Fashion design & theory books

Sky-high, ornate, and the pinnacle of glamour, both restrictive and liberating, art object and deeply ordinary,...  Read More >>

This volume discusses the relevance of different ergonomic principles in fashion, lifestyle, and accessory design....  Read More >>

Featuring over 100 photographs of Diana's key looks, this book explores how and why she chose the designers and...  Read More >>

With this guide to his style trajectory, key looks and signature pieces, dive into the kooky, eccentric and utterly...  Read More >>

What is the relationship between the soul, or inner life, and what we wear in the making of identity and belief?...  Read More >>

In Germany, 1969, Eugen Fink's Fashion: Seductive Play was published. This first English language edition, updated...  Read More >>

Over the last decade fashion film's presence has become ubiquitous. From the retail environments where fashion film...  Read More >>

Sky-high, ornate, and the pinnacle of glamour, both restrictive and liberating, art object and deeply ordinary,...  Read More >>

The author of Harry Styles and the Clothes He Wears carefully analyses the gutsy style choices of young megastar...  Read More >>

An illustrated exploration of the story behind the fashion house Givenchy, from its creation in 1952 to its current...  Read More >>

A lavishly illustrated guide to the evolution of costume and dress from Ancient Egyptian clothing to today's cutting-edge...  Read More >>

The fashionable, eccentric pedestrians of Tokyo are captured with hundreds of portrait photographs in this fun guide...  Read More >>

An exploration of the changing status of colour in the Victorian period through painting, sculpture, decorative...  Read More >>

The clothing and ornament of Greek women signalled much about the status and the morality assigned to them. Yet...  Read More >>

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In the first in-depth historical survey of the plus-size fashion industry, Lauren Downing Peters reveals how the...  Read More >>

An illustrated exploration of the story behind the brand, from Alexander McQueen's own early days to the current...  Read More >>

In the first comprehensive study of the interactions between fashion, performance and performativity, a group of...  Read More >>

Fashion Education maps out a praxis of inclusive fashion pedagogy. In this collection of 17 essays, fashion educators...  Read More >>

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In the 19th century, chemists introduced hundreds of new textile dyes that dramatically changed the palette of women’s...  Read More >>

How are aesthetics and ethics related to the practical realities of the global fashion industry? Both have played...  Read More >>

"""Introduces the driving forces behind rapid changes in the fashion industry, including automation, sustainability,...  Read More >>

Offering a revisionist account of the history of the novel in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Lauren Gillingham...  Read More >>

"""This book is a guide to using Art History's theory of iconography to interpret fashion imagery, thereby uncovering...  Read More >>