Fashion category: 1172 books
Critical Fashion Practice
From Westwood to Van Beirendonck
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
There is a new form of design practice within the contemporary fashion industry which is active in complex forms of social commentary and critique. While fashion in the modernist era has shown signs of criticism and subversion, these were either in the form of subcultures or perversions, such as punk...
The Trendmakers
Behind the Scenes of the Global Fashion Industry
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Numerous tastemakers exist in and between fashion production and consumption, from designers and stylists to trend forecasters, buyers, and journalists. How and why are each of these players bound up in the creation and dispersion of trends? In what ways are consumers' relations to trends constructed...
Fashion History
A Global View
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Fashion History: A Global View proposes a new perspective on fashion history. Arguing that fashion has occurred in cultures beyond the West throughout history, this groundbreaking book explores the geographic places and historical spaces that have been largely neglected by contemporary fashion studies,...
Fashion Curating
Critical Practice in the Museum and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
As the practice of fashion curation extends into commercial galleries, public and retail spaces, and even to the individual self, professional concepts of 'curating' are undergoing rapid change. Today, everyone is seemingly able to 'curate', but where does this leave the traditional understanding...
Fashion's Front Line
Fashion Show Photography from the Runway to Backstage
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Before the live streaming of international fashion shows and the instant publication of runway images online, the collections were strictly 'invitation only'. It was the photographer, runway's unsung hero, who allowed us a glimpse of an exclusive and fascinating spectacle.
A visual journey...
The End of Fashion
Clothing and Dress in the Age of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Attitudes to fashion have changed radically in the twenty-first century. Dress is increasingly approached as a means of self-expression, rather than as a signifier of status or profession, and designers are increasingly treated as 'artists', as fashion moves towards art and enters the gallery, museum,...
by Hasmik Matevosyan
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
`There is no doubt in my mind that fashion, designed to meet the needs and desires of the future wearer and which has been intelligently produced for the purpose of easy reuse of materials, meanwhile contributing to the lives of tailors, can in fact be profitable. In this book Hasmik Matevosyan shows...
A Cultural History of Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries
From Catwalk to Sidewalk
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
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...
Fashion Writing and Criticism
History, Theory, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
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 can be applied to fashion, enabling students...
Tokyo Fashion City
A Detailed Guide to Tokyo's Trendiest Fashion Districts
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The fashionable, eccentric pedestrians of Tokyo are captured with hundreds of portrait photographs in this fun guide to Tokyo street fashion.
Tokyo is considered one of the world's style capitals for its vibrant youth fashion culture. Part guide book, part fashion photography album, Tokyo Fashion...
The Chinese Fashion Industry
An Ethnographic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Less than three decades ago, when the Chinese bought cloth or clothes, they would have had to use a government-issued coupon. Today the Chinese fashion industry is one of the most dynamic in the world - it not only supplies fashions to the increasingly discerning domestic market, but also provides...
Niche Fashion Magazines
Changing the Shape of Fashion
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Niche fashion magazines speak to a highly fashion-literate, global readership; they mix the codes of style magazines, glossy women's magazines and art catalogues. They are often produced and read by people engaged in the business of creating fashion taste. Through this business-to-business practice,...
by Noel Chapman
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
This stylish introduction to fashion drawing is aimed both at practicing designers who want to brush up their skills, and at wannabe designers and fashion enthusiasts who want to learn how to design, draw and illustrate fashion from scratch. User-friendly, accessible and stylish, this book is an ideal...
Fashion-ology
An Introduction to Fashion Studies
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
This new edition of a classic work offers a concise introduction to the sociology of fashion, and demystifies the workings of the fashion system. From the origins of fashion studies and the difference between clothing and fashion, through to an examination of 21st century subcultures, and the impact...