Fashion design & theory books

Fashion is intimately tied to the material world. With a focus on diverse cultural practices, this book offers new...  Read More >>

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Fashion design is increasingly gaining attention as an important form of cultural expression. However, scholarship...  Read More >>

Associations between the cheongsam dress and Chinese cultural identity are well known but what are the meanings...  Read More >>

""Entertainingly written with examples from popular culture, Communicating Fashion draws together theories from...  Read More >>

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"""Entertainingly written with examples from popular culture, Communicating Fashion draws together theories from...  Read More >>

Paolo Pellegrin is a journalistic and fine-art photographer with few equals. As well as becoming a full member of...  Read More >>

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The Story of the World's Greatest Fashion Bible, Vogue magazine.  Read More >>

Shortlisted for the Millia Davenport Publication Award. Experimental Fashion traces the proliferation of the grotesque...  Read More >>

There are essentially four approaches that can be taken in photographic portraiture-the constructionist, environmental,...  Read More >>

An in-depth and well-documented information, not only on sustainable products and materials, but also on current...  Read More >>

Over the last century there has been a complete transformation of the fashion system. The unitary top-down fashion...  Read More >>

"Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World examines the role uniform plays in public life and private...  Read More >>

This is the first anthology of fashion criticism, claiming a place for writing on fashion alongside other more well-established...  Read More >>

Spurred by an increasingly international and competitive market, the Renaissance saw the development of many new...  Read More >>

Whilst seemingly simple garments such as the tunic remained staples of the classical wardrobe, sources from the...  Read More >>

During the medieval period, people invested heavily in looking good. The finest fashions demanded careful chemistry...  Read More >>

Eighteenth-century fashion was cosmopolitan and varied. Whilst the wildly extravagant and colorful elite fashions...  Read More >>

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This is the first anthology of fashion criticism, claiming a place for writing on fashion alongside other more well-established...  Read More >>

With images of the four houses' most timeless and celebrated designs, plus captivating text on the personalities...  Read More >>

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This book focuses on contemporary fashion ephemera like catalogs, invitations, and press releases, to explore an...  Read More >>