Vortex
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£21.25
Gotham Books How to Look Expensive: A Beauty Editor's Secrets
Book SynopsisThe "Beauty Sleuth" from Glamour shares professional secrets about how to achieve a sophisticated and fashionable appearance on a budget, from high-quality hair coloring results from inexpensive salons to affordable do-it-yourself skin-care cocktails. Original. 50,000 first printing.
£20.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Spec Manual 2nd edition
Book SynopsisThe second edition of The Spec Manual provides fashion professionals and students with an affordable, up-to-date guide for measuring a variety of garments, reflecting standard garment-industry practice. This textbook/workbook contains front and back view croquis for men, women, off sizes and children, spec sheet templates, illustrated measurement points, tables with measurement points, sample spec sheets and a CD-ROM. Users with both beginner and advanced digital skills will learn how to create computer-generated spec sheets. This text serves as a how-to-measure manual for fashion students and industry professionals operating without a corporate spec manual.Table of Contents* What is a Spec Manual? * Front and Back View Croquis Figures * How to Measure * Skirt * Pants and Shorts * Vest * Woven Shirt * Dress * One-Piece Garment (Bodysuits and Jumpsuits) * Sweater * Tailored Jacket * Outerwear * Belt * Sample Spec Sheets and Garment Graphs * Flats Library NEW TO THIS EDITION Sample spec sheets with garment graphs * Flats library for complete range of size and garment categories with additional clip art for collars, pockets and trim * Fraction to decimal conversion chart * Grading worksheet * Incremental grade guides for all size ranges CD-ROM-FEATURES * Front and back view croquis figures in pdf file format * Excel spec sheet templates with embedded formulas to calculate measurements * Excel grading worksheet templates * Flats library in pdf file format * Ilustrator brush library of stitches and trims
£85.50
Luath Press Ltd A Girl's Guide to Vintage
Book SynopsisA lifelong love of vintage clothes and bargain hunting sustained Lynne when she was made redundant. Borrowing, blagging and begging her way around the country, she found her feet again in the cowboy boots of yesteryear, and brought her discoveries back to share. From Aberdeen to Brighton, Victorian beading to 1980's neon, across 15 cities and all decades, Lynne reveals the things she loves about her favourite vintage haunts. Layering vintage chic, gorgeous photographs and a soupcon of fashion history, A Girl's Guide to Vintage is for both initiates and adepts at the alter of vintage.Trade ReviewIf the world of authentic retro clothing is one you've never been able to conquer, then here's lesson one - pick up Lynne McCrossan's gorgeous little handbag-sized bible of wisdom on how to track down the very best outfits from bygone eras. THE DAILY RECORD
£7.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The History of Fashion Journalism
Book SynopsisKate Nelson Best is an Associate Lecturer at Southampton Solent University, UK. She has also worked as a freelance journalist for publications such as The Guardian and Tatler.Trade ReviewThis is a thorough and much-needed study of the history of the fashion press from its beginning to the present day, with a focus on France, the UK and North America. Covering the shift from print to digital media, it will be useful to students and scholars alike and adds to the growing literature on this important topic. -- Francesca Granata, Parsons School of Design, The New School, USATaking us on a journey of discovery through the history of fashion journalism from the eighteenth century to the present day, this beautifully illustrated book is an most welcome addition to the subject. -- Sanda Miller, Southampton Solent University, UK.Best brings fashion journalism history to life with concise stories of the trailblazing women who shaped that history, particularly in the twentieth century. * Taylor & Francis Online *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. A Symbiotic Relationship: The Origins of the Modern Fashion Press 3. La Parisienne: Early Fashionable Icons 4. Patriotism and Couture: Fashion Journalism between the World Wars 5. Democratisation: Post-War Segmentation in Fashion Magazines 6. The Golden Age: Fashion Journalism and Haute Couture in the 1950s 7. The Rise of Individualism: The 1960s and 1970s 8. Commercialism versus Creativity: The 1980s and 1990s 9. A Global Discourse: The New Millennium 10. Facing the Future: The Evolving Role of Fashion Journalism Bibliography Index
£24.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Fashion Before PlusSize
Book SynopsisLauren Downing Peters is Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies and Director of the Fashion Study Collection at Columbia College Chicago. Her interdisciplinary research broadly explores the entanglements of dress, the body, and identity; histories of American fashion and style; and the past, present, and future of plus-size fashion.
£24.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sustainable Fashion Migrants Embroidery
Book SynopsisSustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery: Ateliers of ''Social Integration'' tells of community-led solidarity ateliers' engaged in sewing and embroidery activities which, in the Global North and Global South, are providing a vital alternative to neoliberal and neo-colonial fashion paradigms.On encountering several ateliers solidaires/sartorie sociali during her immersive fieldwork, for which she travelled to Morocco and Southern Italy, and contrasting her findings with her knowledge of parallel and analogous initiatives in London, Alessandra Lopez y Royo suggests that despite their different outlook and approach these ateliers can be inscribed within an ever-growing economy of solidarity and sharing.With a uniquely combined focus on sustainability, fashion and migration, Lopez y Royo examines how the ateliers foreground a powerful social inclusion agenda, encouraging migrants (and refugees) to collaborate, exchange knowledge, and foster communities on
£80.75
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC How Textile Communicates
Book SynopsisTextile has been used as a medium of communication since the prehistoric period. Up until the 19th century, civilizations throughout the world manipulated thread and fabric to communicate in a way that would astound many of us now. Unlike text and images, textile is haptic and three-dimensional. Its meaning is unfixed, constantly shifting as it circulates between different owners and creators. In How Textile Communicates, Ganaele Langlois dissects textile's unique capacity for communication through a range of global case studies, before examining the profound impact of colonialism on textile practice and the appropriation of this medium by capitalist systems. A thought-provoking contribution to the fields of both fashion and communication studies, Langlois' writing challenges readers' preconceptions and shines new light on the profound impact of textiles on human communication.Trade ReviewA major contribution to intercultural and decolonial studies as it examines how the communicative capacities of textile have been taken for granted across boundaries, borders, disciplines and technologies. * Janis Jefferies, Emeritus Professor of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Textile as Communication Winding Back Textile as a Medium Textile Making as Mediating Textile Making and Power Decolonizing Media and Communication Book Overview Part 1: Communicative Power 1. Unraveling Textile from Commodity to Communication A Plural Medium Textile as Communication Medium: Historical Pointers Two Common Understandings of Communication through Textile: as Representation and Information Towards a Third Aspect: textile as binding worlds through space and time Global Textile, or Communication as Expressive Power Textile, a Medium of Struggle 2. Quechua Textility Pre-Columbian Textiles: Media and Power Indigenous Identities in Contemporary Peru The Revival of Quechua Textiles Confronting Appropriation Part 2: Technology and Imagination 3. Jacquard and the Creativity of Extensions The Jacquard Mechanism, Automation and Digital Media Weaving Digital Images Weaving as Extension 4. Communicating Across the Abyss Of the Meanings, Symbols and Patterns in Diasporic Textile Mathematics, Rhythms and Signs The Values of Making Part 3: Transformative Entanglements 5. Reweaving the Interface Domestic Textiles and Power Marking Subjects Reading through the Lines: The Evanescent Maker Portable Technologies of Making “Where Am I going?”: Creative Meandering 6. Kené, or the Promise of Unknowing Shipibo-Conibo Textiles and Perspectival Anthropology Kené in the Global Market Delineating the Space of Unknowing and Potentials Back to the Basics Part 4: Cosmomedia 7. Cosmomedia - the Tale of Two Indigos Cosmotechnics and Ecosophical Media Combinations and Recombinations: Indigo dyeing and the making of worlds Colonizing Indigo Indigo and Collectives of Humans and Non-Humans Japanese Indigo and Natural Dyes as Cosmomedia Conclusion: The Shape of Things to Come
£99.22
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Made to Measure
Book SynopsisLearn to draft and sew your own customized clothes that fit you perfectly and make you feel fantastic. You no longer need to feel confined by the boundaries of a sewing pattern in order to make clothes that fit beautifully and represent your style in a way that store-bought clothes never can. Designer and founder of popular pattern brand By Hand London Elisalex Jewell is known for designing beautiful, fun garments that look fabulous on women of all sizes. In Made to Measure, she guides sewers to create stylish garments while empowering them to learn new skills, be creative, and feel confident. Following an overview of essential sewing tools, a primer on fabrics, and a guide to essential sewing techniques, you will learn how to: Draft simple patterns based on your measurements Take a pattern from an existing garment Identify and fix common fit issues The sixteen pattern-free projTrade Review“The comprehensive guidance covers an impressive range of garb and techniques, and is presented in a manner straightforward enough that even novice sewists will feel prepared to tackle the projects. The result is a superior guide on creating custom clothing.” * Publishers Weekly *"Sewists of all levels who are curious about creating fashionable wardrobe pieces from start to finish will be overjoyed to find this book by Jewell, a well-known pattern designer. Beginning with explanations of sewing basics, fabrics, and must-have tools, the book offers tips and tricks that those new to the craft will appreciate. Experienced sewists can benefit too from the book’s answers to questions they might have had during other projects. Jewell reminds readers that any body type can look chic and well put together in any style if the pattern is customized to their shape, and she strives to instill confidence in crafters nervous about drafting their own patterns. A welcome addition to sewing technique and pattern books." * Library Journal *"Whether you are new to sewing clothes, or simply want to add to your garment-making skills, Made to Measure is the ideal combination of instructional guide and 'how-to' manual for creating an impressive and personalized wardrobe that is specifically tailored to and for you." * Midwest Book Review *
£20.90
Abrams Yves Saint Laurent Gold
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£29.75
Henry Holt & Company Inc Selling Sexy
Book SynopsisThe story of how Victoria's Secret skyrocketed from a tiny chain of boutiques to a retail phenomenon with more than $8 billion in annual sales at its peakall while defining an impossible beauty standard for generations of American womenbefore the brand's tight grip on the industry finally slippedVictoria's Secret is one of the most influential and polarizing brands to ever infiltrate the psyche of the American consumer. Almost right at its start in the late 1970s, the company developed a cult following for its glamorous catalogs. Back then, shoppers had few alternatives to the stodgy department stores that sold most of the nation's intimate apparel. By 1982, the founders of Victoria's Secret avoided bankruptcy by selling to Les Wexner, the fast-fashion pioneer behind the Limited, whose empire of mall brands would go on to dominate American retail for forty years.Wexner turned Victoria's Secret into a multibillion-dollar business, and the brand's cultural influ
£23.39
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Digital Fashion
Book SynopsisThis collection of topical essays by academics and industry professionals brings a unique lens to the issues broached, questions raised, and solutions offered regarding the history and advancement of digital fashion. While digital fashion's roots can be traced back to the development of the Jacquard loom, its modern-day antecedents are found in video games and Instagram filters - allowing users to apply virtual makeup, accessories, and clothes to their posts. With 12 essays and four specialist interviews, this collection begins with digital fashion''s origins, its placement in the history of fashion, and its status as an aesthetic object. Part 2 focuses on the practice of making digital fashion, including NFTs, sneaker culture, cyborg vs skins and education. Part 3 provides a critical overview of digital fashion''s potential to impact wider society, including questions of social equity, sustainability and African decoloniality and the future of the industry. <
£76.00
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Shoes and the Georgian Man
Book SynopsisMatthew McCormack is Professor of History at the University of Northampton, UK, course leader for MA History and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Higher Education Academy. His previous books include The Independent Man, Embodying the Militia in Georgian England and Citizenship and Gender in Britain, 1688-1928. He edited the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies' (2015-20). He regularly blogs, and tweets at @historymatt.
£80.75
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Textiles on Film
Book SynopsisThe imagined worlds of the cinematic mise-en-scène are rich with textiles: fabrics drape over sets, serve as props, and develop mood and character as dress and décor. A much-needed examination of the cultural and emotional impact of textiles as mediated through cinematic technology, Textiles on Film broadens our understanding of the dynamic relationship between fabric and film.Drawing on scholarship across multiple disciplines and exploring a wide range of filmsfrom lesser-known avant-garde films to big-budget Hollywood productionsthis book will inspire scholars and students of film, fashion, and textiles. Close readings of on-screen textiles redirect meaning to that which is often overlooked, including depictions of gender expression, behind-the-scenes labor, and architectural and bodily ornamentation. Attentive to the social nuances of fabrics from polyester to velvet, and to the physical qualities of the textiles themselves, Becky Peterson unearths new possibilitie
£71.25
Bene Factum Publishing Ltd Henry Poole: Founders of Savile Row - The Making
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£18.99
Tuttle Publishing Small Knits
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£6.23
Rizzoli International Publications Christian Siriano
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£34.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Retail Design
Book SynopsisThe late twentieth century saw rapid growth in consumption and the expansion of retailing and services. This was reflected in the number and type of stores and locations, from regional shopping malls and out-of-town superstores to concept and flagship stores. Retail design became an essential part of its success by creating distinctive brands and formats. However, the economic recession in the developed world and competition for consumer goods from the developing world has led to a re-assessment of the growth-led conventions of the retail industry. In addition, the rapid advance of e-commerce and online shopping has created new challenges for physical stores and the communication and distribution of retail brands. The book will provide students, researchers and practitioners a detailed assessment of retail design, taking a distinctive global approach to place design practice and theory in context. Chapters are devoted to key issues in the visual and structural contribution of design to
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Yale University Press Marie Cuttoli
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Kang transcends the purely biographical approach that has long plagued monographs on craftspeople and designers to situate Cuttoli's production within the critical discourses surrounding gender, colonialism and the decorative.”—Sarah Parrish, The Burlington Magazine
£33.25
Rizzoli International Publications Willi Smith Street Couture
Book SynopsisAfrican-American fashion designer Willi Smith, pioneer of streetwear and visionary collaborator, finally gets his due in an exuberant celebration of his life and work.Before Off-White, before Hood By Air, before Supreme, there was WilliWear. Willi Smith created inclusive and liberating fashion: I don't design clothes for the queen, but the people who wave at her as she goes by, he said. A rising star from the time he left Parsons, Smith went on to found WilliWear with Laurie Mallet in 1976 and became one of the most successful designers of his era by his untimely death in 1987. Smith broke boundaries with his streetwear, or street couture, and trailblazed the collaborations between artists, performers, and designers commonplace today in projects with SITE Architects, Nam June Paik, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Spike Lee, Dan Friedman, Bill T. Jones, and Arnie Zane. Essays by leading figures from the worlds of fashion, art, architecture, and cultural studies paired with nev
£29.75
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Denim An American Story
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£23.79
Penguin Books Ltd The Glossy Years
Book Synopsis ''The most entertaining book of the year'' Sunday Times ''The autobiography of magazine kingpin Nicholas Coleridge is a Waugh-like whirlwind of eccentric characters, lavish parties and even a spell in a Sri Lankan jail. It was funny enough to excuse all the name-dropping'' Evening Standard, Books of the Year ''A ludicrously well-connected magazine impresario. Whimsical tales of Bob Geldof, William Hague, Princess Diana and George Osborne jostle with recollections of glitzy parties at castles and producing the Eton magazine with Craig Brown. It''s gossipy good fun'' Sunday Times''A deliciously moreish memoir of the author''s glittering career in magazine publishing. Like having a really good gossip over a glass of fizz with Evelyn Waugh'' Sunday Telegraph''Sparkling. Witty, nimble and engaging, it is wonderfully entertaining and a marvellous slice of social history'' Jane Trade ReviewColeridge is a witty writer . . . reading this book is like sitting next to a sharp but generous-hearted raconteur at dinner * Mail on Sunday *Has bounding vitality, glorious zest and and an uplifting generosity of spirit. It is always playful, sometimes hilarious - but above all it is wise * Richard Davenport-Hines, Literary Review *In these dark days of everlasting Brexit, Nicholas Coleridge's sparkling memoir is a welcome reminder that all is not gloom and doom. Witty, nimble and engaging, it is wonderfully entertaining and a marvellous slice of social history * Jane Ridley, Spectator *A deliciously moreish memoir of the author's glittering career in magazine publishing. Like having a really good gossip over a glass of fizz with Evelyn Waugh. * Allison Pearson, Sunday Telegraph * Tittle-tattle, tiffs and titanic egos, this book has them all. A hugely entertaining read by the ultimate insider * A Sunday Times best memoir of 2019 *Forthright, witty and gossipy . . . a passion for glossy magazines shines through this effervescent memoir * Sunday Express *A Waugh-like whirlwind of eccentric characters, lavish parties and even a spell in a Sri Lankan jail. It was funny enough to excuse all the name-dropping * Evening Standard, Books of the Year *I truly think this is a brilliant book. laughed almost continuously * Charles Moore, The Spectator *Beady and slyly funny, my favourite bit concerns punctuation in the late Betty Kenward's society column. It's that kind of book * India Knight, Sunday Times *Gloriously funny, affectionate and well-written, his ear for how other people speak is mischievously spot-on and his optimism is infectious * Daily Mail, Memoirs of the Year *Worth every penny for names dropped, inside stories, expertise in how that world worked and, endearingly, how his happy marriage and family have too * Susan Hill, Spectator *The most entertaining book of the year * Sunday Times *An entertaining whirlwind * Evening Standard *Gentle, jolly . . . Blissfully funny . . . One might wish to make people as happy, personally and professionally, as Coleridge has done - and will continue to do with this amusing book * The Sunday Telegraph *I adored it. Coleridge has a Waugh-like eye for hilarious social nuance and a Henry Jamesian ear for precision. He is both self-deprecating and shrewd as he regales us with his rollicking ride as editor and tastemaker in the world of British glossy magazines: an irresistible read * Tina Brown *The memoir of a ludicrously well-connected magazine impresario. Whimsical tales of Bob Geldof, William Hague, Princess Diana and George Osborne jostle with recollections of glitzy parties at castles and producing the Eton magazine with Craig Brown. It's gossipy good fun * The Sunday Times Best Memoirs of 2019 *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Fashion Sewing Advanced Techniques Required
Book SynopsisConnie Amaden-Crawford is President and CEO of Fashion Patterns by Coni, a member of the Sewing Hall of Fame, and a licensed designer for The McCall Pattern Company under the Butterick label. She is author of The Art of Fashion Draping, 4th Edition (Fairchild Books, 2012).Table of ContentsPreface 1. Construction Methods: Step-By-Step Method of Construction; Assembly Procedures for Simple Garments 2. Bias and Bias Treatments: Key Terms and Concepts; Finishing Bias-Cut Garments; Cutting Bias Strips; Joining Bias Strips; Single Bias Binding; French Bias Binding; Spaghetti Tubing 3. Sewing with Knits: Key Terms and Concepts; Needle and Thread Selection; Seams on Knit Fabrics; Knit Bands; Knit Bias Binding; Knit Rugby Placket with Knit Collar; Knit Extended Band; Sewing Knickers 4. Pockets; Key Terms and Concepts; Patch Pocket; Lined Patch Pocket; Lined Patch Pocket with Facing; Self-Lined Patch Pocket; Front Hip Pocket; In-Seam Pocket; Bellows/Cargo Pocket; Patch Pocket with Flap or Decorative Flap; Welt Bound Pocket; One-Piece Bound Buttonhole Pocket; Lined Bound Buttonhole Pocket; Bound Flap Pocket 5. Sleeves, Plackets and Cuffs: Key Terms and Concepts; Sleeve Designs; Sleeve Plackets; Sleeve Cuffs 6. Collars and Necklines: Collars: Key Terms and Concepts; Flat, Stand or Roll Collar; Shirt Collar with Separate Stand; Burrito/Sandwich Collar; Tie Collar; Attaching a Collar with Front and Back Facings; Attaching a Collar without a Back Facing; Attaching a Collar without Facings; Shawl Collar; Rever Collar; Neckline Plackets: Key Terms and Concepts; Shirt Neckline Placket; Tailored Shirt Placket; Hidden Button Placket; Budget Shirt Placket 7. Facings and Linings: Facings: Key Terms and Concepts; Shaped and Extended Facings; All-in-One Facing; Bias Facing; Linings: Key Terms and Concepts; Free-Hanging Skirt Lining; Free-Hanging Pants Lining; Vest Lining; Constructing the Bustier 8. Waistlines: Key Terms and Concepts; Traditional Straight Waistband; Tailored Straight; Waistband; Belt Carriers; Elastic Waistband; Drawstring Waistband; Faced Waistline; Inside Waistline; Stay/Belting; Attaching a Bodice to a Skirt; Thread Loop for Buttonhole or Belt; Outside Casing 9. Tailoring: Key Terms and Concepts; Tailored Jacket with Notched Collar; Notched Collar in an Unlined Jacket Appendix Glossary of Sewing Terms Index Acknowledgements
£27.99
Tuttle Publishing Tokyo Fashion City
Book SynopsisTrade Review"From street fashion to catwalk, it captures eccentric Japanese Style." --Vogue"The beautifully photographed book is notable not only for the great variety of looks it documents, but also for providing insight and background into the root of Tokyo street style and the individuals who constantly reinvent it." --Fashion Wire Daily"Fashion fans will flip over the copious photographs of the endless permutations of Tokyo street style in Tokyo Fashion City: A Guide to Tokyo's Trendiest Fashion Districts, which includes guide maps to area stores and a breakdown of the popular styles, neighborhood-by-neighborhood." --Travel Channel
£7.08
Taylor & Francis Ltd 18th Century Male Tailoring
Book Synopsis18th Century Male Tailoring: Theatrical and Historical Tailoring c1680â1790 introduces the reader to English eighteenth century tailoring and covers the drafting of patterns, cutting out in cloth and construction techniques in sequence for the tailoring of waistcoats, breeches and coats.From choosing the right cloth to preparing for the fitting process, this how-to guide will help readers create beautiful, historically accurate eighteenth century male garments for events and performances. The book contains the following: step-by-step instructions complete with illustrations for students and costumiers who are new to the making of male tailored garments from the eighteenth century; drafting blocks and construction techniques for the different styles through the eighteenth century and patterns, photographs, detailed measurements and articles taken from a variety of male coats, waistcoats and trousers from c1680 âc1790 from museums and collections. 18th Century Male Tailoring is written for costume design and construction students, fashion students and practitioners who have a reasonable working knowledge of sewing and general costume making, but not necessarily of tailoring, drafting patterns, cutting skills and the making of male garments.Table of Contents1. Getting Started 2. Pattern Drafting and Diagrams 3. Seam Allowances, Pattern Layouts, Cutting Out and Marking Up 4. Preparing for the Fitting and the Fitting Process 5. Making up Waistcoats 6. Making up Breeches 7. Making up Coats 8. Original Garments: Patterns, Photographs and Measurements
£50.34
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion
Book SynopsisGlobal Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion showcases the global fashion industry''s efforts to reduce the negative impacts associated with fashion production and consumption. Illustrated throughout with infographics, photographs and diagrams of creative works, eighteen essays focus on six regions, examining sustainable fashion in the context of local, cultural and environmental concerns. Also included are 18 regional Spotlight' sections highlighting the differences and similarities across regions by concentrating on examples of best practice, design innovation and impact on the community.Trade ReviewGlobal Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion is a must-read for anyone interested in individual and collective efforts to improve the sustainability of the global fashion industry. * Selvedge Magazine *The most comprehensive overview of continent- and country-based sustainable principles and practice, investigating localized companies with innovative approaches to business models. I will be using this book at both the university and industry levels—its value runs deep. -- Annie Gullingsrud, California College of the Arts, USATable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Part 1 – Latin America 3. Part 2 – North America 4. Part 3 – Europe 5. Part 4 – Asia (Western, Central, South Central, Eastern) 6. Part 5 – South East Asia and Oceania 7. Part 6 – Africa and the Middle East 8. Concluding Remarks from the Editors Further Resources Index
£32.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Fashion Criticism
Book SynopsisThis is the first anthology of fashion criticism, a growing field that has been too long overlooked. Fashion Criticism aims to redress the balance, claiming a place for writing on fashion alongside other more well-established areas of criticism.Exploring the history of fashion criticism in the English language, this essential work takes readers from the writing published in avant-garde modernist magazines at the beginning of the twentieth century to the fashion criticism of Robin Givhanthe first fashion critic to win a Pulitzer Prizeand of Judith Thurman, a National Book Award winner. It covers the shift in newspapers from the so-called women's pages to the contemporary style sections, while unearthing the work of cultural critics and writers on fashion including Susan Sontag and Eve Babitz (Vogue), Bebe Moore Campbell (Ebony), Angela Carter (New Statesman) and Hilton Als (New Yorker).Examining the gender dynamics of the field and its historical assocTrade ReviewSeven billion humans on the planet clothe or adorn themselves every day. Yet the subject of dress – it’s language; its influence on the way we express our identities, desires, allegiances, aspirations and (in many cases, our servitude) – has rarely been considered worthy of serious inquiry. This essential anthology of essays on fashion corrects that oversight ... and it does so with exceptional verve and intelligence. * Judith Thurman, The New Yorker *From Oscar Wilde’s musing on corsets to Connie Wang’s discussion of Wokeness, this dazzling compendium of critical fashion writing—with a sweep of over one hundred years—is as fun to read as it is intellectually provocative. * Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, US *[Fashion Criticism: An Anthology] represents a step forward to considering fashion criticism a respected discipline alongside cultural criticism. Moreover, it can be a very useful resource for those who wish to deepen their knowledge on the subject, and it might even help them develop their own critical skills for fashion writing. Eventually, this anthology demonstrates how politics, gender, race, and other socio cultural issues are extremely interconnected with the matters of dress. Fashion criticism can be another way of examining those contexts and enrich the conversation with new, stimulating perspectives. * The Journal of Dress History *Reprints of lesser-known essays (Campbell’s “What Happened to the Afro?”), plus essays that use a variety of approaches, from glamorous description (Long’s “Feminine Fashions”), to social theory (Sontag’s “Looking with Avedon”), make this a solid primer on cultural criticism and fashion journalism. * Library Journal *A welcome anthology of fashion criticism establishing that writing about fashion can be as influential as designing it. Ranging across late nineteenth century gazettes, twentieth century newspapers and twenty-first century posts, it’s a key reference work for reading about how fashion measures up. * Alistair O’Neill, Central Saint Martins, London, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viii Introduction 1 PART I Late Nineteenth Century–1960s Introduction to PART I 13 1 Mr. Oscar Wilde on Woman’s Dress Oscar Wilde 17 2 Literary and Other Notes (excerpt) Oscar Wilde 19 3 Philosophic Fashions: Who Fell Asleep on the King’s Highway? Dame Rogue [Louise Norton] 23 4 Philosophic Fashions: Trouser-Talk (excerpt) Dame Rogue [Louise Norton] 27 5 Philosophic Fashions: The Importance of Being Dressed Dame Rogue [Louise Norton] 31 6 Feminine Fashions Lois Long 35 7 Feminine Fashions Lois Long 37 8 Copying a Fancy Name Elizabeth Hawes 39 9 News … News … News … Elizabeth Hawes 45 10 Fashions from Paris: A Suit Story at Balenciaga Eugenia Sheppard 51 11 A Mini for Men? Eugenia Sheppard 53 12 A Campaign Issue—Clothes? Eleni Epstein 55 13 Candidates in a Tie on Fashion’s Slate Eleni Epstein 57 PART II 1970s–1990s Introduction to PART II 61 14 The Wound in the Face Angela Carter 65 15 Feminine Fashions: The Fall Collections II Kennedy Fraser 69 16 Looking with Avedon Susan Sontag 77 17 What Happened to the Afro? Bebe Moore Campbell 81 18 Ralph Lauren’s Achievement Holly Brubach 87 19 In Fashion: Modernism Outmoded Holly Brubach 95 20 Haute Coiffure de Gel Elizabeth Wilson 103 21 Hippie Heaven Eve Babitz 107 22 Calvinism Unclothed Valerie Steele 113 23 Coming Apart Amy Spindler 119 24 The Once and Future Suit Anne Hollander 125 25 Sexualities Anne Hollander 129 26 The Eastern Bloc Lynn Yaeger 133 27 Avant Guardians Lynn Yaeger 137 28 The Only One Hilton Als 139 29 Buying the Fantasy Hilton Als 147 30 Fashion’s Military Fascination: Unsettling, Romantic Esthetic Suzy Menkes 151 PART III Twenty-first Century Introduction to PART III 155 31 Future, Take Note: Raf Simons Was Here Cathy Horyn 159 32 Hussein Chalayan: Nostalgia for the Future Caroline Evans 163 33 The Misfit Judith Thurman 169 34 Dressed to Thrill: Alexander McQueen at the Met Judith Thurman 179 35 Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch (Excerpt) Dwight A. McBride 183 36 The Mystery Man: Margiela, Be Mine Sarah Mower 193 37 All Hail the Leader of the Fashionable World Robin Givhan 197 38 The Revolution Will Be Branded Vetements Anja Aronowsky Cronberg 201 39 Will I Get a Ticket? A Conversation about Life after Vogue with Lucinda Chambers Anja Aronowsky Cronberg 205 40 Trump vs. the Disappearing Tie Vanessa Friedman 209 41 Suket Dhir, Men’s Wear Designer, from Delhi to the World Guy Trebay 213 42 Melania Trump and the Chilling Artifice of Fashion Rhonda Garelick 217 43 Is Wokeness in Fashion Just Another Illusion? Connie Wang 219 Sources and Acknowledgments 222 Index 225
£24.69
Arcturus Publishing The 50 Greatest Fashion Designers
Book SynopsisEmma Baxter-Wright studied fashion at St Martins School of Art, and History of Art at Bristol University, and has lectured at the London College of Fashion and the University of Creative Arts, teaching fashion styling and journalism, promotion and imaging. She has been a fashion stylist and features writer for many publications including Cosmopolitan, The Face, Marie Claire, The Lady and the New York Observer. More recently she has written two books on the iconic British photographer Duffy, a book on Vintage Fashion, as well as Little Book histories on fashion rivals Schiaparelli, Chanel and Yves St Laurent.
£16.99
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing Where is Claris in Paris: Claris: A Look-and-find
Book SynopsisClaris, the chicest mouse in Paris, is setting off on an exciting adventure through the city of lights!Can you find Claris and her friends in fabulous Parisian places such as the patisserie, the florist and the carousel?Look inside to find out! The first look-and-find Claris adventure from beloved children’s author Megan Hess. The best-selling Claris series follows an adorable mouse who moves to Paris to follow her fashion dreams, for fans of Eloise and Olivia. Destined to delight fashion-obsessed readers of all ages! A quarter of a million Claris books in print!
£10.00
