The exploration of masculinity in celebrity culture sheds light on the complex interplay between gender norms, media influence, and the construction of modern masculinity.
Iconic Broadway costume designer Patricia Zipprodt (1925-99) tells her own colorful story from a tumultuous childhood in Depression-era Chicago to Bohemian New York in the 1950s, becoming one of the 20th century's most celebrated designers.
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.
Sustainable sewing projects don't have to be scratchy hemp skirts andbrown patchwork aprons - you could be making beautiful one-off piecesfor yourself and your home from unique and unusual eco-friendlyrecycled or vintage fabrics.
Becoming couture is the first book to examine the history of the Italian fashion industry during the global transition brought about by the Second World War.
Looking at the dark history of Italian fashion by focusing on the impact of 1930s Fascism, this is the second edition of Eugenia Paulicelli's classic text.
Threads of globalization is an interdisciplinary volume that brings fashion-specific garments, motifs, materials, and methods of production into dialogue with gender and identity in various cultures throughout Asia during the long twentieth century.
While ideals of feminine beauty change all the time, the classic hourglass figure with a tiny waist has remained a constant and potent image of women's sexuality.
This is the first book-length exploration of the clothes worn in early modern Rome and provides novel insights into the city of Rome during one of its most fascinating periods.
Becoming couture is the first book to examine the history of the Italian fashion industry during the global transition brought about by the Second World War.
Computing is revolutionizing the creative process, transforming how designers approach ideation, prototyping, fabrication, communication, and representation.
Plongez-vous dans l'histoire riche et mystérieuse des geishas avec notre dernier livre : "L'histoire des geishas au Japon - Une excursion à travers l'histoire culturelle du Japon".
Für alle Fans von französischer Streetwear: Die Strick-Modelle im Stil der Fashion-Metropole von Designerin Ann-Kathrin Stoll sind ideal für alle, die sich den Pariser Chic selbst stricken möchten.
Using artworks by Berthe Morisot, douard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and others, The Art of Parisian Chic explores how women and artists in Impressionist Paris (1855-1885) crafted their public images to exploit and resist stereotypes.
Sehr geehrte Leserinnen und Leser, ich freue mich, Ihnen nach nunmehr zwei Jahren der Recherche und Vorarbeit mein neues Buch über die japanische Handwerkskunst vorstellen zu können.
Costura blazers ideales, una edición con una prenda que es tendencia, con diseños sofisticados para el día y la noche: blazer oversize, corto y abotonado, con cuello mao y más….
This 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.
In American Fashion is the first scholarly analysis of the Fashion Calendar, the unique scheduling service and trade publication for the American fashion and creative industries between 1941 and 2014.
