Fashion & Textiles: Design

From the show-stoppingly elegant (Halle Berry winning the award for Monster's Ball in a breathtaking Elie Saab) to the decidedly kooky (Adam Rippon...

Taking cultural theorist Michel de Certeaus notion of the everyday as a critical starting point, this book considers how fashion shapes and is shap...

The fashion model's hold on popular consciousness is undeniable. How did models emerge as such powerful icons in modern consumer culture? This vol...

An impeccably researched and beautifully produced concise history of bags through the ages, with examples drawn from the Victoria and Albert Museum...

It's time to take your granny squares to the next level! In 60 Quick Granny Squares, you will find dozens of unique patterns. Fresh twists on the c...

For almost half a century Valentino dominated Italian haute couture, dressing the worlds wealthiest and most glamorous women. Only a few years afte...

Designers and forward thinkers in the field of interactive design share their reflections and show examples of different models of a responsive fut...

Foundations of Flat Patterning and Draping: For the Female Form provides the foundational tools necessary for success in the techniques of flat pat...

Gute Gestaltung / Good Design 13 presents prizewinning designs from all disciplines. Whether architecture, corporate design, digital media, graphic...

Gute Gestaltung / Good Design 14 presents prizewinning designs from all disciplines. Whether architecture, corporate design, digital media, graphic...

What did it mean to have an Irish dwelling in the nineteenth century? How did Irish people write about, think about, visually represent or imagine ...

A comprehensive guide to constructing all kinds of bags including handmade technical drawing and digital patternmaking. This comprehensive guide t...

Shoes are everyday objects but they are loaded with meaning. This book reveals how shoes played a powerful role in the wider story of shifts in...

Shoes are everyday objects but they are loaded with meaning. This book reveals how shoes played a powerful role in the wider story of shifts in...

The practical, pocket-sized dressmaking manual that every sewist needs. Tips, techniques and trusted advice on everything from threading your mach...

This thoroughly-illustrated volume covers all elements of the fashion business beyond clothing, from the commercial to psychological and sociologic...

This beautifully illustrated and inspiring atlas for fashion designers and fashionistas reveals the structure, characteristics and materials of con...

Printed Textile Design: Profession, Trends and Product Development walks us through the different aspects of textile design as a process and a prof...

On the one hand clothes can supposedly help you out with embodied life by concealing the bits you feel ashamed of and accentuating the bits you're ...

Drawing from highlights of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts famous Costume Collection, this hardcover journal features a stunning selection of dress...

Drawing from highlights of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts famous Costume Collection, this notebook features a stunning selection of dresses from o...

On the heels of the breakout hit 50 Ways to Wear a Scarf comes a celebration of a timeless and universally beloved fabric: denim! 50 Ways to Wear D...

Essays on costume, fabric and clothing in the Middle Ages and beyond. All those who work with historical dress and textiles must in some way re-fa...

This comprehensive men's patternmaking text covers many different garment types and design elements, including patternmaking techniques for both wo...

Textile is at once a language, a concept and a material thing. Philosophers such as Plato, Deleuze and Derrida have notably drawn on weaving proces...

A man's shoes are the most important items in his wardrobe. However, a pair of custom-made welted shoes goes beyond mere items of apparel. They are...

Character Sketch outlines a theory of costume rendering that explores how a designer conceptualizes and creates a character on the page. Beginning ...

Mask Making Techniques: Creating 3-D Characters from 2-D Designs for Theatre, Cosplay, Film, and TV, introduces and demonstrates a variety of mask ...

The Mongol period (1206-1368) marked a major turning point of exchange culturally, politically, and artistically across Eurasia.The wide-ranging ...

This book offers a wealth of knowledge from insiders in the Swiss watch scene for those who want to become one. This work is a representative ...