Fashion category: 1172 books
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Support whatever your kids’ interests are. This one’s for the future designers of all time. This book contains the present and the future of the fashion design industry with inspirations taken from only the world renowned designers. Your kids will definitely appreciate your full support in their passion when you buy this for them. Get a copy today.
The Asylum
A collage of couture reminiscences...and hysteria
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
After nearly a lifetime spent in the Industry, author and fashion insider Simon Doonan is ready to let you in on a little secret: his peers in this multibillion-dollar industry are just as nutty as the denizens of your local loony bin. In The Asylum, an unabashedly hilarious collection of autobiographical...
Chic-tionary
The Little Book of Fashion Faux-cabulary
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Chic-tionary is a darling little dictionary of fashion and beauty words you never knew existed. It takes its inspiration from the peculiar and amusing language of fashion people like Tyra Banks (smize), Man Repeller (arm party), and André Leon Tally (dreckitude), and contains more than two hundred...
I Spy DIY Style
Find Fashion You Love and Do It Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Loved it on the runway? Seen it in a magazine?
Find fashion you love and do it yourself! With a few simple supplies and a range of clever ideas, DIY expert Jenni Radosevich shows you how to make style your own. Transform your basics into designer fashions. Turn hardware store finds into statement...
Fashioning Bollywood
The Making and Meaning of Hindi Film Costume
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
The Hindi film industry, among the most prolific in the world, has delighted audiences for decades with its colourful, exquisite and sometimes startling costumes. But are costumes more than just a source of pleasure? This book, the first in-depth exploration of Hindi film costume, contends that they...
Wartime Fashion
From Haute Couture to Homemade, 1939-1945
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
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 visual narratives regarding class, gender...
The Religious Life of Dress
Global Fashion and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
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' approach, Hume's engaging account takes into consideration...
Eco Chic
The savvy shopper's guide to ethical fashion
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2007
The hottest trend on the catwalk is ethical clothing. Top fashion designers and spokesmodels including Katharine Hamnett, Stella McCartney and Bono's wife Ali Hewson are all voicing the benefits of eco chic. But what is this new fad, and what difference can it make to the world? "Eco Chic"...
by Diana - Avgusta Stauer
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Inspiration for this book was the Colombian fashion designer Adriana Santacruz, who was chosen to be Colombian fashion Ambassadeur and is representing her country at the Paris Fashion Week 2014. Her thoughts and philosophy of creation of the new design and preservation of good old traditions, followed...
Freehand Fashion
Learn to sew the perfect wardrobe - no patterns required!
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Before appearing on the BBC's The Great British Sewing Bee, Chinelo Bally had never used a sewing pattern. She wowed the judges with her ability to create stylish, fitted garments using a freehand cutting method that was taught to her by an aunt. In Freehand Fashion, Chinelo lets us in to the secret...
Wear This, Toss That!
Hundreds of Fashion and Beauty Swaps That Save Your Looks, Save Your Budget, and Save You Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
It costs us not to look our best!
Dressing poorly costs us interviews, first impressions, money . . . and a whole lot more. But you can look good all the time, asserts Amy E. Goodman, the magazine maven and style expert who’s a regular on NBC’s Today show. Her one-stop fashion and beauty...
by Ilianthe Kalloniatis
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Flappers in Fashion is full of vintage photography, depicting the fashions of the 1920s flapper. The book covers some interesting history of the flapper lifestyle and the roles of women during the 1920s. Information about fashions in clothing, makeup and even diets of the day are covered. There is a...
Knickers
An Intimate Re-appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
The history of the knicker is a history of women's rights as much as fashion. From Queen Victoria and the Quaker reformer Amelia Bloomer to the G-string, Rosemary Hawthorne is the perfect guide through this fascinating history.
As entertaining as it is informative, Rosemary Hawthorne exposes the true...
Fictionally Fabulous
The Characters Who Created the Looks We Love
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Takes a one-of-a-kind, utterly irresistible tour of fashion history through our favorite style icons of film and television.
Fictionally Fabulous is a full-color illustrated guide to dozens of beloved characters who changed the face of fashion: from the flapper era embodied by Louise Brooks...