Fashion and textile design Books
Taschen GmbH Fashion. Eine Modegeschichte vom 18. bis 20.
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£18.00
Alexander Verlag Berlin Dance and Costumes A History of Dressing Movement
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£40.80
Arnoldsche immer dabei DIE TASCHE
Book SynopsisThis publication explores the bag's cultural history, showcasing over 200 exhibits from ancient pouches to modern handbags by renowned designers like Hermès and Louis Vuitton. Text in German.
£33.60
teNeues Publishing UK Ltd Its All About Metallics
Book SynopsisShine, Shine! Metal has always fascinated the world of fashion. Its dazzling appearance makes outfits radiate in a truly special way. Reason enough for Suzanne Middlemass to dedicate an entire thematic volume of the successful It's All About series, which explores extravagant styling trends of our time.Suzanne is one of the best street-style photographers of our time. With her regular features in VOGUE, Elle, GQ, and Grazia, and as part of an international exhibition, she has already gained many fans around the globe. In the It's all about series, she has now sorted her work thematically for her followers.In the coffee table book It''s All About Metallics, the popular fashion photographer showcases the creative use of chrome, gold, and colourful rainbow shimmer on jackets, shirts, bags, shoes, or fashion classics. With her inspirational street-style photography, she searches around the major fashion shows for this no
£23.75
Byen Story Vintage Stories London
Book SynopsisA carefully tailored book celebrating inspiring people, stories and clothing in the streets of London.
£29.75
Loft Publications Cult Heels: Exceptional Talent in Shoe Design
Book SynopsisA magnificent photographic celebration of the work by the most exciting and innovative contemporary shoemakers and boutique designers. Whenever a celebrity steps out with a new look, women want to know, “Who styled her?” “And where did she get her shoes?”. Today, in addition to seeking inspiration from major shoe brands, stylists are also turning to boutique designers when creating unforgettable looks for their clients. This magnificent book spotlights the most exciting and innovative contemporary international shoemakers whose artful designs are not just hip, but also feminine and chic. For these designers, staying true to their aesthetic principles and producing high quality creations is their top goal.
£33.96
Silvana Forever Valentino
Book SynopsisThis beautiful publication takes you into the heart of the Maison, featuring over 150 looks, ranging from the first collection by Valentino Garavani to the unforgettable show by Pierpaolo Piccioli staged on the Spanish Steps in 2022. Published to accompany the landmark exhibition in Doha launched in the same year, the book opens with a reimagining of the Maison’s courtyard at the Palazzo Mignanelli, showcasing 34 haute couture creations in Valentino’s signature red. This is followed by a visual journey through nine galleries, with highlights including Capriccio Romana, a homage to cinema and the city’s urban landscape; a focus on gowns designed for Valentino’s divas – Zendaya, Lady Gaga, Anne Hathaway and many more; an immersive runway experience from the Valentino Pink PP collection; and finally a dramatic recreation of the Beginnings show featuring over 60 ensembles by Valentino Garavani and Pierpaolo Piccioli. The exhibition views are complemented by sketches and catwalk shots printed on different paper stocks and transparent sheets, creating a multilayered tactile experience, inspired by Piccioli’s cahiers de défilé (collection notebooks), which were displayed for the first time in the exhibition. With text by curators Alexander Fury and Massimiliano Gioni, and contributions by renowned fashion writers and editors, this book is a must for followers of the much loved couture house.
£65.70
Skira Uman: The Essays 4: Telemark
Book SynopsisA sophisticated wardrobe guides’ series for modern men. Uman. The Essays is a series of commentaries by contemporary connoisseurs (authors, journalists, and cultured men), who explore the sources of men's costume – sports, discovery, passions – to reveal the traditions and ethos at the basis of the ideal wardrobe. It is a project by Umberto Angeloni, former chief executive of Brioni, an Italian luxury lifestyle brand with global diffusion. The fourth Essay of the series is devoted to clothing designed for telemark (a term used for skiing using the Telemark turn. It is also known as “free heel skiing”). Its author Markus Ebner is the founder of Achtung, Germany’s directional fashion magazine and Sepp, a unique publication that brings together football and fashion. He is the men’s fashion critic for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: “… what a man wears says a lot about him – first impressions always count. Even if we deeply believe in not judging a book by its cover, the old adage holds true: you only have one chance to make a good first impression…”
£14.36
Skira The Lotus Flower: A Textile Hidden in the Water
Book SynopsisEmotional photographs from the Far East to discover a product of excellence. The latest textile treasure discovered by Loro Piana grows in the waters of Inle Lake in eastern Myanmar: the fibre of the lotus flower. This extraordinary raw material of vegetable origin is obtained from the aquatic plant that was sacred to the Buddha. The Intha people, “children of the lake”, use ancient techniques passed down across generations to work the fibres into a very fine thread exclusively by hand. In six chapters of photographs, the volume leads the reader through the magic hills of the Shan plateau and among lake pile-dwellings, where the slow rhythm of a timeless existence in total harmony with nature is measured out in the harvesting of the lotus, the catching of fish and the cultivation of fruits and vegetables in floating gardens. Every year during the rainy season, the Intha harvest the stems of the lotus flower and extract the fibres that will be spun into thread, just over a hundred grams in a full day’s work, performed according to the slow rhythm of tradition, which now may become a source of livelihood for future populations as well.
£48.00
Skira Hogan: Future Roots
Book SynopsisFifty-six international designers and architects celebrate the Hogan label’s most recent collections. There is an obvious connection between the different forms of creative expression: this is the core philosophy Hogan, expressed in the Future Roots project in which 56 internationally famous designers and architects are captured in Ornella Sancassani’s photographs wearing the most recent collections designed by the fashion label. The black-and-white photographs interpret the fashion house’s savoir-faire; the architects and designers are captured in their professional workplaces or with those objects that in a concise way best express their Weltanschauung. Future Roots is therefore a story in pictures in which the different aspects of planning in design, architecture, fashion and photography are brought to the fore, showing little distinction between sectors.
£40.00
Skira School Projects
Book SynopsisA selection of the themes Alberto Lattuada proposed to his students during his fourteen years at Polimoda in Florence, accompanied by beautiful drawings. Alberto Lattuada is a fashion illustrator and a stylist. His projects are a rather extravagant mix of fashion, costume, art, cinema and the eccentric and legendary styles of famous figures. “I tried to transmit self-criticism and control over one’s own creativity and a sophisticated sense of elegance and style…. I believe that I also added a small spark of love, hidden between the lines and more or less well-rendered marks, between the smudges and splotches of colour.” – Alberto Lattuada
£32.00
Skira One Hundred 100 Portraits: Angela Lo Priore
Book SynopsisJeremy Irons, Scarlett Johansson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Oliver Stone, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley, Wim Wenders, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Gabriele Salvatores, Gabriele Muccino, Giancarlo Giannini… A gallery of 100 stunning photographic portraits of famous actors, actress and directors taken by the Italian photographer Angela Lo Priore, whose passion for photography borns through the world of architecture and advertising, and then specializes in portraits of celebrities.
£48.00
Skira Electric Fashion
Book SynopsisThree decades of fashion brought together in one Collection, worn as originally intended by the Collector herself, and developed over five years by established fashion and portrait photographer Frederic Aranda: this is Electric Fashion. But why is it electric? It is the story of how the Collector, Christine Suppes, blazed an indelible trail into online fashion editorial whilst developing a unique collection in the heart of Silicon Valley. Electric Fashion is essential viewing, punctuated with academic perspective, comprehensive technical references, and archival text from the collection’s accompanying website, fashionlines.com. This timeless tome boasts a double vantage point; on the one hand, each garment is photographed in a studio setting to enhance critical academic understanding, whilst on the other, worn by the collector herself at locations around the world to depict the garments as they were originally intended to be worn. The finished product is a 360 degree view of fashion, from historical, cultural, and practical standpoints.
£38.40
Skira Tirelli 50: The Wardrobe of Dreams
Book SynopsisThe book presents a portrait of Tirelli with the history of his apprenticeship and his passion not only for the painstaking reproduction of ancient garments and accessories but also for building up a priceless collection of tens of thousands of original items of clothing. A long chapter presents testimonials from faithful customers including the most illustrious Italian and foreign costume designers, winners of countless Oscars, some of whom have been with Tirelli from the outset. The rich array of illustrations – comprising sketches, photographs of finished costumes and scenes from plays and films – spans five decades of inventions and successes, and the work ends with a catalogue raisonné of the company’s creations for theater, opera, cinema, and television.
£36.00
Skira Gianfranco Ferré: Under Another Light: Jewels and
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£32.00
Skira The Gift of Kings: The Noblest of Wools
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£48.00
Skira Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
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£19.12
Skira Power Mode: Fashion & Textile History Gallery
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£28.90
Damiani Daisy Chain
Book SynopsisDaisy Chain is the new platform from Phillip Bogart Duncan and Charles Daigrepont Desselle. Published by Damiani, it is a print publication and online presence exploring the future of photography at the intersection of art and fashion. Decadent and surprising, lushly-produced yet unfussy, Daisy Chain offers an authoritative and fresh take on the indisputable influence of art photography, pitched against the backdrop of art history. With both a curatorial eye and an instinct for the new, Duncan and Desselle seek to re-investigate the canon: previously overlooked work is celebrated, and rising talent is supported. Never indulgent, their selection pinpoints the current moment, as well as the foundation it springs from. Printed in Italy and distributed worldwide, Daisy Chain presents a roster of thought-provoking contributors. Its inaugural issue includes original work from Emma Summerton, Shaniqwa Jarvis and Kuba Ryniewicz––and promises a visual feast targeting accomplished fashion figures and dilettantes alike.
£21.25
Mondadori Electa Timeless Icons: The Style of Celebrities
Book SynopsisThrough glamorous images of celebrities both contemporary and past this exquisite volume celebrates the legendary style of actors, models, musicians, socialites, and more. A curation of the most emblematic figures of the last century, this tome features a who s who list of style icons from the red carpet, Hollywood films, and magazine covers: from Jane Birkin, Brigitte Bardot, Lauren Hutton, and Audrey Hepburn to James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Mick Jagger. Also spotlighted are beloved icons of our time, including Gisele Bundchen, Blake Lively, George Clooney, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Beautiful photographs underscore each personality s unique charm and elegance, while informative texts describe the time period and style. The result is a book that s as enchanting as the legendary figures represented within its pages.
£44.00
Mondadori Electa Luisa Spagnoli: 90 Years of Style
Book SynopsisFor decades, Luisa Spagnoli has represented a confident, feminine woman, whose elegance is both modern and sophisticated a style that is beloved by women of all ages, based on quality tailoring and must-have pieces. This book presents the development of the Luisa Spagnoli style through her signature accessories and iconic garments, with vintage and contemporary illustrations, sketches, drawings, and never-before-seen material from the extensive company archives. It pays tribute to the enterprising spirit of Luisa, who after founding the chocolatier Perugina and its hallmark Baci transformed her hobby of knitting with angora wool into a women s clothing and accessories brand, which now boasts 170 outlets around the world. Luisa Spagnoli s brand was popular with Hollywood stars working in Rome, such as Esther Williams and Lana Turner, and Italian actresses, such as Sophia Loren and Anna Magnani. The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is also often photographed wearing Luisa Spagnoli creations. Based on an ethical work plan, business acumen, the ability to evolve over time, and a pioneering approach to marketing, Luisa Spagnoli is a unique figure on the Italian fashion scene that is celebrating 90 years of success.
£56.00
Mondadori Electa 5D: Diesel, Dream, Disruption, Deviation, Denim
Book SynopsisIn forty years of activity, the Diesel brand has managed to construct a world that communicates values of rebellion, nonconformity, and individuality. This book celebrates Diesel s irreverence and innovation in the rejection of the often overly serious vernacular that surrounds denim. Diesel s denim has really been the gateway into a much wider and larger lifestyle arc, masterminded by Renzo Rosso. Denim is the fabric of Diesel, but in-between the warp and weft of those threads, what Diesel really communicates is something that goes far beyond the physical garment. In addition to shooting and recontextualizing the archives, the volume also looks at the present, on how the denim permeates and punctuates Diesel s world today, concluding with the exciting output from Diesel Red Tag as more and more collaborators (Shayne Oliver, Glenn Martens, and more to come) are added to the fold. This volume is not an academic study, nor is it a chronological retelling of Diesel s history in denim. It is a tongue-in-cheek compendium about Diesel s denim universe. New images shot by four different photographers are interspersed with archival visual material, campaigns, and editorials.
£60.00
Mondadori Electa Yuul Yie: Sculpture Shoe Fantasy
Book SynopsisTo celebrate ten years of Yuul Yie s unstoppable rise, this is the first illustrated monograph dedicated to the Korean women s shoe brand founded by Sunyuul Yie in 2010. The footwear line combines cultured artistic, architectural, and pictorial references with the skillful use of Italian leather and a single goal for its couture: simple and high-quality design and workmanship accompanied by a sober and sophisticated style. The label prides itself on its unique and unexpectedly elegant designs. From its color-blocked mules to its pearl-heeled boots, Yuul Yie s distinct aesthetic is trendy yet timeless, thoughtful, daring, and undeniably chic. It s no secret that Asian footwear brands are taking the Western fashion world by storm, and Yuul Yie s designs continue to dominate among fashion tastemakers across the globe.Trade Review"If you are hungry for knowledge about footwear in general, then this is a book you need to own..." —NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
£44.00
Mondadori Electa Naty Abascal: The Eternal Muse Inspiring Fashion
Book SynopsisThe publication presents a handpicked selection of designs by Cristobal Balenciaga, Oscar de la Renta, Eliee Saab, Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino, among others. Abascal has been part of the history of these haute couture masters, not only as a model, but also as a muse, inspiration, and companion of their most significant successes, in daily life and in the pages of fashion magazines. This book marks the occasion of the exhibition Naty Abascal and Fashion! organized by Museo Jumex, Mexico City, from November 7, 2019 to January 5, 2020. Like the exhibition, it aims to evoke the big ateliers or couture studios, whose mirrors have witnessed the evolution of fashion, along with designers and models. Their reflections highlight the unique details of the cut and the proportion of the outfits that contribute to the transformation of the female silhouette, which testifies to contemporary times like any other art form.Trade Review"Naty Abascal: The Eternal Muse offers the reader a rare look at not only the contents of Naty's closets but also of an unerring taste level that does not radiate from one specific point of view. She is always flawlessly turned out whether in the slickest and simplest of tailleurs or the most outrageous feathered and beaded couture pieces. Much of what is seen here might jar the reader's memory in terms of which designer created what and when they came about. Naty was/is a hoarder of sorts but in the most discerning of ways...The collective images are superbly and dramatically styled all by the hand of Naty herself! If her name and fame are unknown to you then this is certainly a great primer demonstrating the making of a fashion icon. Good taste is not learned or taught; it is innate and honed by its possessor. Even an astute and well-read fashionphile will find Naty Abascal: The Eternal Muse enlightening." —NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
£38.40
Rizzoli Electa Tà's Red Book: The Life of Wanda Ferragamo
Book SynopsisThis volume is being published on the occasion of the exhibition Women in Balance at the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence. Wanda Miletti Ferragamo, wife of Salvatore Ferragamo, was an extraordinary figure who combined the traditional role of a woman devoted to her home and children with a commitment to work and business. Her individual story triggers profound reflections on how she honoured her husband's memory through her entrepreneurial, cultural, and social choices. These choices allowed her to outline a specific form of family business, which has long been considered a pinnacle of the Italian economy. Her life was characterized by a strong dedication to work, and her role as a pioneering leader at the helm of an innovative company such as Salvatore Ferragamo provides an opportunity to explore and analyze the role of women in the years of Italy's economic miracle, with a focus on issues such as household consumption and the influence of advertising.
£26.25
Roli Books Tarun Tahiliani Journey to India Modern
Book SynopsisBorn in Bombay, Tarun Tahiliani, a Wharton School of Business MBA graduate, co-founded Ensemble with his wife Sailaja in 1987, pioneering luxury fashion retail in India. After studying at FIT, New York, and gaining international acclaim, he founded the Tarun Tahiliani Design Studio in Delhi in 1995, and played a vital role in founding the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) in 1999, leading to India's own Fashion Week. In 2003, he became the first Indian designer at Milan Fashion Week. Beyond fashion, he has ventured into architecture and interior design, evident in his stores nationwide. Alia Allana is an investigative journalist at Object, a narrative journalism magazine. As a crime reporter, she has reported from prisons, and covered conflicts across the globe. While her entry into fashion writing began as a cub reporter, it crystalized into a deeper enquiry on attire through a study of Tarun Tahiliani's famed dhoti-sari. Since then, she has explored the ch
£48.75
Lannoo Publishers Kris Van Assche: 55 Collections: KRISVANASSCHE,
Book Synopsis"...enriched not only by an introduction by the fashion author Anders Christian Madsen, but also by countless anecdotes and stories from friends, artists and collaborators who contributed to the achievement of Van Assche's great successes." — GQ Italia "Squeezing two small decades worth of era-defining elegance into one book is no small feat. Just ask Kris Van Assche, who has spent the past year scrupulously archiving his life's work." — i-D "Fashion is my life. I see many ways to return", the Belgian creative, former head of Dior homme and Berluti, tells MFF. Who this evening in Paris presents the volume 55 collections, which retraces almost 20 years of his career" — Milano Finaza & M le Monde "How Kris van Assche helped invent the modern man." — The Face Press Embracing 20 years in fashion as a designer and Creative Director at Dior Homme, Berluti and his namesake label, Kris Van Assche reflects on his output: 55 collections, manifold collaborations with renowned artists and a constant oeuvre that conveys his identity. Designed by the illustrious art directors M/M (Paris), Kris Van Assche: 55 Collections is a visual compendium, gathered in a complete chronology.Trade Review"From his namesake label's debut, to his tenures at Dior and Berluti, '55 Collections' canvasses the Belgian designer's sensational career." - Document Journal"The Belgian designer lifts the veil on his personal life, and the enduring influences on his "Belgian realism.'" - WWD"...enriched not only by an introduction by the fashion author Anders Christian Madsen, but also by countless anecdotes and stories from friends, artists and collaborators who contributed to the achievement of Van Assche's great successes." - GQ Italia"Squeezing two small decades worth of era-defining elegance into one book is no small feat. Just ask Kris Van Assche, who has spent the past year scrupulously archiving his life's work." - i-D"Fashion is my life. I see many ways to return", the Belgian creative, former head of Dior homme and Berluti, tells MFF. Who this evening in Paris presents the volume 55 collections, which retraces almost 20 years of his career" - Milano Finaza & M le Monde"The brand has left countless classic looks in the field of men's clothing design." - Modern Weekly China"In his new book, titled straightforwardly Kris van Assche: 55 collections, the Belgian creator presents a rich archive of his work across his namesake label and his tenures as a creative director for heritage houses of Dior Homme and Berluti." - Behind the Blinds"How Kris van Assche helped invent the modern man." - The Face Press"Belgian designer Van Assche in his first monograph, which showcases 55 of his collections for Dior, Berluti, and his own label." - Financial Times"Kris Van Assche has always had a strong sense of knowing his design language." - Perfect Magazine"The most important moments in the career of Belgian designer Kris Van Assche are collected in his first monographic book." - L'Officiel Italy"A coffee table book traces the career of the Belgian designer, from Dior Homme to Berluti. We interviewed him, and during the dialogue started by an esthete grandmother…" - D la Repubblica Magazine"From the outset, it's evident that "55 Collections" is more than a mere retrospective—it's a testament to Van Assche's influence on the fashion landscape." - Esquire Singapore"The resulting tome, Kris Van Assche: 55 Collections, is not just a magnificent retrospective of the designer’s contribution to fashion, but an open “creative psychoanalysis” as he ventures down memory lane." - Another Magazine"The visual compendium, crafted by illustrious art directors M/M (Paris), chronicles 55 collections and collaborations, with his unique perspective on and off the runway." - Robb Report Singapore"Fashion designer Kris Van Assche has remarkable career and collaboration with brands Dior and Berlutti. His experiences are summarized in a new book." - Vogue Czechoslovakia"From Dior Homme to Berluti via his brand KVA, the designer has reinvented masculinity." - Le Point"In the upcoming book "Kris Van Assche 55 collections", Van Assche...invites readers to review with himself those precious moments when he devoted himself to fashion and art." - Vogue China"For the first time in his life, Kris Van Assche immersed himself in his archives, opened each box, explored each hard drive, leafed through each magazine or catalog in which his creations appear. What emerges is a chronological work of more than 400 pages where texts from friends and collaborators of the Belgian designer intersect, alongside photographs of fashion shows, campaigns and even photoshoots with Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and even the artist Cindy Sherman." - Numéro"A testimony of the evolution of fashion male for twenty years." - Le Figaro"Kris Van Assche: meet the Fashion Designer ahead of his time." - Vogue Arabia
£67.15
Fashionary International Limited Peter Jensen X Fashionary Polka Bee Ruled
Book SynopsisLondon fashion week designer Peter Jensen has designed an exclusive silk-screened polka bee cover for a limited run of ruled Fashionary notebooks, including a PJ Rabbit bookmark. His playful and stylish designs elevate these notebooks from fashion resource to fashion must-have.
£16.24
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Fashion Industry and Its Careers
Book SynopsisExplore different fields in the fashion industry-- ranging from marketing and social media to academia and museum work-- to discover more than 75 unique careers. Using the expertise of industry professionals in design, retail, production, and more; The Fashion Industry and Its Careers, Fifth Edition explores what to expect on the job, required education and training, and the relationship of the position to the fashion industry as a whole. The text highlights a variety of disruptions in the industry including e-commerce, technology, sustainability, and the post-pandemic world. A new box feature called Not Just Another Day At The Office spotlights emerging aspects of the fashion industry such as remote work; addressing sourcing challenges; and fast fashion. Use this text to get realistic insight into the world of fashion. New to this Edition - New Not Just Another Day At The Office feature allows students to see fashion industry issues and professional
£76.00
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Marketing Fashion
Book SynopsisJoseph H. Hancock II is a professor at Drexel University, USA, in the department of design. He has worked in management, branding, merchandising, and leadership for landmark companies, including The Gap, The Limited Corporation, and Target Corporation. He is the principal editor for the journal Fashion, Style & Popular Culture.
£95.00
The University of Chicago Press Tight Knit Global Families and the Social Life of
Book SynopsisThe coveted Made in Italy label calls to mind visions of nimble-fingered Italian tailors lovingly sewing elegant, high-end clothing. The phrase evokes a sense of authenticity, heritage, and rustic charm. Yet, as ElizabethL. Krause uncovers in Tight Knit, Chinese migrants are the ones sewing Made in Italy labels into low-cost items for a thriving fast-fashion industryall the while adding new patterns to the social fabric of Italy's iconic industry. Krause offers a revelatory look into how families involved in the fashion industry are coping with globalization based on longterm research in Prato, the historic hub of textile productionin the heart of metropolitan Tuscany. She brings to the fore the tensionsover value, money, beauty, family, care, and belongingthat are reaching a boiling point as the country struggles to deal with the same migration pressures that are triggering backlash all over Europe and North America. Tight Knit tells a fascinating story about the heterogeneity of
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McGill-Queen's University Press Fashioning Acadians
Book SynopsisWhat people wore in the distant past is often challenging to determine, owing to the disintegration of natural textiles and materials over time. Yet when new findings from archaeological excavations are compared with documentation about early Acadia, a fascinating picture of the society's early fashions is revealed.Fashioning Acadians is a history of clothesmaking and dress in Acadia from 1650 to 1750. Through the analysis of four Acadian settlements in what is now Nova Scotia, Hilary Doda uncovers the regional fashions and trends that had begun to emerge prior to the violence of the deportations of 1755. Men's and women's wardrobes are described from head to toe, from headdresses and hairstyles down to stockings and shoes, along with accessories such as buttons, buckles, and jewellery. While Acadians retained many aspects of the fashion systems of France, New France, and New England, a distinctive Acadian identity can be seen to take shape as their dress evolved andTrade Review“Fashioning Acadians is an innovative and path-breaking study that is not only a crucially important work in Acadian history but also a leading model of the importance of material culture analysis in early modern history more generally.” John G. Reid, Saint Mary's University and author of Essays on Northeastern North America: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries“A major contribution to the literature, this book will be a solid reference work for years to come for researchers of Canadian dress and culture. Hilary Doda’s methodology – of assessing the archaeological evidence for what is missing, and the documentary evidence for what is known – offers a great example for future studies on dress cultures for which little material evidence exists.” Linda Welters, University of Rhode Island and co-author of Fashion History: A Global View
£48.60
Columbia University Press Staging Personhood Costuming in Early Qing Drama
Book SynopsisStaging Personhood uncovers a hidden history of the Ming-Qing transition by exploring what it meant for the clothing of a deposed dynasty to survive onstage. Reading dramatic texts and performances against Qing sartorial regulations, Guojun Wang offers an interdisciplinary lens on the entanglements between Chinese drama and nascent Manchu rule.Trade ReviewA cogently written and deeply researched book, full of interpretative insights and rarely discussed materials. An important contribution to the study of Qing literature and history, this book will be a rich trove for all scholars interested in performances of gender and ethnicity in the early modern world. * Journal of Asian Studies *The arguments that Wang makes are richly detailed and compelling. I strongly recommend it to people interested in gender and ethnicity in the Qing, as well as scholars of fiction and drama. * International Journal of Comparative Literature *Benefit[s] scholars and students whose interest are not just limited to traditional Chinese theater or late imperial China, but more broadly in historical understandings of the Manchu empire and boundaries between self and others in terms of ethnic and gender relations. * Nan Nu *An exciting read even for those who know very little about Chinese or theater history. It is delicately edited and presented in a manner that is easy to grasp while also offering a wealth of complex information and philosophical interpretations of this historic contextualization. * Pennsylvania Literary Journal *By excavating how the individual body was transformed and how personhood, identity, and cultural mentality were shaped through costuming in literary writing, Wang refreshingly recenters the body in the study of classical Chinese dramatic literature. * Theatre Journal *The result of Wang’s skilful deconstruction of early Qing costuming is a rich piece of scholarship[.] * East Asian Journal of Popular Culture *A marvelous piece of scholarship, Staging Personhood presents an exhaustive study of the function of clothing on stage and off. While speaking to issues of sexuality, gender, masculinity, and status in real society, the book goes beyond the existing literature to introduce the body as a symbolic marker and site of detailed and sustained discourse. -- Stephen H. West, coeditor of The Orphan of Zhao and Other Yuan Plays: The Earliest Known VersionsIn this thoughtful and richly informative study of theatrical costume in the early Qing, Guojun Wang explores the dramatic transformation in the clothing and hairstyles of Han Chinese men through actual drama. Plunged into the imagined worlds created for audiences of long ago, the reader emerges from Staging Personhood with a sense of the play between costume and clothing, the theatrical and the everyday, that produced the sartorial landscape of early Qing China. -- Antonia Finnane, author of Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, NationA refreshing book that will encourage readers and researchers to pay closer attention to the modes and codes of theatrical costuming in association with issues of ethnicity, gender, and individual identities, embedded in the specific context of early Qing China. -- Tian Yuan Tan, author of Passion, Romance, and Qing: The World of Emotions and States of Mind in “Peony Pavilion”Solidly felted, seamlessly knitted, and shrewdly illuminative, Guojun Wang’s scholarship is a brocade of erudition—or should I say, a magician’s cloak, waving for overdue attention to the disappearing act of Qing stage costumes and their ghostly presence. Sharply revealed in Wang’s needle eye, class, gender, ethnicity, and, above all, time-space are no longer set fault lines of history, but are themselves warped and woven to the effect of costumed personhood. -- Ling Hon Lam, author of The Spatiality of Emotion in Early Modern China: From Dreamscapes to TheatricalityWang has uncovered a fascinating context for studying Chinese theater that has been hiding in plain sight...This is a book that repays more than one reading. * T'oung Pao *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Costuming as Method1. Ways to Dress and Ways to See2. Across Genders and Ethnicities3. Between Family and State4. The Chaste Lady Immortal of Seamless Stitching5. From State Attire to Stage PropEpilogue: Dressing Other and SelfAppendix 1: Extant Editions of A Ten-Thousand-Li ReunionAppendix 2: Scene Synopsis of A Ten-Thousand-Li ReunionNotesWorks CitedIndex
£46.75
Indiana University Press Tailoring Identities
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£68.40
Indiana University Press Tailoring Identities
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£31.50
University of Washington Press Making Kantha Making Home Women at Work in
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Ghosh’s monograph elevates kantha as a living tradition that enables women to express their own agency. Her treatise deliberately deviates from the 19th century intellectual engagement with kantha by art curators by going beyond the surface-level of the kantha as a decorative piece of cloth and speculates the intentions of the women behind these handiworks." * International Examiner *"Ghosh has crafted a heartwarming and sophisticated understanding of how home and kantha are inextricably tied to Bengali culture, connecting kantha makers, users and researchers across time and space." * Textiles Asia *
£78.14
Yale University Press The Mechanical Smile
Book SynopsisA superlative study of the roots of the modern fashion show
£40.38
Yale University Press Shoe Obsession
Book SynopsisAn astute exploration of the most outrageous shoe designs of the 21st centuryTrade Review"From wedge to prism to stiletto, Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology meticulously chronicle the world of fancy footwear in their new book. . ."—T Magazine * T Magazine *
£26.12
Yale University Press Pretty Gentlemen
Book SynopsisAn exploration of British male fashion of the late eighteenth century A brilliant account of a controversial moment in men's self-fashioning.Valerie Steele, director and chief curator, Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology The term macaroni was once as familiar a label as punk or hipster is today. In this handsomelyillustrated book devoted to notable eighteenth-century British male fashion, award-winning author and fashion historian Peter McNeil brings together dress, biography, and historical events with the broader visual and material culture of the late eighteenth century. For thirty years, macaroni was a highly topical word, yielding a complex set of social, sexual, and cultural associations. Pretty Gentlemen is grounded in surviving dress, archival documents, and art spanning hierarchies and genres, from scurrilous caricature to respectful portrait painting. Celebrities hailed and mocked as macaroni include politician Charles James Fox, painter Richard Cosway, freed slave Julius Soubise, and criminal parson Reverend Dodd. The style also rapidly spread to neighboring countries in cross-cultural exchange, while Horace Walpole, George III, and Queen Charlotte were active critics and observers of these foppish men.Trade Review“Entertaining and illuminating.”—Marina Warner, Times Literary Supplement, “Books of the Year 2018”“[McNeil] creates an in-depth understanding of the macaroni world. . . . Both interesting and enjoyable for an insight into aspects of late eighteenth century society.”—Alison Fairhurst, Journal of Dress History“[A] beautifully illustrated and richly informative book.”—Norma Clark, Times Literary Supplement“[A] work of real academic merit.”—Gareth Wyn Davies, World of InteriorsLong listed for the Historians of British Art Book Prize
£35.62
Yale University Press Renaissance Splendor
Book SynopsisFeaturing detailed scenes of court pageantry and life-size portraits of members of the French Valois dynasty woven in wool, silk, and precious metal-wrapped threads, the Valois Tapestries are one of the most extravagant sets of hangings produced in the 16th century. The precise circumstances surrounding the tapestries' commission and their arrival at the Medici court in Florence, as well as the significance of the specific scenes depicted, however, have eluded scholars for years. Presenting new research into the political maneuvering of the Valois and Medici courts and providing extensive physical analysis gathered during a recent cleaning of the tapestries, this volume offers brand new insight into why these magnificent works were made and what they represent. Distributed for the Cleveland Museum of ArtExhibition Schedule:Cleveland Museum of Art (11/18/1801/21/19)
£28.50
Yale University Press Modern Look
Book SynopsisTrade Review“As a study in how the clash of cultures, art and commerce, and words and pictures can result in innovation and beauty, Modern Look is a timely book on a golden age.”—Theo Inglis, Communication Arts
£35.62
Yale University Press Ten Kings Clothes
Book SynopsisA richly illustrated glimpse into the magnificent collection of seventeenth-century men’s dress from the Danish kings’ wardrobes
£54.00
W. W. Norton & Company Fabrics A Guide for Interior Designers and
Book SynopsisFabrics provides designers with the information needed to make their fabric specifications easy, informed, and appropriate to the job at hand, considering aesthetics, performance, application, and green design.Trade Review"A worthy addition to an interior designer’s or decorator’s library…will intrigue the reader who wants to learn about [the] field." -- Julie Dillon - Houses: The Residential Architecture Magazine"Essential for anyone interested in cloth, particularly those who work with it professionally." -- Sydney Morning Herald
£56.99
The University of Michigan Press Méliès Boots
Book SynopsisBefore he became the father of cinematic special effects, George Melies (1861-1938) was a maker of deluxe French footwear, an illusionist, and a caricaturist. Proceeding from these beginnings, Melies Boots traces the full trajectory of Georges Melies’ career during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.Trade Review“MÉliÈs Boots is an extremely compelling and remarkably researched contribution to cinema studies, and it brings fresh insight to the figure of Georges MÉliÈs by situating his work deeply within the cultural and media archaeological context of his time.” —Colin Williamson, Rutgers UniversityTable of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Materializing Méliès Notes to Introduction Chapter 1: Artisanal Manufacturing Notes to Chapter 1 Chapter 2: IncohÉrent Infrastructure, Incohérent Fashion Notes to Chapter 2 Chapter 3: Stretching the Caricatural Aesthetic Notes to Chapter 3 Chapter 4: Modern Laughter and the Genre Méliès Notes to Chapter 4 Chapter 5: The New Profession of the Cinéaste Notes to Chapter 5 Conclusion: Toy Stories Notes to Conclusion
£23.70
John Wiley & Sons Inc How Fashion Works Couture Ready to Wear and Mass
Book SynopsisFashion deals with a world of illusion on the one hand and a hard-bitten, multifaceted and multi-billion pound industry on the other. This book shows how fashion operates on various levels: the mystery of haute couture is explained, the complexities of ready to wear are simplified, and the power of mass production assessed and evaluated.Trade ReviewIt is thoroughly researched, attractively presented and appealing in its unpretenious style. It is accessible, pertinent to different levels of expertise, and provides a distinctive insight to the fashion industry. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, vol 10, no 1; 2006Table of ContentsIntroduction. Couture. Ready-to-wear. Mass production. Tailoring. Menswear. Dressmaking. Millinery and accessories. The designers. Distribution. Fashion organisation and calendar. Considerations for the future. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography. Useful addresses and websites
£28.49
McGill-Queen's University Press Womens Work Womens Art
Book SynopsisA richly illustrated study of the dress and adornment traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America's western subarctic.Trade Review"There is nothing remotely like this authoritative and definitive work. The combination of detailed garment research with historical and ethnographic data informed by community-based research, makes Women's Work, Women's Art a model which surpasses anything to date. It will be a standard reference work for curators, material culture and native studies scholars, and members of Athapaskan communities." Laura Peers, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford "There are few publications on Northern Athapaskan clothing and none that cover the subject in such breadth and detail, showcasing the skills and knowledge of the makers - the women. Women's Work, Women's Art will make these museum collections more access "Comprehensive but straightforward, Women's Work, Women's Art is an exciting resource for a range of scholars and an interesting, engaging read for the layperson." Worn Through
£49.30
University of Pennsylvania Press Gilding the Market
Book SynopsisIn the fourteenth century, garish ornaments, bright colors, gilt, and military effects helped usher in the age of fashion in Italy. Over a short span of years important matters began to turn on the cut of a sleeve. Fashion influenced consumption and provided a stimulus that drove demand for goods and turned wealthy townspeople into enthusiastic consumers. Making wise decisions about the alarmingly expensive goods that composed a fashionable wardrobe became a matter of pressing concern, especially when the market caught on and became awash in cheaper editions of luxury wares.Focusing on the luxury trade in fashionable wear and accessories in Venice, Florence, and other towns in Italy, Gilding the Market investigates a major shift in patterns of consumption at the height of medieval prosperity, which, more remarkably, continued through the subsequent era of plague, return of plague, and increased warfare. A fine sensitivity to the demands of le pompe, that is, the public Trade Review"Gilding the Market effectively links the material and cultural, showing that fashionable clothing is not simply a matter of visual discourse and self-representation but a primary item of exchange." * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"This wide-ranging book on the late medieval marketplace for luxury goods by a historian of enormous erudition and experience brings a lifetime of research to bear on the world of luxury consumption and . . . the advent of 'fashion.'" * American Historical Review *"An ambitious book that leads . . . into one of the most complex issues in the study of late medieval and early Renaissance Italy: the consumerist growth of a strong taste for and purchase, by those wealthy enough, of fashionable clothes and artifacts." * Speculum *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Desirable Wares Chapter 3. Gravitas and Consumption Chapter 4. Curbing Women's Excesses Chapter 5. Costs of Luxuries Chapter 6. Shops and Trades Chapter 7. Marketmakers Chapter 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£52.70
University of Pennsylvania Press Historical Style
Book SynopsisHistorical Style connects the birth of eighteenth-century British consumer society to the rise of historical self-consciousness. Prior to the eighteenth century, British style was slow to change and followed the cultural and economic imperatives of monarchical regimes. By the 1750s, however, a growing fashion press extolled, in writing and illustration, the new phenomenon of periodized fashion trends. As fashion fads came in and out of style, and as fashion texts circulated and obsolesced, Britons were forced to confront the material persistence of out-of-date fashions. Timothy Campbell argues that these fashion texts and objects shaped British perception of time and history by producing new curiosity about the very recent past, as well as a new self-consciousness about the means by which the past could be understood.In a panoptic sweep, Historical Style brings together art history, philosophy, and literary history to portray an era increasingly aware of itself. Trade Review"Our ideas of history are dependent upon lived temporalities shaped by commercial and material forces, and I have never seen this truth so solidly, aptly, and compellingly explicated as in Timothy Campbell's book." * Erin Mackie, Syracuse University *"Original, witty, and very well-researched, Historical Style deftly argues that eighteenth-century British culture became self-consciously periodized through the new phenomenon of fashion trends." * Cynthia Wall, University of Virginia *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction. Fashions Past PART I. THE DRESS OF THE YEAR Chapter 1. Modern Fashion and Comparative Contemporaneity Chapter 2. Portrait Historicism and the Dress of the Times PART II. THE FICTIONS OF SERIAL HISTORY Chapter 3. Hume, Historical Succession, and the Dress of Rousseau Chapter 4. Historical Novelty and Serial Form Chapter 5. Walter Scott's Fashion Systems Chapter 6. William Godwin and the Objects of Historical Fiction Coda Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£56.10
