Fashion & Accessories

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983388937Author Michael PickFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Pointed Leaf PressPublisher Pointed Leaf Press

On April 24, 2021, the designer Alber Elbaz passed away due to complications from Covid-19. The artistic director of the House of Lanvin from 2001 to 2016, he was the most consequential figure from the fashion community lost to the pandemic. Love Brings...

A visual history of fashion that fits in the palm of your hand. Drawing from the extensive Textile and Fashion Arts Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this miniature history of European and American fashion features some 275 garments,...

From the Royal Wedding to the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Metropolitan to the latest "Fashion Week" debuts, "Couture Hats: From the Outrageous to the Refined" celebrates the sublime hats created by today's most famous haute couture milliners and...

"There have been volumes written on and by Terence Conran and Mary Quant, but this is the first time they have been placed together in a book. And it works." - Colin McDowell, The Times "It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486467610Author R.Turner WilcoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

A tortured genius and one of most influential designers of the twentieth century, Yves Saint Laurent was responsible for revolutionising the way women dressed and viewed themselves.During a wildly creative career stretching from 1958 to 2002 Saint...

This book was created with three different covers designed by Raymond Pettibon and will be shipped to customers at random. Russell Westbrook, a reigning two-time NBA All-Star MVP, is not your average basketball superstar. Apart from his meteoric rise...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781856698429Author Mark AtkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams)...

Following the reopening of 30 Avenue Montaigne in 2022, this exquisite volume offers a unique look into the metamorphosis of the House of Dior s legendary Parisian headquarters via images captured by acclaimed photographer Robert Polidori. or over two...

Winner of Best Performance Design and Scenography Publication Award, Prague Quadrennial 2019 This beautifully illustrated book conveys the centrality of costume to live performance. Finding associations between contemporary practices and historical...

Disappearing dress codes, customers as designers and wearable technology; in recent years the production and function of clothing has undergone massive change. New manufacturing technologies have brought bespoke design within reach of many consumers for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576878125Author Jackson BlountFormat HardbackPage Count 1Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.

This book is a comprehensive library of dress styles to be used as a reference for the fashion designer, fashion student and anyone interested in the fashion industry. The book is a springboard for ideas. Designer-educators Tracy Fitzgerald and Alison...

In FUCK YEAH MENSWEAR, a pair of fashion-savvy anonymous bloggers share their well-honed fashion sense and mad rhymes with aspiring sartorialists. The layouts make for a visually stunning paperback original: 200 pages of full-colour fashion imagery,...

An exploration of fashion designer Gaby Aghion's life, career, and legacy at the French fashion house Chloe As imagined by the company's founder, Gaby Aghion (1921-2014), the sophisticated, romantic, and glamorous designs of Chloe have captured the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681882611Author David WillsFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Blue Streak BooksPublisher Weldon Owen, Incorporated

Olivier Theyskens s refined sensibilities earned him international acclaim as the dark prince of late 1990s couture. From his first saturnine collections, to his new vision for Rochas, to his patterns and textiles at Nina Ricci, to his years designing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903071687Author Rodgers NigelFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Bene Factum Publishing LtdPublisher Bene Factum Publishing Ltd

An admitted bookworm, designer Olympia Le-Tan is best known for creating one-of-a-kind handbags resembling literary classics such as Catcher in the Rye, Doctor Zhivago, and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Olympia Le-Tan designed to look like a bag that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997595956Author Patricia BurkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint ColoradoodlePublisher ColoradoodleWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Multicultural) 2019.Book InformationISBN 9780999051719Author Susan Schaefer DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Thrums...

Average body mass in many Western cultures is getting larger and yet the fashion system seems mostly unchanged. Major fashion houses still limit their output to small sizes and the dominant ideal of the female body in fashion imagery is still thin -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419761485Author VogueFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Harry N. AbramsPublisher Harry N. AbramsWeight(grams) 1950gDimensions(mm) 320mm * 257mm * 30mm

Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers, Fourth Edition, is still your best guide to showing your designs, skill sets, and creativity, to get you that job. In new images throughout, the book shows examples of croquis books, spec and flat drawings,...

The ever-popular blue jean originated in the Old West frontier of San Francisco in the late 1800s, and here is an extensive look at the entire era of Old West denim. Gathered from collections around the world, it presents never-before-seen pictures of...

In her seventy-year career as a fashion journalist, newspaper columnist, and author, Marylou Luther has interviewed the most iconic figures in the fashion world who open up and spill the proverbial fashion dirt to Luther. In her early days as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857239132Author Filep MotwaryFormat PaperbackImprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 500g

Denim s sexiness, whether it is being dressed up or dressed down, has made it the ultimate fashion statement as well as the ultimate anti-fashion statement. This book is an ode to the enduring cool of denim and the creative ways it can be worn,...

An engaging survey from the Middle Ages to the present, presenting fashion as a complex process that reflects economic, social, and political changes This engaging volume tells the history of Western fashion, exploring how and why it has influenced...

A visual journey through the fashion knitwear of the decades, "Vintage Knitwear" takes a close look at the key periods, significant styles, iconoclastic designers and cultural influences in fashion knitwear. Organized chronologically, this book enables...

For hundreds of years consumers and scholars have acknowledged that food is affected by the same rapid shifts in taste and consumption as clothing. Trends in fashion and in food are increasingly being marketed in tandem and sold as fashionable...

African-American fashion designer Willi Smith, pioneer of streetwear and visionary collaborator, finally gets his due in an exuberant celebration of his life and work.Before Off-White, before Hood By Air, before Supreme, there was WilliWear. Willi Smith...

The Blonds is an invitation to designer Phillipe Blond and creative director David Blond s inclusive, wild, and high-octane world. Since 2006, The Blonds have catered to the entertainment industry with glamor-usly over-the-top designs. Celebrities rely...

Fashion's great innovations often spring from inspired designers developing unique concepts and challenging the status quo. But how do they do it? To find out, follow ten exceptional fashion design students as they respond to a brief, exploring their...

No beginner should be without this book. Paper patterns often give insufficient information, but here clear diagrams and detailed step-by-step instructions provide a method of working which is easy to follow. This comprehensive and practical book covers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857239729Author Valerie SteeleFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 880g

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a tubercular 'moment' in which perceptions of the consumptive disease became inextricably tied to contemporary concepts of beauty, playing out in the clothing fashions of the day. With the ravages...

Global fashion markets, particularly those aimed at prosperous millennial consumers in China, are in thrall to Burberry, and connect the company's output in the 21st century to a quintessential notion of British tradition. The Changing Face of Burberry...

In what ways do changing notions of social class correspond with key developments in the history of fashion? Focusing on examples ranging from 18th-century Britain to aspects of the global fashion industry in the early 21st century, Fashion and Class...