Fashion and textile design

Less than three decades ago, when the Chinese bought cloth or clothes, they would have had to use a government-issued coupon.

The Hindi film industry, among the most prolific in the world, has delighted audiences for decades with its colourful, exquisite and sometimes startling costumes.

The Hindi film industry, among the most prolific in the world, has delighted audiences for decades with its colourful, exquisite and sometimes startling costumes.

The interrelationship between fashion and celebrity is now a salient and pervasive feature of the media world.

The interrelationship between fashion and celebrity is now a salient and pervasive feature of the media world.

Fetish Style traces the history, forms and tendencies of sub-cultural fashions that are popular in both mainstream and alternative fashion cultures.

Stripes, Grids and Checks considers the nature of lines and assemblies of lines, including stripes and grids, as well as related phenomena such as checks, tilings and patterns, regular and irregular, repeating and non-repeating.

Stripes, Grids and Checks considers the nature of lines and assemblies of lines, including stripes and grids, as well as related phenomena such as checks, tilings and patterns, regular and irregular, repeating and non-repeating.

In what ways do changing notions of social class correspond with key developments in the history of fashion?

In what ways do changing notions of social class correspond with key developments in the history of fashion?

Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry: The Cultural Significance of Structure investigates how pattern and symbol has functioned in visual arts, exploring how connections and comparisons in geometrical pattern can be made across different cultures and how the significance of these designs has influenced craft throughout history.

Fashion Writing and Criticism provides students with the tools to critique fashion with skill and style.

Fashion Writing and Criticism provides students with the tools to critique fashion with skill and style.

This book provides a critical examination of structure and form in design, covering a range of topics of great value to students and practitioners engaged in any of the specialist decorative arts and design disciplines.

Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today.

Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today.

A comprehensive analysis of Second World War dress practice and appearance, this study places dress at the forefront of a complex series of cultural chain reactions.

For at least two centuries, fashion and art have maintained a competitive love-hate relationship.

For at least two centuries, fashion and art have maintained a competitive love-hate relationship.

A Cultural History of Jewish Dress is the first comprehensive account of how Jews have been distinguished by their appearance from Ancient Israel to the present.

A Cultural History of Jewish Dress is the first comprehensive account of how Jews have been distinguished by their appearance from Ancient Israel to the present.

Technology has been an essential factor in the production of dress and the cultures of fashion throughout human history.

Technology has been an essential factor in the production of dress and the cultures of fashion throughout human history.

Sustainable Fashion provides a unique and accessible overview of fashion ethics and sustainability issues of the past, present and future.

Sustainable Fashion provides a unique and accessible overview of fashion ethics and sustainability issues of the past, present and future.

Over the course of the last 180 years, designers have propelled fashion from an elite craft into a cornerstone of popular culture.

Over the course of the last 180 years, designers have propelled fashion from an elite craft into a cornerstone of popular culture.

Bobs, beards, blondes and beyond, Hair takes us on a lavishly illustrated journey into the world of this remarkable substance and our complicated and fascinating relationship with it.

Bobs, beards, blondes and beyond, Hair takes us on a lavishly illustrated journey into the world of this remarkable substance and our complicated and fascinating relationship with it.

Although a hat may be designed for the purpose of practicality or aesthetics, it is part of a complex interplay of wider cultural meanings.

Although a hat may be designed for the purpose of practicality or aesthetics, it is part of a complex interplay of wider cultural meanings.

Changing trends in fashion have always reflected large-scale social and cultural changes.

When, how and why do clothes become fashion?

- What is an earthquake gown?

Born in the late 19th century, jazz gained mainstream popularity during a volatile period of racial segregation and gender inequality.

Born in the late 19th century, jazz gained mainstream popularity during a volatile period of racial segregation and gender inequality.

The Swimsuit: Fashion from Poolside to Catwalk documents the modern swimsuit's trajectory from men's underwear and circus/performance wear to its unique niche in world fashion.

The Swimsuit: Fashion from Poolside to Catwalk documents the modern swimsuit's trajectory from men's underwear and circus/performance wear to its unique niche in world fashion.

Fashion has become a fertile field of study for academics across disciplines, now that the rules, once tightly fixed, have been deconstructed.

Fashion has become a fertile field of study for academics across disciplines, now that the rules, once tightly fixed, have been deconstructed.

Over the past 40 years, Japanese designers have led the way in aligning fashion with art and ideology, as well as addressing identity and social politics through dress.

Bursting with beautiful ideas for bringing a signature mid-century look into your own space, as well as practical advice on what will work where, this is an essential guide for any lover of interior design and mid-century style.

Toddlers and young children are energetic, curious, enthusiastic - and messy!

Nikki Van De Car spent the months before her daughter's birth knitting constantly to keep her hands busy and to help the time before her arrival pass more quickly.

Organised into five sections - Cotton, Wool, Silk, Linen and Hide - Cloth provides insight into their craftsmanship and history and includes striking projects that make the most of each fabric's properties, such as using antibacterial hemp to make napkins.

Being Gorgeous explores the ways in which extravagance, flamboyance and dressing up can open up possibilities for women to play around anarchically with familiar stereotypical tropes of femininity.

Learning how to think through fashion is both exciting and challenging, being dependent on one's ability to critically engage with an array of theories and concepts.

Men in khaki and grey squatting in the trenches, women at work, gender bending in goggles and overalls over their trousers, a girl at the Paris theatre in pleated, beaded silk, a bangle on her forearm made from copper fuse wire from the Somme.

From nineteenth-century broad arrows and black and white stripes to twenty first-century orange jumpsuits, prison clothing has both mirrored and bolstered the power of penal institutions over prisoners' lives.