Fashion design & theory books

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 >>

This new volume introduces the patternmaking techniques used in the field for draping, details, high-fashion trousers...  Read More >>

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

""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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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 >>

During the 19th and early 20th centuries the production of dress shifted dramatically from being predominantly hand-crafted...  Read More >>

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

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

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

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

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 is an edited collection of new scholarship on the emerging topic of post-postmodernism and how it relates...  Read More >>

A comprehensive, illustrated step-by-step guide to creating your own trousers and skirts, especially aimed at people...  Read More >>

An invaluable resource for fashion students, teachers and designers, this book looks at research sketchbooks and...  Read More >>

All hail Rihanna: Queen Size! The statement volume for Rihanna fans, this luxury, queen-size edition is limited...  Read More >>