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Islam, Faith, and Fashion
The Islamic Fashion Industry in Turkey
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
The subject of religion and dress in Turkey has been debated at great length both in academia and the media. Through in-depth ethnographic research into the Turkish fashion market and the work of a category of new comers, namely headscarf-wearing fashion professionals, Islam, Faith, and Fashion examines...
Paris Fashion
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Paris has been the international capital of fashion for more than 300 years. Even before the rise of the haute couture, Parisians were notorious for their obsession with fashion, and foreigners eagerly followed their lead. From Charles Frederick Worth to Gabrielle "Coco†? Chanel, Christian...
Cutting Edge Fashion Illustration
Step-by-step Contemporary Fashion Illustration - Traditional, Digital and Mixed Media
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Cutting-Edge Fashion Illustration is the go-to resource and inspiration if you're a budding fashion designer, fashion illustrator or just simply want to learn more illustration techniques.
Covers all key areas of illustration using traditional, digital and mixed media methods, offering clear...
by Lisa Arnold, Marianne Egan
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012
The fast and easy way to learn the art of fashion drawing
This fun guide gives you dozens of step-by-step diagrams that walk you through the process of preparing creative illustrations that you can later develop into dynamic presentations for your design portfolio. Plus, you'll not only learn...
The New French Couture
Icons of Paris Fashion
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
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.
The world awaits Paris’s...
Know It All Fashion
The 50 Key Modes, Garments, and Designers, Each Explained in Under a Minute
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Most of us have some feeling for fashion and have a vague idea of what’s in and what’s out. Less familiar to most, however, is the way fashion works as a global business. Know-It-All Fashion looks beyond the surface of this billion-dollar industry. Each entry is summarized in under a minute–using...
A Decade of French Fashion, 1929-1938
From the Depression to the Brink of War
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
"A well-illustrated survey of style. Chock full of detailed, quality illustrations accompanied by brief descriptions. A worthy offering. Nostalgic types who enjoy perusing vintage catalogs and clip art books will find much to savor here. This practical resource is sure to provide inspiration...
The Geographies of Fashion
Consumption, Space, and Value
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Clothes are inherently geographical objects, yet few of us consider the social and economic significance of their journey from design to production to consumption. The Geographies of Fashion is the first in-depth study of fashion economies from a geographer's perspective, exploring the complex relationship...
Luxury Indian Fashion
A Social Critique
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
This unique ethnographic investigation examines the role that fashion plays in the production of the contemporary Indian luxury aesthetic. Tracking luxury Indian fashion from its production in village craft workshops via upmarket design studios to fashion soirées, Kuldova investigates the Indian...
Fashioning the City
Paris, Fashion and the Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009
The fashion media have been central to the consecration of the city of Paris on the fashion map, as well as its celebration in the collective imagination. Indeed, with its conjunction of images and words, the fashion press constitutes a rich platform for an interrogation of how Paris has come to be...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Art and fashion have long gone hand in hand, but it was during the modernist period that fashion first gained equal value to – and took on the same aesthetic ideals as – painting, film, photography, dance, and literature. Combining high and low art forms, modernism turned fashion designers into...
House of Fashion
Haute Couture and the Modern Interior
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Since Charles Fredrick Worth established his luxurious Maison de Couture in 1858, the interior has played a crucial role in the display of fashion. House of Fashion provides a full historical account of the interplay between fashion and the modern interior, demonstrating how they continue to function...
Collectable Names and Designs in Womens Fashion
Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Although there are many books on the shelves dedicated to this subject where ‘Collectable Names and Designs in Women's Fashion’ differs is that it looks at why many fashion pieces have become highly regarded within collector’s circles. Throughout the pages Tracy will be sharing her own personal...
Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1950s
Design Museum Fifty
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The Design Museum and fashion guru Paula Reed present Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1950s. The most exciting, influential and definitive looks of one of the most significant decades in fashion!
The Design Museum's mission is to celebrate, enterain and inform. It is the world's leading...