Fashion and textile design

Volume two of the "e;Hand Books of the Textile Industry"e; contains information on the manufacture of woven fabrics and related materials, describing in detail the different types of yarn and how to use a loom.

Fibres to Smart Textiles: Advances in Manufacturing, Technologies, and Applications offers comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and advances in the textile and clothing manufacturing sectors.

Long since regarded as an inessential object that simply adds to the beauty, convenience or effectiveness of an outfit, accessories are now considered key items in a fashion collection and as stand-alone pieces worthy of our undivided attention.

Since the democratisation of the clothing industry in the early 19th century, buyers have become increasingly disconnected from the creative and human aspects of the production of clothing.

Apparel Design Through Patternmaking is a fresh design-oriented flat patternmaking text that gives fashion students a new perspective on patternmaking knowledge and skills they need to develop contemporary women's, men's, and children's wear.

A modern take on classic knitted accessories.

The fourth edition of Merchandise Buying and Management has been updated to cover the most current information on merchandising and retailing.

This book tells the story of critical avant-garde design in Japan, which emerged during the 1960s and continues to inspire designers today.

For centuries, the fashion industry has struggled to reconcile style with sustainability.

The 1970s is often considered the period that design forgot.

Shortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021From West African masquerades to Venetian carnivals and New York society galas, fancy dress has long been used to convey important social and political messages.

The Art of Couture Sewing, 2nd Edition is a practical guide to custom techniques in the construction of couture garments.

Whether fashionable or functional-or both-pockets are an important design detail that can enhance the aesthetic of your collection and improve the experience of the wearer.

Eighteenth-century fashion was cosmopolitan and varied.

Beginning with Alexander McQueen's infamous attempt to live stream his 2009 Plato's Atlantis collection on SHOWStudio, this book traces how digital and social media have disrupted social structures within the field of fashion, and transformed the way it is communicated and consumed.

'Full of gems .

Prior to the 1970s and 1980s, fashion marketing focused heavily (and perhaps solely) on women's fashions.

Starting with the premise that clothing is political and that analysing clothing can enhance understanding of political style, this collection explores the relationships among political theory, dress, and self-presentation during a period in which imperial and colonial empires assumed their modern form.

Paris between the wars: our impression is one of gaiety, frivolity, fashion, of exuberant living - a city whose lights were put out by the terrifyingly rapid advance of the German panzers in 1940.

First published in 1990, Border Dialogues explores some of the territories of contemporary culture, philosophy and criticism.

There is increasing interest in the area of protective vests, either for protection against bullets or protection from the most realistic threats within domestic frontline operations: edged weapon, knives, and medical needles.

Turn your passion and inspiration into a must-have bag collection and launch your own successful brand.

This comprehensive knitting manual has everything you need to start knitting.

A compelling look at the influence of ancient Egypt on modern fashion, by a dress, textile, and decorative arts historian-includes illustrations.

Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach to the Art of Style Selection, Fitting, and Alteration, Third Edition, shows readers how to recognize, evaluate, and correct fit for 88 figure variations.

Persian blue, pomegranate flower, spiny lobster, wine soup, pale flesh, dove breast, golden wax, grass green, green sand, rotten olive, modest plum, agate, rich French gray, gunpowder of the English…….

#knittersofinstagram – Die schönsten Modelle aus der digitalen StrickszeneDie bekanntesten Designer der Online-Strickszene posten auf Instagram unter dem Hashtag "Stricken macht glücklich" und gruppieren sich unter dem Namen Knitters of Instagram.

"e;Luxury Fashion and Culture"e; focuses on the study of how humans use high quality, highly pleasurable, and frequently rare products, services, and experiences to distinguish to themselves and others who they are as well as whom they are not - both within and across cultures.

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines.

Dressing up.

Introducing innovative new research from international scholars working on Islamic fashion and its critics, Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion provides a global perspective on muslim dress practices.

The Perfect Fit shows us how globalization works through the many people and places involved in making women's shoes.

El retail es probablemente el principal ámbito donde se materializa el encuentro entre los consumidores y la industria de la moda.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

A stylish collection of 100 recipes from the renowned BG restaurant at the singular luxury shopping emporium.

Enchanting Embroidery Designs invites you to create your own world using bright thread colors and imaginative stitches.

This title was first published in 2002.

A seasonal collection of quilts inspired by life in the countryside.

The twelfth edition of J.

The plant-lovers alternative to the Pantone color guide.

From clothing to the painted and scarified nude body, through overt, public display or esoteric symbols known only to the initiated, dress can convey information about beliefs, faith, identity, power, agency, resistance, and fashion.

Any milliner will know how important selecting material is when it comes to making hats.

Filling a gap in Eastern European fashion studies, this book presents middle-class women consuming fashion in the symbolic 'Little Paris' of interwar Bucharest, and examines how their material and cultural means supported the city's modernisation.

This is a creative guide to the 300 knitting stitches you really need to know, including contemporary stitches and timeless classics.

Fashion Game Changers traces radical innovations in Western fashion design from the beginning of the 20th century to the present.

In eighteenth-century America, fashion served as a site of contests over various forms of gendered power.