Textile & Costume

Through an astonishing series of interviews, Gay Men's Style will take you on a dizzying journey through shops, bars, clubs, gyms, workplaces and global city streets. Based on the lived experience of gay men of all ages from the UK, USA, Europe,...

Contains patterns for the most worn maternity styles across the decades.Contains color illustrations, both of extant photos and recreated garments.Perfect for the costume professional or fashion historian researching period appropriate maternity garments...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789391125172Author Ebeltje Hartkamp-JonxisFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint Niyogi BooksPublisher Niyogi BooksDimensions(mm) 250mm * 200mm * 50mm

Describes the tools, strategies, and techniques for costume designers and a step-by-step design process.Illustrated throughout with full color inspirational and instructive photos.The perfect guidebook for the Costume Design student, aspiring, or...

Original ideas for tapestries in the techniques of double weave, inlay, and pattern weave are detailed in engaging text and illustrated by over 90 beautiful color photos displaying the completed tapestries. This captivating book also details stories of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933492582Author Carlo ArellanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Design Studio PressPublisher Design Studio PressWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm)...

Influential designer Harris Reed explores the world of gender-defying fashion in this richly illustrated monograph. In Fluid, revolutionary fashion designer Harris Reed introduces the world to a new era in fluid fashion. At the centre of Reed's...

Carl Franz Bally founded a shoe factory in Switzerland in 1851. Within decades, the Bally name had achieved worldwide recognition for its high-quality footwear. The history of modern footwear can be traced through the lens of Bally's corporate evolution...

In 1976 Dutch textile specialist Rens Heringa first visited Kerek in rural East Java and discovered a region where-unlike the rest of Java-the full range of textiles with woven patterning, as well as the only batik still made on handwoven cotton cloth,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646992362Author Shaun ColeFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646992348Author Muriel BarbierFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780642334275Author Lucie FolanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint National Library of AustraliaPublisher National Library of Australia

The motifs and design elements of lighting, furnishings, and everyday household implements have long served as teachers, offering clues and insight into the lives of the people who created and owned them. Here is a comprehensive tour of figured coverlets...

Intended for fashion students and fashion designers, this fabric book is indispensable for sourcing and selecting textiles for fashion. It will guide you to the perfect fabric for every design, helping you find the ideal material to achieve the...

From Pucci's psychedelic patterns to Iuter's skate-inspired prints: how Italian designers have led innovations in textiles throughout the 20th century The dynamic geometrical patterns of Emilio Pucci; the dazzling trompe-l'oeil effects of Roberta di...

Textiles and clothing are interwoven with Islamic culture. In Islamicate Textiles, readers are taken on a journey from Central Asia to Tanzania to uncover the central roles that textiles play within Muslim-majority communities. This thematically...

How are aesthetics and ethics related to the practical realities of the global fashion industry? Both have played an important role in academic fashion studies to this point, but they are most often discussed in the context of abstract phenomena such as...

After toppling the Ming dynasty, the Qing conquerors forced Han Chinese males to adopt Manchu hairstyle and clothing. Yet China's new rulers tolerated the use of traditional Chinese attire in performances, making theater one of the only areas of life...

As a pioneer and icon of Berlin's underground culture, Claudia Skoda defined the fashion of the 1970s and 1980s. She knitted delicate yarns - having taught herself the handwork techniques - into groundbreaking, body-hugging designs that triggered a...

Lace in Translation explores the intersection of luxurious hand-craftsmanship with modern mass production. Utilizing unexpected materials and technologies, designers Tord Boontje and Demakersvan and sculptor Cal Lane created site-specific installations...

On America's first modern dance company and its many collaborators, with reproductions of costumes, sets, ephemera and more Ruth St Denis (1879-1968) and Ted Shawn (1891-1972) pioneered modern dance in the US with their company Denishawn, founded in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989417300Author Ralph Jarvis Corey FollettFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Boulder BooksPublisher Boulder BooksWeight(grams) 546gDimensions(mm)...

For introductory courses in Textiles, courses in Fashion Design/Production, Fashion Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Interior Design, and Costume Studies. Fabric Reference is a guide for anyone who needs accessible information on today's fabrics-how...

Wild by Design explores the American tradition of freewheeling, improvisational, often asymmetrical quilts, whose makers experimented boldly with design, color, and pictorial motifs. It examines both the aesthetics and the social history of quilts from...

Weaver's Stories from Island Southeast Asia delves into the personal stories of individual textile artists, bringing recognition to their accomplishments, skills, and extraordinary lives. Photographs of ten women from eight locations in the Southeast...

A thoughtful survey of fibre sculpture and wall art portrayed in 335 vibrant images and insightful text. Explore the work of three generations of fine artists who have opened their minds and spirits to the boundless range of expressive possibilities in...

Surface Design for Fabric is a comprehensive, how-to guide to more than 60 surface design techniques for various fabrics and leather-ranging from the traditional to the experimental.Highly illustrated with more than 600 color images, the step-by-step...

Skin Crafts discusses multiple artists from global contexts who employ craft materials in works that address historical and contemporary violence. These artists are deliberately embracing the fragility of textiles and ceramics to evoke the vulnerability...

The village of Metsovo, called Amintziou in the Vlach language, is one of the most famous traditional settlements in Greece. Nestled in the heart of the Pindos mountain range, Metsovo owes its fame to the beauty of the landscape and the uniqueness of its...

What kind of fashion exists without mass production, without Hollywood and international fashion weeks? In Switzerland, far from the international spotlight and the dictates of the major fashion hubs, small labels, collectives, and young graduates as...

Denim is a symbol of cultural globalisation. Democratic, versatile, resistant to the passing of time and to changing tastes and styles, it embodies rebellion and standardisation at the same time. Stefano Chassai, an established designer on the...

How are aesthetics and ethics related to the practical realities of the global fashion industry? Both have played an important role in academic fashion studies to this point, but they are most often discussed in the context of abstract phenomena such as...

The owner of the largest collection of Elsa Schiaparelli garments in the world writes about his lifelong love affair with the work-and the entire persona-of the iconic designer. At age fourteen, designer and artist BillyBoy* had a transformative...

A comprehensive and captivating overview of all of Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel collections, showcasing his creations through original catwalk photography "Chanel fans rejoice. . . . As glamorous and chic as you'd expect."--The Observer (on the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631583155Author Norma MartinezFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Gloria F. Ross (1923-1998) described her work as the translation of paint into wool. She was deeply committed to reinventing the centuries-old art of tapestry, particularly championing the handmade in contemporary art. This remarkable book, written by...

Dressing the Resistance explores how everyday people have harnessed the visual power of clothing, accessories and costume to spur social and cultural change. Throughout history, societies have used clothing to show acceptance and exclusion, convention...

Featuring forty rooms at Winterthur, The Well-Dressed Window is an important resource in documenting the design and detailing of window treatments. The Well-Dressed Window: Curtains at Winterthur is a unique compendium of design and textile history and...

Hollywood's Golden Age was graced with thousands of breathtaking looks by a designer who was known simply as Irene. Based on unprecedented access to the records and remembrances of Irene's personal artist, Virginia Fisher, this insider's look tells the...

Needlework, Affect and Social Transformation offers an original framework for moving beyond binary discourses that class practices of needlework as either feminist or reactionary. Using transnational, contemporary case studies - such as the Social...