Fashion & Accessories

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

Fashion and environmental awareness are two concerns that do not comfortably sit side by side. Over the past ten years, high street fashion, led by global chains, has become ever more affordable and disposable. The sourcing of materials, the manufacture...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848377653Author Hilary LovellFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the most influential fashion designers and fashion trends from the 19th century to the present. It looks at 50 of the world's most significant fashion designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Coco Chanel, Jimmy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715382271Author Montse StanleyFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint David & CharlesPublisher David & Charles

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780025481718Author Kaffe FassettFormat HardbackImprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)Weight(grams) 700g

With a circulation of over 100,000 sophisticated readers, "Harper's Bazaar" has an audience with an eye for style. That's why this elegant and lively guide - filled with fabulous fashion and celebrity photography demonstrating the best looks -...

Jo B. Paoletti's journey through the history of children's clothing began when she posed the question, "When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in blue?" To uncover the answer, she looks at advertising, catalogs, dolls, baby books,...

Spanning four centuries, the V&A's Fashion Collection is the most comprehensive in the world, housing unrivalled collections of dress, accessories, shoes and hats from the seventeenth century to the present day. This concise volume perfectly...

Indonesian fashion has undergone a period of rapid growth over the last three decades. This book explores how through years of social, political, and cultural upheaval, the country's fashion has moved away from "colonial fashion" and "national dress" to...

This title presents the work of some of the top international illustrators from 26 countries and organizes it into three styles. Some are sensualists who work in ink or acrylic, using brushstrokes, layered colour,and textured papers and paints. Others...

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For some, Mod means a way of life: London clubs and Lambrettas, cigarettes and speed. For others it's clothes: trim suits, sunglasses and loafers. Combining style savvy with cultural anthropology, this guide to the many aspects of Mods takes an...

Now available in an attractively priced flexi edition, this best-selling book is an opulent and absorbing overview of the fashion world throughout the twentieth century. From Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Kenzo to Versace, grunge to haute couture, every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955201752Author Stephanie FinnanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Adelita LtdPublisher Adelita LtdWeight(grams) 357g

The invention of photography in the nineteenth century provided a means of looking back into the not-too-distant past, and in this book the author makes use of this medium to share her interest in the clothes people wore. Covering the hundred years from...

From the moment little girls first read about Cinderella's glass slippers or Dorothy's ruby slippers, they are invariably hooked on shoes. This beautifully packaged gift book is a veritable shoe bible, allowing readers to put best foot forward down the...

A lavishly illustrated, envelope-pushing life bible from Sophia Amoruso, bestselling author of #GIRLBOSS and founder of NastyGal. Nasty Galaxy is part scrapbook, part inspo-journey - and 100% #GIRLBOSS. Filled with illustrations, photos and short essays...

Examining what it is that makes fashion illustration the choice of the moment of art directors and style magazines, this book follows the renaissance predicted by the author's 2000 book, Fashion Illustration Now. Borrelli's introduction describes the...

Luxury living can still be achieved on a budget. "Savvy Chic" will teach you how to entertain, decorate, travel, and dress for less. In elegant prose, Anna Johnson combines a unique mix of anecdote, riff, and how-to, and shares her secrets of survivalist...

This cutting-edge book takes a fresh look at the fascinating relationship between the global industries of fashion and sport and accompanies an exhibition at the V&A. Stunning images from sport, advertising, street fashion and the catwalk illustrate...

Over 300 illustrations convey the dynamism and impact of her ideas from the early punk years to her more recent collections, presenting imaginative and stunning creations that have been a major influence on fashion, music and art since the 1970s. Outfits...