Textile Costume category: 195 books
by Shôjirô Nomura, Tsutomu Ema
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Japan's ancient and esteemed tradition of textile arts has long been reflected in the delicate beauty of the kimono and its appealing designs. This unique design treasury, consisting of lavish full-color pictures of a vibrant array of kimonos, is reproduced directly from two rare and costly original...
Handmade Bags In Natural Fabrics
Over 25 Easy-To-Make Purses, Totes and More (Tuttle Sewing Books)
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Make your own charming purse, tote, clutch, satchel or eco tote with this fashionable bag making book.
Handmade Bags in Natural Fabrics offers patterns for twenty-five basic bag styles along with sixty variations and the know-how to customize each bag to suit any style—from sweet-and innocent...
Japanese Fashion Designers
The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamotom, and Rei Kawakubo
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
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. They have demonstrated that both creative and commercial enterprise is possible in today's international fashion industry, and have...
Strange Material
Storytelling through Textiles
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Strange Material explores the relationship between handmade textiles and storytelling.Through text, the act of weaving a tale or dropping a thread takes on new meaning for those who previously have seen textiles-quilts, blankets, articles of clothing, and more-only as functional objects. This book showcases...
by Mathilda V. and James A. Schwalbach
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Quickly master techniques of silk-screen printing for both art prints and textile design. Constructing a printing board and frame, preparing inks or dyes, printing the color runs, working with different resists, more, including special print project for the beginner. Clear explanations and 193 illustrations, including 19 in full color.
Fashion Embroidery
Embroidery Techniques and Inspiration for Haute-Couture Clothing
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
This practical step-by-step guide to haute couture embroidery covers everything from machine and hand stitching, to tambour beading, goldwork and monogramming.
Whether you are interested in adding monogrammed initials to your favourite bathrobe, stitching a flower on your favourite jacket,...
The Erotic Cloth
Seduction and Fetishism in Textiles
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Through their metaphorical and material qualities, textiles can be seductive, exciting, intimate and, at times, shocking and disquieting. This book is the first critical examination of the erotically charged relationship between the surface of the skin and the touch of cloth, exploring the ways in...
by Miss Fiona Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
The story of tweed is tied to a series of social, economic and cultural shifts that have molded its development. This book considers the historical factors that helped to shape the design characteristics and social meanings of the group of fabrics that we call tweed, from their emergence in the 1820s...
Women Artisans of Morocco
Their Stories, Their Lives
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Morocco: Ancient cities, adobe fortresses of centuries past, fertile plains of wheat and olives, carpets of wildflowers, endless deserts, wild mountains, and isolated rural villages. And of course, the fabled open-air markets framed with stacks of woven rugs and other handicrafts, exotic scents wafting...
The Painted Home by Dena
Patterns, Textures, and Colors for Inspired Living
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
A renowned designer shares surprising ways to add color, texture, and creativity to your home.
In this beautifully illustrated book, the woman behind internationally acclaimed merchandise company Dena Designs shows how her hand-painted style combines vintage and traditional elements with a modern...
by Ida Tomshinsky
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
About Being able to Look GOOD in a Burlap Sack
Ida Tomshinsky. In addition, Mrs. Tomshinsky offers set of books in the History of Fashion Accessories Series Socks: History and Present, Gloves: History and Present, and Dairy of the Handkerchief.
This book is about natural magic burlap,...
Fashionability
Abraham Moon and the creation of British cloth for the global market
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Fashion studies is a burgeoning field that often highlights the contributions of genius designers and high-profile brands with little reference to what goes on behind the scenes in the supply chain. This book pulls back the curtain on the global fashion system of the past 200 years to examine the...
The Hero's Closet
Sewing for Cosplay and Costuming
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Cosplayers rejoice! The Hero’s Closet is the ultimate DIY guide to creating unique and fantastical homemade costumes
This essential handbook offers detailed, step-by-step instructions that cover the basics of sewing costumes (which often require skills not found in standard sewing guides) to...
The House of Worth
Fashion Sketches, 1916-1918
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
"In-depth research on the House of Worth, with many fabulous photographs of the drawings from the designers, with hand-written notations and fabric swatches." — Jefferson-Madison Regional Library System
"Beautiful. A must for any clothing lover or historian." — The Walters...