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"This best-selling text for introductory apparel design courses gives students a close look at the fashion industry from the professional designer's viewpoint. The book is known for its clear and comprehensive coverage and its excellent illustrations. Each chapter links stylishly updated visual images with relevant concepts. Coverage of the role of computers and digital technology are integrated into every phase of the design and production of apparel."--Publisher...

"In this important book, one of the most renowned names in theatre design today provides an inspiring, instructive guide to the craft of creating stage costumes. Motley, a name that signifies world-renowned achievement in costuming, is the joint pseudonym of three distinguished designers in the United States and Great Britain- Sophie Devine, Margaret Harris, and Elizabeth Montgomery. They have combined their talents to write this unique handbook that...

This book sets forth a challenge to fashion designers: continue to expand your horizons, exercise your skills and experiment with strategies. Filled with inspiring fashion design details from around the world, Fashion Design Essentials supplies a selection of starting points for fashion designers of all levels, as well as a wide variety of useful examples for each stage of the design process. Inside, you'll find insight on: - How to define concepts...

Briefly describes the fashion designer and his influence on fashion, and displays examples of his collections from 1947-1957.

Delving into the long, extraordinary life of renowned French fashion designer Coco Chanel, Karen Karbo has written a new kind of book, exploring Chanel's philosophy on a range of universal themes--from style to passion, from money and success to femininity and living life on your own terms.

"The future star of Italian fashion, Valentino Garavani, was born in 1932 in Voghera near Milan. He studied at the Accademia Dell'Arte in Milan before moving on to the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. Winner of a competition for fashion design, he spent almost a decade in Paris, working first with Jean Desses and then with Guy Laroche. Through text and image alike, this enchanting book captures the essence of Valentino's eternal self-renewing...

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's innovative fashion ideas--jersey knit fabrics, easy-to-wear garments based on men's sportswear, showy costume jewelry, and the little black dress--challenged the world of fashion head on. This book focuses on Chanel the couturière and her immense influence on the way women choose to look in the modern world. The author examines Chanel in depth: her career, her style, her workroom, her customers, and her rivals

"This new edition of a bestselling textbook is designed for students, scholars, and anyone interested in 20th century fashion history. Accessibly written and well illustrated, the book outlines the social and cultural history of fashion thematically, and contains a wide range of global case studies on key designers, styles, movements and events. The new edition has been revised and expanded: there are new sections on eco-fashion, fashion and the museum,...

"Fifteen key concepts, personalities, and items of clothing that not only influenced the way we dress, but helped define the mood of the times and in doing so changed the course of fashion forever."--Back cover.