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Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn''t Sorry.
Fausto Gilberti · 2020
A clever, quirky book about one of the world's most beloved contemporary artists - aimed at young readers and written from Kusama's point of view!<br/>Yayoi Kusama covers her paintings in hundreds and hundreds of dots. Her dots come off her canvases to cover dresses, tables, walls, and more!<br/>She creates mirrored rooms and fills them with glittering balls and lights, until there is an infinity of dots - just like in her paintings. Fausto Gilberti brings movement, life, and whimsy to the true life story of one of the most important contemporary Japanese artists of our time - an artist who is still dazzling museum- and gallery-goers around the globe today.<br/>Ages 4 - 7
Who What Wear!
Olivia Bennett · 2011
Emma Rose Is So Not Famous So How Did She Score Inside Information On The Most Talked-about Party Of The Year? Because Emma Is Secretly The Hottest New Fashion Designer-allegra Biscotti-and Hired To Whip Up A Sweet Sixteen Dress For The Guest Of Honor. Wait...fashion Emergency! How Can She Create A Fiercely Fashionable Dress And Keep Her Secret? There's Only One Solution: Emma Must Go Undercover-as Her Own Intern! But When Emma Feels The Pressure By Her Bff To Explain How She Got An Invite From The In-crowd And An Ultra-fabulous Fashion Internship-just When Jackson Finally Starts Paying Attention To Her-she Knows She Has To Make It Work... ...or Will It All Come Apart At The Seams?
Yoshitomo Nara
Yeewan Koon · 2020
The definitive book on the life and career of internationally acclaimed artist Yoshitomo Nara<br/>Yoshitomo Nara rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, a star in a generation of avant-garde Japanese artists associated with the neo-Pop ‘Superflat' movement.<br/>This book, made in close collaboration with Nara himself, explores more than three decades of his work - and is the first truly authoritative monograph on the artist in more than a decade.<br/>Written by art historian Yeewan Koon and featuring texts by Nara himself, it includes his most recent work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics.
Prada: The Complete Collections (Catwalk)
· 2019
<b>A dazzling and authoritative look at three decades of Prada's groundbreaking fashion designs through stunning runway photography</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <b>"[A] 'greatest hits' riffing on Miuccia Prada's own obsessions with maid's uniforms, schoolgirl garb and twists on luxury."--Alexander Fury, <i>AnOther Magazine</i></b><br> <br> <br> <br> <b>"The perfect coffee-table book for style-savvy bibliophiles."--<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b><br> <br> <br> <br> Founded in 1913 as a leather-goods house in Milan, Prada entered the field of fashion when Miuccia Prada took the helm of the company in 1979. After initially focusing on accessories, she presented the house's first fashion collection in 1988, quickly transforming Prada into one of the world's most influential luxury brands. Her deeply personal, sophisticated, and subtly subversive approach often works against the clichés of beauty and sexy as she strives, in her own words, to be "more clever, or more difficult, or more complicated . . . or more new."<br> <br> <br> <br> Published in collaboration with Prada to celebrate 30 years of trend-setting creations, this stunning volume offers a comprehensive and definitive history of the house. Organized chronologically, each of Prada's collections is introduced by a description of its influences and highlights and is illustrated with stunning catwalk images of models such as Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, and Gisele Bündchen showcasing clothing, accessories, and beauty looks. With a biographical profile of Miuccia Prada and an extensive reference section, this handsome and well-researched retrospective reflects the passion, craftsmanship, and creative spirit that define Prada.
Little Guides to Style: The Story of Four Iconic Fashion Houses (Little Books of Fashion, 17)
Emma Baxter-Wright, Karen Homer, Laia Farran Graves · 2021
Containing the stories of four legendary fashion houses, this collectable box holds a beautiful set of covetable style guides.<br/>Exploring four designers who exemplify elegance and high couture, these little books of fashion follow these brands from their creation, moving through their style evolutions, the key looks that define them and their impact on the fashion landscape today.<br/>Discover the story behind the little black dress with the Little Book of Chanel, the tailoring behind Milan minimalism with Prada, the conception of the New Look with Dior and the genius behind androgynous maximalism with Gucci.<br/>Featuring hundreds of exquisite images and text by best-selling authors, these definitive guides to luxury style are the perfect gift for any fashion lover.
Fashionary Bag Design
Fashionary
Maison Martin Margiela
Maison Martin Margiela · 2009
Graduating from Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the 1980s, Martin Margiela (and his contemporaries in the Antwerp Six) transformed global fashion with his aggressive restatement of traditional fashion design and a polemical approach to luxury trends. Working first with the house of Gaultier, Margiela absorbed the radical design of Japanese deconstruction, making it wholly his own with the founding of his own label in 1988. Margiela propounds a singular, enigmatic look, moving beyond the recognizable tropes of deconstruction—a monochromatic palette, outsized garments, non-traditional fabrics, exposed seams, or roughly appliquéd details—to develop a fully considered worldview, one with elegance, mystery, and menace in equal measure. This book provides an inside look at the design process from a craftsman who creates pieces prized for their originality, delicacy, and daring. In the spirit of Margiela’s garments, the book is a work of art in itself, designed exclusively by Margiela and complete with silver inks, ribbon markers, a variety of lush paper types, twelve booklets, and an embroidered white-linen cover. This book provides a window onto the intimate, handmade world of a unique designer.
The Little Book of Balenciaga: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House (Little Books of Fashion, 12)
Emanuelle Dirix · 2022
"Haute couture is like an orchestra, whose conductor is Balenciaga. We other couturiers are the musicians and we follow the direction he gives." - Christian DiorThe godfather of conceptual design, a master of shape, a true fashion game changer - all are accolades bestowed upon one of the most interesting, venerated and iconic couturiers of the twentieth century: Cristóbal Balenciaga. His pureness of line, the comfort of his garments and innovative work with textiles, and volume made a huge impact on twentieth-century fashion, with creations such as the babydoll, balloon and sack dresses still influencing fashion today.<br/>Through stunning images and captivating text, Little Book of Balenciaga depicts the work and life of Balenciaga the couturier. Fashion historian Emmanuelle Dirix examines his legacy both through tracing the Maison's artistic direction after his death, and the generations of designers influenced by the master himself.
CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion
Sunita Kumar Nair · 2023
<p><b>Fashion and creative director Sunita Kumar Nair presents<i> Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion</i>, a beautiful homage to the style icon's timeless, distinguished beauty and legacy.</b> <p> Featuring spectacular photography and design, <i>Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion </i>gathers the greats in the fashion world to speak of her timeless style and presents never-before-published personal anecdotes from friends and family. <p> Long blonde hair, an iconic red lip, and effortless style--all signatures of fashion icon Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. Carolyn used fashion as her medium. She hadn't found her voice yet in front of the camera as Mrs. Kennedy, so she let her fashion speak to the world for her. <p> With her attention to detail, strict color palette, and unique, unidentifiable looks with the brand labels deliberately removed, she was the essence of class--no label would ever define her. She didn't choose to abide by the typical patrician standard expected from a woman of her position who had married into a family dynasty. Instead, she did the unexpected and wore her revolutionary clothes with aplomb, confidence, and grace. <p> This book is the ultimate commemoration of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy's style, fashion code, and the impact she left behind nearly two decades later. It includes memories and tributes from fashion luminaries including Graydon Carter, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Manolo Blahnik, Wes Gordon, Tory Burch, and Samira Nasr. <p> This lushly produced high-design volume is packed with beautiful photography. <p><b>Foreword by Gabriela Hearst, award-winning designer to First Lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris * </b><b>Preface by Edward Enninful, OBE, Editor-in-Chief of <i>British Vogue</i></b></p>
Moda-
· 2015
Large edition of Style and fashion coffee table type book
Historia de las Tendencias de Moda
Román Padín Otero
¿Qué queremos para Venezuela? ¿En qué podemos y queremos ser los número uno? ¿Cuáles son nuestras verdaderas ventajas competitivas? ¿Quién podrá conducir el proceso de llevarnos hacia la Venezuela que todos queremos? En una época de baja autoestima, marcada por los síntomas de una depresión colectiva, donde aparentemente no hay espacio para los proyectos globales, donde los maitres a penser lo único que saben indicar es la muerte de las utopías, la muerte de las ideologías, el fin de la historia, y otros cantos fúnebres del mismo estilo, los auspiciantes y realizadores de este libro — el Consejo de Coordinación Empresarial del Estado Bolívar, los Amigos de Guayana, y la Fundación Galac para la Investigación y el Desarrollo del Aprendizaje Innovativo — se declaran muy optimistas sobre el futuro de nuestro País, y lanzan una Propuesta Política para reinventar a Venezuela, opinando que nada es más necesario en la Venezuela de los años '90 que una Propuesta de País con la cual identificarse, y que pueda ser asumida como guía para la acción cotidiana; en ella, dirigida a la gente de acción y de buena voluntad, se intenta sugerir un camino para hallar respuestas a estas preguntas.
Streetwear
King Adz, Wilma Stone · 2018
<b>The definitive history of the world’s most influential fashion trend from the people who wore it best</b><br><p>The story begins in 1972 in Jersey City, the birthplace of Trash and Vaudeville, the first- ever streetwear shop; it then moves on to the start of punk, which was a decisive influence on what is considered “streetwear” today. From the dresser/casual movement born out of British soccer culture to the skater scene of California, from the paninari poseurs of Milan to the surfer dudes of Hawaii, the authors show how streetwear has permeated a vast range of seemingly disparate tribes.</p> <p><i>Streetwear</i> recounts the remarkable history of how subcultural fashion trends have grown into a multi-billion-dollar global industry taking both high-end and fast fashion by storm. The intent behind streetwear remains the same: a powerful sense of identity and belonging.</p> <p>With more than 500 photographs and illustrations, exclusive interviews, profiles of industry pioneers, spotlights on significant brands, and snapshots of key cities, this is the complete history of fashion’s fastest- growing and most influential trend.</p>
Pequeño libro de Chanel
Emma Baxter-Wright · 2022
* Elegante e ilustrada, esta monografía narra la vida de una de las diseñadoras más influyentes de la historia: Coco Chanel. * La diseñadora inició una revolución en la moda con sus creaciones en ropa deportiva, el vestidito negro, la chaqueta de tweed, las perlas de fantasía y los zapatos bicolor, entre otros. * Este libro sigue la evolución e innovación de este extraordinario personaje, desde una niñez precaria hasta su legado actual: un tributo adecuado a una leyenda. Artífice de algunas de las tendencias más innovadoras que han existido en el mundo, Coco Chanel fue una revolucionaria en su época, ya que aprovechó el momento para brindar a las mujeres lo que querían, justo antes de reconocer que lo necesitaban. Partió de las prendas básicas del guardarropa masculino para empoderar a las mujeres, proporcionando un código de vestir democrático que acabó por dar libertad, igualdad y un clasicismo sobrio. Este libro conmemora la vida y la trayectoria profesional de esta diseñadora tan influyente, que logró llegar a lo más alto desde unos orígenes muy humildes mediante el fenómeno internacional de la marca, que se expandió para ofrecer perfumes, joyas y complementos, un legado que sigue vivo en la actualidad. Incluso hoy, muchos años después de su muerte, la diseñadora es aún el estandarte inamovible de la casa Chanel.
Mario Testino
Pierre Borhan · 2021
“The way men are seen in photography, in fashion, and the way that men look at pictures of themselves has changed in recent years. It is a subject that has come into focus: The masculine image, a man's personal style, changing attitudes to the male face and body.”<br/>— Mario Testino<br/>From Rio to London, Cusco to Seville, Mario Testino is renowned for his free-spirited chronicles of dress and demeanor. In SIR the influential photographer presents over 300 photographs in his search to define the allure of men.<br/>Featuring an essay by Pierre Borhan, an interview with Patrick Kinmonth, and many previously unpublished works from Testino’s archive of thousands, this book traces the evolution of male identity over the past three decades. Costume, tradition, gender play, portraiture, photojournalism, and fashion collide as Testino observes masculinity in all its modern manifestations: through the dandy and the gentleman, the macho and the fey, the world-famous face to the unknown passerby.<br/>Every photograph represents a unique point of view, and a new visual connection between photographer and sitter. With Josh Hartnett for VMAN (2005), Testino evokes the fall of Helmut Berger in the abyss of Luchino Visconti’s The Damned. Studies of Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Jude Law and Colin Firth are as candid as they are curious. David Beckham, David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards feature for the courage they have taken in redefining male identity. Through a kaleidoscope of guises, these portraits define a period in which men’s changing role, style and appearance has never escaped Testino’s eye and impeccable intuition.<br/><br/>About the series<br/>TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program—now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.
Textile Directory
Fashionary International Limited · 2019
Textilepedia is an extensive textile dictionary that covers all essential fabric knowledge - from deciphering different types of materials to understanding your finishing options. A balance between text and imagery; it acts as a quick easy-to-navigate guide - simplifying complicated fabric and fiber information using comparisons and relatable stories. TEXTILEPEDIA helps to provide answers for your fabric selection: * Light or heavyweight? * Rough or soft texture? * Breathable or not? * Easy to drape? The book is here to answer all those questions - and then some. * Why do fabrics have different widths? * What makes a fiber or fabric elastic? * Which fabrics are best for printing? * Are all-natural fibers sustainable? Packed with need-to-know information about textiles, Textilepedia is a benefit to an array of levels and roles within the fashion industry.
Louis Vuitton Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama, DELPHINE ARNAULT, AKIRA TATEHATA, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Mika Yoshitake · 2023
<b>Louis Vuitton, the global luxury fashion house, and world-famous artist Yayoi Kusama partner again, and in the storied history of the brand’s epic collaborations with artists, this is the most ambitious to date.</b><br><br>In this important volume about this powerhouse collaboration, artwork by trailblazing artist Yayoi Kusama is featured alongside the groundbreaking fashion collection she designed with Louis Vuitton, and is organized around the seminal artistic themes that inspired the project.<br><br>Edited by Ferdinando Verdi and Isabel Venero, the volume includes contributions from renowned experts in both fashion and art, including writer Jo-Ann Furniss who explores the collaboration, designer Marc Jacobs who initiated the house’s relationship with Kusama, and curators Mika Yoshitake and Philip Larratt-Smith, both of whom have organized important exhibitions on the artist’s work. And Hans Ulrich Obrist, the renowned curator and Artistic Director of Serpentine Galleries, London, Hans Ulrich Obrist talks with longtime Kusama expert Akira Tatehata. <br><br>In the spirit of this iconic partnership and with a nod to the popular fascination with Kusama, the book includes musings from some of the most important contemporary artists and musicians working today—including Arca, Katherine Bradford, Anne Imhoff, Ryan McNamara, Raúl de Nieves, Ryan Trecartin, Nora Turato, and Jacolby Satterwhite—talking about Kusama’s impact and her extraordinary ability to build fantastical worlds through her signature polka dots and mirror balls, which are joyful representations of her deeply thoughtful philosophy about art and the universe.
Promoting Fashion
Barbara Graham, Caline Anouti · 2022
Fashionpedia
Fashionary · 2017
<p>Fashionpedia is the ultimate fashion bible, containing thousands of fashion items for more efficient and productive brainstorming.<br> <br> Designed to be as visually driven as the people who use it, Fashionpedia contains thousands of fashion items, converting unapproachable technical terms on style, material and production into beautiful charts and infographics.<br> <br> Whether you're an industry insider or a fashion connoisseur, Fashionpedia is all you'll ever need to navigate the fashion scene.</p>
The Art of Manipulating Fabric
Colette Wolff · 1996
The possibilities for three-dimensional manipulation of fabric - gathering, pleating, tucking, shirring, and quilting woven materials - are seemingly endless. To describe them all would be to describe the entire history of sewing.<br><br>In <i>The Art of manipulating Fabric</i>, Colette Wolff has set herself just this task, and she succeeds brilliantly. Working from the simplest possible form - a flat piece of cloth and a threaded needle - she categorizes all major dimensional techniques, show how they are related, and give examples of variations both traditional and modern. The result is an encyclopedia of techniques that resurface, reshape, restructure and reconstruct fabric.<br><br> • More than 350 diagrams support the extensive how-tos, organized into broad general categories, then specific sub-techniques<br> • Handsome photos galleries showcase the breathtaking possibilities in each technique and aid visual understanding by emphasizing the sculptured fabric surface with light and shadow<br> • Textile artists and quilters, as well as garment and home decor sewers, will expand their design horizons with the almost limitless effects that can be achieved.
La moda es revolución
Laura Opazo · 2023
Overdressed
Elizabeth L. Cline · 2013
<b>“Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what <i>Fast Food Nation </i>did for burgers and fries.”</b><br><b>—Katha Pollitt</b><br> <br>Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JCPenney now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. And we have little reason to keep wearing and repairing the clothes we already own when styles change so fast and it’s cheaper to just buy more.<br> <br>Cline sets out to uncover the true nature of the cheap fashion juggernaut. What are we doing with all these cheap clothes? And more important, what are they doing to us, our society, our environment, and our economic well-being?
Africa Fashion
Christine Checinska · 2022
Atlas Del Vestir Moderno, De Marina Madzhugina. 2023
Marina Madzhugina
Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood, Ian Kelly · 2014
<p>Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age. Fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true legend. Her career successfully spanned five decades and her work has influenced millions of people across the world.<br><br>For the first and only time, Vivienne Westwood has written a personal memoir, collaborating with award-winning biographer Ian Kelly, to describe the events, people and ideas that have shaped her extraordinary life.<br><br>Told in all its glamour and glory, and with her unique voice, unexpected perspective and passionate honesty, this is her story.</p>
The Anatomy of Fashion
Colin McDowell · 2013
Why do we dress the way we do? How has fashion changed and evolved over the centuries? How did the 3-piece suit come about? Why have hemlines risen and fallen over time? In <i>The Anatomy of Fashion</i>, respected fashion commentator Colin McDowell goes beyond standard fashion histories and narrative surveys to answer these questions and many more.<br><br>The book's unique structure takes the reader from head to toe in sections such as `The Body Unclothed,? `Materials and Texture,? `Head to Waist,? `Hips to Feet,? `Looks and Themes in Dress,? and more. Visually rich, with over 500 photographs, illustrations, paintings, and film stills, the book includes work by designers and labels such as Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Versace, Carhartt, Diesel and more.<br><br>The book's dynamic structure and layout are equally suited for browsing and for serious reference, but The Anatomy of Fashion is not simply a picture book. It is a sourcebook by one of the world's leading fashion scholars that seeks nothing less than a thorough analysis of the roots of every aspect of fashion today.
Fashion Writing
Josephine Collins, Stephen Spear · 2024
The Fashion Business Manual
Fashionary · 2017
<p><b>The world's first visual guide for fashion business.</b><br> <br> The manual covers branding, product development, wholesaling, retailing, setting up your business and form templates.<br> <br> Business information is presented in short, easy to read paragraphs.<br> <br> Practical advice is presented in a step-by-step guide with illustrated examples.<br> <br> <b>OVERVIEW</b><br> - It's not a traditional business book<br> The Fashion Business Manual is the world's first visual manual for fashion business. It covers business topics including branding, production, marketing and retailing in an easy to read, visual format. Unlike traditional business books which emphasize philosophy and theory, this book focuses on the practical business skill set needed to survive in the fashion world.<br> <br> <b>WHO IS IT DESIGNED FOR?</b><br> - Fashion Designers<br> While fashion designers can be incredibly talented, they often lack the business skills to make it in the fashion world. Usually visually driven, many have never touched a business book which significantly hurts the success rate of their company. This highly-visual manual is here to change that!<br> <br> - Fashion Entrepreneurs<br> From creating branding to selling to customers, there is plenty to consider when running a fashion company. This manual aims to serve as your very own mentor, reducing the mistakes you make along the way. It's also the perfect tool for improving your skills across a range of business areas.<br> <br> - People in the Fashion Industry<br> Fashion is business. Whether you're the head designer or a sales assistant, a 360° understanding of industry can help you tackle issues faced in your day-to-day role. The extra knowledge can give you the upper hand, and maybe even a career boost, too.<br> <br> - Everyone<br> Anyone interested in fashion or looking to get their foot in the industry's door will benefit from reading this book. By presenting a balanced overview of business insight and know-how, it'll help prepare you for your first steps into the fashion world.<br> <br> <b>DETAILS</b><br> - Easy to read<br> By breaking down lengthy information into short sentences, using step-by-step guides, and highlighting key words, we help you read about complex topics without losing your concentration.<br> <br> - Tailor-made for visually oriented people<br> The Fashion Business Manual is easy on the eyes. We've applied colorful graphics to every page, helping lead you through the flow of text boredom-free.<br> <br> - Illustrated examples<br> A picture is worth a thousand words. We use illustrated examples to explain key information and practical scenarios quickly and clearly.</p>
Worn
Sofi Thanhauser · 2022
<b><b>A<i> NEW YORKER</i> BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR <b>• </b>A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of—an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet.</b><br><br>“We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they would offer us rich, interesting and often surprising insights into human history...a deep and sustained inquiry into the origins of what we wear, and what we have worn for the past 500 years." —<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br><br>In this panoramic social history, Sofi Thanhauser brilliantly tells five stories—Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool—about the clothes we wear and where they come from, illuminating our world in unexpected ways. She takes us from the opulent court of Louis XIV to the labor camps in modern-day Chinese-occupied Xinjiang. We see how textiles were once dyed with lichen, shells, bark, saffron, and beetles, displaying distinctive regional weaves and knits, and how the modern Western garment industry has refashioned our attire into the homogenous and disposable uniforms popularized by fast-fashion brands. <br><br>Thanhauser makes clear how the clothing industry has become one of the planet’s worst polluters and how it relies on chronically underpaid and exploited laborers. But she also shows us how micro-communities, textile companies, and clothing makers in every corner of the world are rediscovering ancestral and ethical methods for making what we wear. <br><br>Drawn from years of intensive research and reporting from around the world, and brimming with fascinating stories, <i>Worn</i> reveals to us that our clothing comes not just from the countries listed on the tags or ready-made from our factories. It comes, as well, from deep in our histories.
Iris Apfel: Colorful
IRIS. APFEL · 2024
Fashionpedia
Fashionary · 2017
<p>Fashionpedia is the ultimate fashion bible, containing thousands of fashion items for more efficient and productive brainstorming.<br> <br> Designed to be as visually driven as the people who use it, Fashionpedia contains thousands of fashion items, converting unapproachable technical terms on style, material and production into beautiful charts and infographics.<br> <br> Whether you're an industry insider or a fashion connoisseur, Fashionpedia is all you'll ever need to navigate the fashion scene.</p>
Viaje a través de la moda
Vicente Gallart, Elena Mir · 2021
Fashionopolis
Dana Thomas · 2019
'A gripping blockbuster... Thomas researches meticulously and writes with simmering even-handed anger' <i>TELEGRAPH</i>. <br><b><i>Fashionopolis</i> is the definitive book on the cost of fast fashion, and a blueprint for how we get to a more sustainable future. </b><br><br>Fashion has blighted our planet. Today, one out of six people on earth work in fashion, churning out 100 billion garments a year. Yet 98 percent of them do not earn a living wage, and 2.1 billion tonnes of clothing is thrown away annually. The clothing industry's exploitation of fellow humans and the environment has reached epic levels. What should we do?<br><br>Bestselling author and veteran journalist Dana Thomas has travelled the globe to find the answers. In <i>Fashionopolis</i>, she details the damage wrought by fashion's behemoths, and celebrates the visionaries – including activists, artisans, designers, and tech entrepreneurs – fighting for change.<br><br>We all have been casual about our clothes. It's time to get dressed with intention. <i>Fashionopolis</i> is the first comprehensive look at how to start.<br><br><b>Reviews: </b><br><br>'Fascinating... Powerful... Thomas has succeeded in calling attention to the major problems of the fashion industry' <i><b>New York Times</b></i><br><br>'Thomas takes a story most of us think we know, but tells it better and in compelling, readable detail' <i><b>The Times</b></i><br><br>'Engaging and thorough... <i>Fashionopolis</i> has implications beyond cloth and thread' <i><b>Financial Times</b></i><br><br>'Thomas is a conscientious reporter – as evidenced in her research, which is studded with statistics' <i><b>Times Literary Supplement</b></i>
How to Wear Everything
Kay Barron · 2024
<p><b>A TIMELESS, WITTY, NO-NONSENSE GUIDE TO DRESSING FOR EVERYWHERE AND EVERYTHING – FROM NET-A-PORTER FASHION DIRECTOR KAY BARRON</b><br><br></p><p>----<br><br> <b>What we wear matters.</b> <br><br>It matters because looking, and therefore feeling, like yourself is essential. <br>Clothes can be the difference between a good day and a bad day. <br>Clothes have the power to make your mood ten times worse or one hundred times better.<br><br> <b>Clothes should give you confidence, and never make you doubt yourself.</b><br><br> Whether you already have a go-to look or feel overwhelmed by choice, <i>How to Wear Everything </i>covers <b>where to start, what you need and what you absolutely do not </b>– <b>whatever your age, body type or budget.</b><br><br> Highlights include:<br><br>- Mastering timeless classics that you will want to wear forever<br>- What to pack and (more importantly) not pack on holiday<br>- Shopping secondhand and vintage like a pro<br>- How to find <i>the </i>perfect jeans for your shape<br><br>A fun, reassuring, no-nonsense guide, with tips and tricks from the super-stylish, including <b>Sarah Jessica Parker, Law Roach, Monica Bellucci</b> and <b>Nicky Zimmermann</b>, <i>How to Wear Everything</i> reveals the fashion industry's best-kept secret: getting dressed is not that hard.</p>
Textilepedia
Fashionary International Limited · 2019
Textilepedia is an extensive textile dictionary that covers all essential fabric knowledge - from deciphering different types of materials to understanding your finishing options. A balance between text and imagery; it acts as a quick easy-to-navigate guide - simplifying complicated fabric and fiber information using comparisons and relatable stories. TEXTILEPEDIA helps to provide answers for your fabric selection: * Light or heavyweight? * Rough or soft texture? * Breathable or not? * Easy to drape? The book is here to answer all those questions - and then some. * Why do fabrics have different widths? * What makes a fiber or fabric elastic? * Which fabrics are best for printing? * Are all-natural fibers sustainable? Packed with need-to-know information about textiles, Textilepedia is a benefit to an array of levels and roles within the fashion industry.
Memorias de la moda: Una vida entre creación e industria
Didier Grumbach · 2021
Costume and Fashion. A concise history
writtem by James Laver
The Conscious Closet
Elizabeth L. Cline · 2019
<b>From journalist, fashionista, and clothing resale expert Elizabeth L. Cline, “the Michael Pollan of fashion,”* comes the definitive guide to building an ethical, sustainable wardrobe you'll love.</b><br><br>Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation <i>Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion,</i> Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion’s hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. <i>The Conscious Closet </i>shows exactly what we can do about it.<br><br> Whether your goal is to build an effortless capsule wardrobe, keep up with trends without harming the environment, buy better quality, seek out ethical brands, or all of the above, <i>The Conscious Closet</i> is packed with the vital tools you need. Elizabeth delves into fresh research on fashion’s impacts and shows how we can leverage our everyday fashion choices to change the world through style. Inspired by her own revelatory journey getting off the fast-fashion treadmill, Elizabeth shares exactly how to build a more ethical wardrobe, starting with a mindful closet clean-out and donating, swapping, or selling the clothes you don't love to make way for the closet of your dreams. <br><br> <i>The Conscious Closet </i>is not just a style guide. It is a call to action to transform one of the most polluting industries on earth—fashion—into a force for good. Readers will learn where our clothes are made and how they’re made, before connecting to a global and impassioned community of stylish fashion revolutionaries. In <i>The Conscious Closet, </i>Elizabeth<i> </i>shows us how we can start to truly love and understand our clothes again—without sacrificing the environment, our morals, or our style in the process.<br><br>*Michelle Goldberg, <i>Newsweek/The Daily Beast</i>
Why Fashion Matters
Frances Corner · 2014
<p>An illuminating introduction to the expanding influence of fashion from the perspectives of design, technology, sustainability, and business</p> Fashion matters for the economy, to society, and to each of us personally. Faster than anything else, what we wear tells the story of who we are—or who we want to be. It is the most immediate form of self-expression.<br> <br> Yet even as fashion touches the lives of each and every one of us, its influence and the vast creative industry that it supports can seem mysterious to outsiders. In Why Fashion Matters Frances Corner, Head of London College of Fashion, guides readers into the dizzying world of this rapidly expanding, increasingly global, always exciting industry.<br> <br> In provocative and intriguing entries, Corner teases out the glorious intricacies and contradictions of an industry that simultaneously values technology and craft; timeless style and fast fashion; the bespoke and the mass-market; consumption and sustainability; cold, hard numbers; and creative expression. From “Shop 'til We Drop” to “The White Shirt” to “The One Trillion Dollar Business” each entry offers a unique avenue into fashion and its impact, both positive and negative, on lives around the globe.
Virgil Abloh. Icons
Virgil Abloh · 2020
Bringing together all the greats--from Air Jordan 1 to Air Presto--Nike and Virgil Abloh reinvent sneaker culture with the collaborative project The Ten and redesign 10 sneaker icons. Experience engineering ingenuity and Abloh's investigative design process: each shoe is a piece of industrial design, a readymade sculpture, and a wearable all at once.
