Fashion Books
1980s Fashion Print: A Sourcebook
This fun fashion sourcebook captures the dazzling energy of that era of excess with a fabulous array of prints, all produced by fashion fabric designers-not interior print designers. Covering the decade in its entirety, it gives full expression to the creativity of that period with hundreds of designs, extensive illustrations, original artwork, as well as finished prints.
Vintage Fashion
Featuring the work of 80 years of couture designers, it is of interest to fashion students, designers and any fashionista. The book provides an awareness of the fashion skills and techniques of the past, as well as pointers on what to look for when sourcing original vintage pieces, allowing the reader to understand and develop their own intrinsic tastes and fashion sensibilities.
Fifty Shoes That Changed the World
Peek into history's shoe closet with this passionate look at the most important footwear in recent times. In the modern world shoes don't just keep your feet warm and dry-they often communicate a message about the wearer. Join the Design Museum for a look at the fifty iconic shoes of the last 150 years, beginning with Frye Boot in 1863. Learn how a doctor's ankle injury launched a boot (Dr. Martens) that became the symbol of a generation's defiance and how an immigrant Italian plucked the name Tod's out of the New York telephone directory to define the driving shoe that perfectly encapsulates the American dream.
Fifty Dresses That Changed the World
Join the Design Museum, the world's leading museum in contemporary design, on a guided tour of the 50 most important dresses in social history and design. Filled with pages of beautiful clothes, and the famous faces (and bodies) that put them on the world stage -including Wallis Simpson, Jackie Kennedy, Twiggy and Cher and, of course, Princess Di-this fun volume shares fascinating appraisals of what gave the 50 most important garments their iconic status.
Essential Fashion Illustration: Color and Medium
From the first rough sketch pursuing the development of an idea into fabric choice and draping style, fashion design is an exercise in imagination and problem solving. When it comes to documenting the evolution of fashion as culture, we could safely say that illustration has become fashion design's number one ambassador, covering a visual timeline of materials, techniques and styles that have graced the fashion world over the past century. This book features more than 250 illustrations.
Young European Fashion Designers
This book is part of the Young Designers series which focus on young and innovative Designers. Young European Fashion Designers presents a new generation of designers that have today made an impact on the future of fashion.
Zandra Rhodes and the Art of Textiles
This stunning book celebrates the work of the British fashion icon Zandra Rhodes.
China Chic
This beautifully illustrated book is the first to explore the history of Chinese dress and the fascinating ways that Western and Chinese fashion have influenced one another. The authors trace the evolution of Chinese clothing from dragon robes and lotus shoes in the imperial era to such attire as the cheongsam and "Mao suit" that symbolize a modern Chinese identity.
More Alive With Color
More Alive with Color, the latest book from Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, helps consumers transform the way they look and feel by identifying the best colors to reflect their personal style, and providing a portable color guide for easy shopping.
Fashion Design Drawing Course
A superb reference book and an ideal instructional textbook for classroom use, this beautifully illustrated guide is organized into units that reflect required courses at leading design colleges. Twenty step-by-step exercises cover methods of finding inspiration, developing observation techniques, and creating fashion drawings in both color and black-and-white media.
Illustrating Fashion: Concept to Creation
Illustrating Fashion: Concept to Creation, Steven Stipelman. Shows how to draw the basic figure and head as well as other details such as patterns and knits.