Textile category: 195 books
Kimono Design
An Introduction to Textiles and Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Kimono Design: An Introduction to Textiles and Patterns uses hundreds of photographs and a wealth of information on colors, fabrics and embellishments to paint a portrait of Japanese culture, art and thought. Lavish classical patterns, sweeping scenes, and the many motifs that have been woven, dyed,...
Designing Modern America
Broadway to Main Street
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
From the 1920s through the 1950s, two individuals, Joseph Urban and Norman Bel Geddes, did more, by far, to create the image of America” and make it synonymous with modernity than any of their contemporaries. Urban and Bel Geddes were leading Broadway stage designers and directors who turned their...
by Professor Julia Gaimster
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
The ability to analyze and interpret visual information is essential in fashion. However, students tend to struggle with the concept of visual research, as well as with the application of that research.
Visual Research Methods in Fashion provides students with techniques, tools and inspiration...
History of Men’s Accessories
A Short Guide for Men About Town
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2011
This idiosyncratic book takes the reader on a fascinating journey, from high-end grooming and care, including open razors, strops and Belgian waterstone; silver-tipped badger shaving brushes, shaving soaps and D R Harris's Pick-me-up, loofahs and sponges, through colognes and scents, including history,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Color speaks a powerful cultural language, conveying political, sexual, and economic messages that, throughout history, have revealed how we relate to ourselves and our world. This ground-breaking compilation is the first to investigate how color in fashionable and ceremonial dress has played a significant...
The End of Fashion
Clothing and Dress in the Age of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Attitudes to fashion have changed radically in the twenty-first century. Dress is increasingly approached as a means of self-expression, rather than as a signifier of status or profession, and designers are increasingly treated as 'artists', as fashion moves towards art and enters the gallery, museum,...
1,000 Incredible Costume and Cosplay Ideas
A Showcase of Creative Characters from Anime, Manga, Video Games, Movies, Comics, and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
1,000 Incredible Costume and Cosplay Ideas provides a broad and detailed glimpse into the ingenious artistry and attention to detail behind some of the most fabulous costumes you can find. Featuring costumes from popular convention-goers to professional craftsman, this stunning, photo-filled book...
by N. Bradfield
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
This vintage book contains a comprehensive account of clothing fashions and trends from the eleventh century to the twentieth century. It contains detailed descriptions, fascinating historical information, and illustrations copied from contemporary paintings, engravings and tapestries, monumental...
by Orla Kiely
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
The world of Orla Kiely is one where pattern reigns. Immediately recognisable, her unique design language and sure sense of graphic control has seen her label become a hugely successful global brand in the decade since its launch. From her early signature bags, the collection has grown to include...
Moroccan Fashion
Design, Culture and Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Moroccan garment design and consumption have experienced major shifts in recent history, transforming from a traditional craft-based enterprise to a thriving fashion industry. Influenced by western fashion, dress has become commoditized and has expanded from tailoring to designer labels. This book...
African Lace-bark in the Caribbean
The Construction of Race, Class, and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
In Caribbean history, the European colonial plantocracy created a cultural diaspora in which African slaves were torn from their ancestral homeland. In order to maintain vital links to their traditions and culture, slaves retained certain customs and nurtured them in the Caribbean. The creation of...
by Yuniya Kawamura
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Western fashion has been widely appreciated and consumed in Tokyo for decades, but since the mid-1990s Japanese youth have been playing a crucial role in forming their own unique fashion communities and producing creative styles which have had a major impact on fashion globally.
Geographically...
Regency Women's Dress
Techniques and Patterns 1800-1830
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
The distinctive style of the Regency period is a source of endless fascination for fashion academics and historians, living historians, re-enactors and costume designers for stage and screen. Author and fashion historian Cassidy Percoco has delved into little-known museum hoards to create a stunning...
by Patrick John Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
The bestselling New Fashion Figure Templates has been providing help for fashion students and fashion designers for decades and this new expanded edition will provide help for generations to come. The new edition includes over 200 templates of men, women, teens, and children on perforated pages for...