Fashion & society books

2301 books were found.

The Development of Costume

The Development of Costume

Author: Naomi Tarrant
ISBN: 9781138141490
Format: Hardback
$305.00

An examination of the social and physical aspects of clothes which traces the history and development of clothing...  Read More >>

Duro Olowu: Making & Unmaking

Duro Olowu: Making & Unmaking

Author: Duro Olowu ,  Jenni Lomax
ISBN: 9781909932272
Format: Paperback
$51.75

Published to accompany a 2016 exhibition curated by Nigerian-born fashion designer Duro Olowu at Camden Art Centre,...  Read More >>

The Stories Clothes Tell: Voices of Working-Class Japan

The Stories Clothes Tell: Voices of Working-Class Japan...

Author: Tatsuichi Horikiri ,  Rieko Wagoner
ISBN: 9781442265097
Format: Hardback
$212.00

This compelling social history tells the stories of ordinary people in modern Japan. Tatsuichi Horikiri spent a...  Read More >>

The Stories Clothes Tell: Voices of Working-Class Japan

The Stories Clothes Tell: Voices of Working-Class Japan...

Author: Tatsuichi Horikiri ,  Rieko Wagoner
ISBN: 9781442265103
Format: Paperback
$79.99

This compelling social history tells the stories of ordinary people in modern Japan. Tatsuichi Horikiri spent a...  Read More >>

Little Black Dress: From Mourning to Night

Little Black Dress: From Mourning to Night

Author: Shannon Meyer
ISBN: 9781883982843
Format: Paperback
$57.95

“Entertaining reading.”—Wall Street Journal What’s the most important garment in a woman’s closet? More often...  Read More >>

The Face: Cartography Of The Void

The Face: Cartography Of The Void

Author: Chris Abani
ISBN: 9781632060433
Format: Paperback
$25.85

Synopsis coming soon.......  Read More >>

Ethnic Fashion

Ethnic Fashion

Author: Miguel Angel Gardetti ,  Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
ISBN: 9789811007637
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This is the first book to introduce readers to the crux of ethnic fashion. Covering all aspects, it addresses the...  Read More >>

Craft of Use: Post-Growth Fashion

Craft of Use: Post-Growth Fashion

Author: Kate Fletcher (University of the Arts, London, UK)
ISBN: 9781138021013
Format: Paperback
$101.00

This book explores the ‘craft of use’, the cultivated and ingenious ideas and practices that promote satisfying...  Read More >>

The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret

The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who...

Author: Catherine Hewitt
ISBN: 9781785780448
Format: Paperback
$21.99

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The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History

The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion...

Author: Robin Givhan
ISBN: 9781250062321
Format: Paperback
$63.33

Now in paperback, the critically acclaimed account of one of the most important moments in fashion history from...  Read More >>

The Suit: Form, Function and Style

The Suit: Form, Function and Style

Author: Professor Christopher Breward
ISBN: 9781780235233
Format: Hardback
$44.99

Beautifully illustrated and written with authority, Suit offers new perspectives on this most mundane, and at the...  Read More >>

Victorian Fashion

Victorian Fashion

Author: Jayne Shrimpton
ISBN: 9780747815082
Format: Paperback
$18.99

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Gothic to Goth: Romantic Era Fashion and its Legacy

Gothic to Goth: Romantic Era Fashion and its Legacy...

Author: Lynne Zacek Bassett
ISBN: 9780918333285
Format: Paperback
$65.87

The Romantic aesthetic of the 1810-1860 period embraced the imagination-combining history, nature, religion, and...  Read More >>

Rubbing Shoulders: My Life with Popes, Princes, Moguls, and Movie Stars

Rubbing Shoulders: My Life with Popes, Princes, Moguls,...

Author: Marc Rosen
ISBN: 9781943876013
Format: Hardback
$84.99

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Elites, Race and Nationhood: The Branded Gentry

Elites, Race and Nationhood: The Branded Gentry

Author: D. Smith ,  Daniel R. Smith
ISBN: 9781137509604
Format: Hardback
$263.97

This book provides an ethnographic investigation of the white, upper-middle classes in Britain. It follows the Jack...  Read More >>

Schleppy to Preppy: A Man's Guide to Looking His Best

Schleppy to Preppy: A Man's Guide to Looking His Best...

Author: Konrad Philip
ISBN: 9780995077218
Format: Paperback
$15.81

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Photoshop(r) and Illustrator(r) for Fashion and Textile Design

Photoshop(r) and Illustrator(r) for Fashion and Textile...

Author: Joanne Sherrow (Hussian School of Art, USA)
ISBN: 9781609018351
Format: Paperback
$70.00

This succinct, step-by-step introduction to vector and raster-based software is the new go-to for fashion and textile...  Read More >>

Hood

Hood

Author: Alison Kinney (Freelance Writer, New York, USA)
ISBN: 9781501307409
Format: Paperback
$19.99

A popular, personal, historical take on a singular garment and its myriad associations with death, violence, and...  Read More >>

History of Men's Fashion: What the Well Dressed Man is Wearing

History of Men's Fashion: What the Well Dressed Man...

Author: Nicholas Storey
ISBN: 9781473839779
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Nicholas Storey charts a quick path through male fashion in an amusing and witty investigation.' Practical Family...  Read More >>

Gloves and Glove-making

Gloves and Glove-making

Author: Mike Redwood
ISBN: 9780747814535
Format: Paperback
$19.99

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