Fashion & Accessories

From Elizabeth Keckly's designs as a freewoman for Abraham Lincoln's wife to flamboyant clothing showcased by Patrick Kelly in Paris, Black designers have made major contributions to American fashion. However, many of their achievements have gone...

Whether it's Cecil Beaton's flamboyant, classically tailored suits, Frida Kahlo's love of bright color, or Cindy Sherman's penchant for minimalism, an artist's attire often reflects the creative and spiritual essence of his or her work. In Legendary...

This book contains the ideal method for creating base patterns to tailor bodices, sleeves and collars to different contemporary styles and modern designs. It covers the information necessary for drafting flat patterns for nearly every form there is in a...

A talented artist who happened to become a fashion designer, Bonnie Cashin was brilliant, free-spirited, and unconventional in all she did. Revered for her intellectual and independent approach to fashion, Cashin changed the way women dressed with her...

Our desires for fashion, our addiction to cheap clothes, our fixation on surface looks . . . can we find ways to make what we wear more positive? Here's a quirky, irreverent way to consider what's a more sustainable way to be with-and still enjoy-fashion...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780764147326Author Steven FaermFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S.Publisher Peterson's Guides,U.S.

Women's purses are uniquely personal statements. Many antique beaded, textile, and leather purses have survived as treasured collectibles and new styles are fashion icons. This exquisite new book examines the passionate history, art, and design of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857238555Author Loro PianaFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1450g

- An essential reference for students, curators and scholars of fashion, cultural studies, and the expanding range of disciplines that see fashion as imbued with meaning far beyond the material. - Over 300 in-depth entries covering designers,...

Examining the dynamics between subject, photographer and viewer, Fashioning Brazil analyses how Brazilians have appropriated and reinterpreted clothing influences from local and global cultures. Exploring the various ways in which Brazil has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548250Author Kat JungnickelFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g

Once a functional piece of workwear, denim has long since taken its place as a global style icon - but a small handful stand tall above the rest. This comprehensive collection looks at the most iconic denim ever created, from the original Levi's 501s,...

For over 100 years, the T-shirt has been a blank canvas for men the world over - a billboard for advertising their style. This comprehensive guide collects the greatest designs ever seen, from the original US Navy plain white tee that started it all to...

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Technology has been an essential factor in the production of dress and the cultures of fashion throughout human history. Structured chronologically from prehistory to the present day, this is the first broad study of the complex relationship between...

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The Swimsuit: Fashion from Poolside to Catwalk documents the modern swimsuit's trajectory from men's underwear and circus/performance wear to its unique niche in world fashion. It emphasizes the relationship between fashion, media, celebrity, sport...

Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today. Ubiquitous in fashion, advertising, film and graphic design, sunglasses are the ultimate signifier of 'cool' in mass...

From clothing to the painted and scarified nude body, through overt, public display or esoteric symbols known only to the initiated, dress can convey information about beliefs, faith, identity, power, agency, resistance, and fashion. Taking a 'senses'...

Fashion has become a fertile field of study for academics across disciplines, now that the rules, once tightly fixed, have been deconstructed. This volume brings together academics from various disciplines - philosophy, sociology, medicine, anthropology,...

From clothing to the painted and scarified nude body, through overt, public display or esoteric symbols known only to the initiated, dress can convey information about beliefs, faith, identity, power, agency, resistance, and fashion. Taking a 'senses'...

Fashion Writing and Criticism provides students with the tools to critique fashion with skill and style. Explaining the history and theory of criticism, this innovative text demonstrates how the tradition of criticism has developed and how this knowledge...

Dress and fashion practices in Africa and the diaspora are dynamic and diverse, whether on the street or on the fashion runway. Focusing on the dressed body as a performance site, African Dress explores how ideas and practices of dress contest or...

Introducing innovative new research from international scholars working on Islamic fashion and its critics, Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion provides a global perspective on muslim dress practices. The book takes a broad geographic sweep, bringing...

Luxury has been both celebrated and condemned throughout history right up to the present day. This groundbreaking text examines luxury and its relationship with desire, status, consumption and economic value, exploring why luxury remains prominent even...

A comprehensive analysis of Second World War dress practice and appearance, this study places dress at the forefront of a complex series of cultural chain reactions. As lives were changed by the conditions of war, dress continued to reflect important...

Born in the late 19th century, jazz gained mainstream popularity during a volatile period of racial segregation and gender inequality. It was in these adverse conditions that jazz performers discovered the power of dress as a visual tool used to defy...

Fashion on Television provides a comprehensive critical examination of the intersection between fashion, television and celebrity culture. The book brings together theoretical approaches to the symbolic force of television and fashion-forward programming...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648273462Author Abc Seams(r) Pty LtdFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint ABC Seams Pty. Ltd.Publisher ABC Seams Pty. Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692125809Author Glenn WigginsFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Glenn McKeva Wiggins Jr.Publisher Glenn McKeva Wiggins Jr.Weight(grams) 717g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578400075Author Anissa BoudjaouiFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Pump It Up MagazinePublisher Pump It Up MagazineWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorErnestine Kopp, Vittorina Rolfo, Beatrice Zelin and Lee Gross are affiliated with the Fashion Istitute of TechnologyBook InformationISBN 9780870057472Author...

'What distinguishes Mr Ireland's book from many other figure-drawing text books is the illustrated step-by-step method of making fabric fall naturally in response to body movements.' Sunday Telegraph 'It is just the book for anyone who wants to draw...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995077218Author Konrad PhilipFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Not Awkward Anymore Etiquette Inc.Publisher Not Awkward Anymore Etiquette Inc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781008979420Author Shahaf GalFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 671g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995470606Author Tapiwa MatsindeFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Shoko PressPublisher Shoko Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814252680Author Hope Howell HodgkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578634494Author Bruce NelsonFormat HardbackPage Count 50Imprint NEB ProductionsPublisher NEB ProductionsWeight(grams) 280g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840650303Format HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Salamander BooksPublisher Salamander Books LtdWeight(grams) 552g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250288738Author Nancy MacdonellFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454g