Fashion and textile design

Constricting styles and limited clothing choices can restrict a person with a disability from fully participating in social communities, employment and gatherings that have an unspoken dress code.

The meanings originally communicated by Elizabethan and Jacobean dress have long been confined to history.

This latest title in the highly successful Ancient Textiles series is the first substantial monograph-length historiography of early medieval embroideries and their context within the British Isles.

Interior Provocations: History, Theory, and Practice of Autonomous Interiors addresses the broad cultural, historical, and theoretical implications of interiors beyond their conventionally defined architectural boundaries.

A New Yorker Magazine Best Book of 2022 * An Esquire Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 * A Town Country Must-Read Book of 2022 * A Fashionista Summer ReadSmart, funny, and impressively thorough.

Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach to the Art of Style Selection, Fitting, and Alteration, Fourth Edition, shows readers how to recognize, evaluate, and correct fit for a variety of body types, sizes.

Before Steven Cojocaru was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, he could never have imagined himself living anything other than a high-glam Hollywood lifestyle.

From rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century woman's wardrobe.

Survey of Historic Costume, 6th Edition, is the best-selling introduction to Western dress from the ancient world through the twenty-first century.

Since the 1970s, Louis Bird, a distinguished Aboriginal storyteller and historian, has been recording the stories and memories of Omushkego (Swampy Cree) communities along western Hudson and James Bays.

What is the relationship between the soul, or inner life, and what we wear in the making of identity and belief?

You look otherworldly.

A gorgeous, groundbreaking survey of the evolution of the world’s renowned French ateliers, from the vision of their founding designers to those today who both preserve the signature iconographies and bring their own interpretations to bear on modern couture fashion.

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on the importance of properly-fitting shoes, with chapters on the history and development of design, the discrepancies between manufacturing and retailers, different methods of measurement, and much more.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Is it ever acceptable to borrow culturally inspired ideas?

This book contains a lovely collection of vintage hand knitting patterns for the making of Autumn jackets and coats for women.

Learn the beginner level steps of fashion drawing.

Dress is at the core of dance.

Social Psychology of Dress presents and explains the major theories and concepts that are important to understanding relationships between dress and human behavior.

The slow, mindful craft of hand knitting is good for the planet and good for the mind.

This book seeks to imagine the possibility of a more loving masculinity in a society where structural violence, failures of government and economic inequality underpin much of the violent behaviour that men display.

Wo kennt man sich bestens aus mit warmer Wolle?

A great introduction for retail students, this book offers a user-friendly reference guide to all aspects of visual merchandising and covers both window dressing and in-store areas.

This book brings together contributors from a wide range of disciplines to explore the importance of cotton as a major resource for US fashion businesses.

Susan Moses, the go-to celebrity stylist for curvy women both on and off the red carpet presents the first inspirational, confidence-building, prescriptive style guide for plus-size women who want to dress fashionably and look their beautiful best.

Apparel Production Terms and Processes defines materials and terms relating to the mass production of raw materials, design and product development, garment details and component parts, fit, patternmaking, pre-production operations, assembly, production and manufacturing, labeling regulations, testing and quality control, inspection, finishing and packaging.

In this surprising new look at how clothing, style, and commerce came together to change American culture, Jennifer Le Zotte examines how secondhand goods sold at thrift stores, flea markets, and garage sales came to be both profitable and culturally influential.

Galliano: Spectacular Fashion is the first detailed guide to the work of one of fashion's greatest talents.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Learn technical design processes and industry standards, such as ASTM and ISO, for apparel production and manufacturing practices.

Menswear: Business to Style explores the historical beginnings of menswear, setting the stage for today's diverse and exciting industry and preparing students to assume a role in the business as it continues to evolve.

Run your own business, raise a family, and make a differenceat your own pace.

This beautifully illustrated book filled with original art provides a step-by-step approach to drawing the fashion figure, garment details, and the various techniques used to render fashion illustration.

Les éventails, aujourd'hui appréciés pour leur finesse et leur beauté, bénéficiaient en d'autres temps, d'une véritable fonction auprès des femmes de la bonne société.

While traditional studies of dress and jewellery have tended to focus purely on reconstruction or descriptions of style, chronology and typology, the social context of costume is now a major research area in archaeology.

Qu’y-a-t-il de plus banal qu’une paire de chaussures ?

Textile-based compression therapy is used in a range of applications, such as for athlete and sport recovery, enhanced proprioception, compression spacesuits, and in the management of chronic diseases.

This book covers material challenges and technology innovation in coated and laminated textiles for aerostats and airships.

Non-toxic beauty products and eco-fashion to help you be magnifeco!

Runner-up for the Emily Toth Award for Best Single Work in Women's Studies 2020Since Ursula Andress's white-bikini debut in Dr No, 'Bond Girls' have been simultaneously celebrated as fashion icons and dismissed as 'eye-candy'.

Welcome to the world of Fine Little Day.

ZERO-Kunst und Mode: Revolutionäre Verbindung von Kunst und DesignTauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der ZERO-Kunst und ihrer außergewöhnlichen Verbindung zur Mode.

Fashion in Altermodern China examines key features of women's fashion within the cultural and political context of contemporary China.

Rubbish is something we ignore.

Woven textiles are produced by nearly all human societies.

Originally a follow-up to the outstandingly successful Blankets and Throws, the newly reformatted Cosy Throws & Blankets (previously published as More Blankets and Throws) has over 100 different blanket squares that can be knitted up to create a dozen unique blankets or throws in a variety of styles.

Un estilista de moda es la persona responsable de elegir un look y unas prendas y, más a menudo, de comunicar una idea, una tendencia o un tema de moda, o de anunciar un producto del sector.

The dazzling story of Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent: of two men without equal, their meteoric rise and their bitter rivalry In 1950s Paris, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld were friends, the rising stars of the fashion world.