Fashion & society books

2327 books were found.

Fifty Shoes that Changed the World: Design Museum Fifty

Fifty Shoes that Changed the World: Design Museum Fifty...

Author: Design Museum Enterprise Limited
ISBN: 9781840915396
Format: Hardback
$52.80

Lists the top 50 shoe designs that have made a substantial impact in the world of design. This work offers a short...  Read More >>

Fifty Dresses that Changed the World: Design Museum Fifty

Fifty Dresses that Changed the World: Design Museum...

Author: Design Museum Enterprise Limited
ISBN: 9781840915389
Format: Hardback
$52.80

Intends to impart that knowledge listing the top 50 dresses that have made a substantial impact in the world of...  Read More >>

The Great Fashion Designers

The Great Fashion Designers

Author: Brenda Polan ,  Roger Tredre
ISBN: 9781847882271
Format: Paperback
$79.07

From Charles Frederick Worth to Nicolas Ghesquiere, designers have propelled fashion from an elite craft into a...  Read More >>

The Aesthetic Economy of Fashion: Markets and Value in Clothing and Modelling

The Aesthetic Economy of Fashion: Markets and Value...

Author: Dr Joanne Entwistle
ISBN: 9781845204730
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Examines how aesthetic products are defined, distributed and valued. This book focuses on the work of some of the...  Read More >>

STYL: The Early 1920s German Fashion Magazine

STYL: The Early 1920s German Fashion Magazine

Author: Adelheid Rasche ,  Adelheid Rasche
ISBN: 9783897903166
Format: Hardback
$184.80

The present illustrated book with accompanying text showcases the magazine's profile with original double pages...  Read More >>

The Great Fashion Designers

The Great Fashion Designers

Author: Brenda Polan ,  Roger Tredre
ISBN: 9781847882288
Format: Hardback
$263.87

From Charles Frederick Worth to Nicolas Ghesquiere, designers have propelled fashion from an elite craft into a...  Read More >>

The Aesthetic Economy of Fashion: Markets and Value in Clothing and Modelling

The Aesthetic Economy of Fashion: Markets and Value...

Author: Dr Joanne Entwistle
ISBN: 9781845204723
Format: Hardback
$200.00

Examines how aesthetic products are defined, distributed and valued. This book focuses on the work of some of the...  Read More >>

My Favourite Dress

My Favourite Dress

Author: Gity Monsef ,  Samantha Erin Safer
ISBN: 9781851495924
Format: Hardback
$130.68

A commentary on the emotional attachment that various key fashion personalities from designers, celebrities, models,...  Read More >>

Taisho Kimono:Speaking of Past and Present: Speaking of Past and Present

Taisho Kimono:Speaking of Past and Present: Speaking...

Author: Jan Dees ,  Michiel Elsevier Stokmans
ISBN: 9788857200118
Format: Hardback
$250.80

The Taisho period (1912-1926) saw the birth of a remarkable liberal and modernistic cultural movement, which lasted...  Read More >>

After a Fashion: What We Wore 1947 to Today

After a Fashion: What We Wore 1947 to Today

Author: Elizabeth Roberts
ISBN: 9781906672386
Format: Hardback
$105.60

Charts the history of street fashion from its origins in high couture to its appearance on the streets. Beginning...  Read More >>

Bling & Fringe (The L. A. Poems)

Bling & Fringe (The L. A. Poems)

Author: Molly Bendall ,  Gail Wronsky
ISBN: 9780982354216
Format: Paperback
$26.40

A collection of serious and humorous experimental poetry with allusions to fashion, art, popular culture, music,...  Read More >>

Medieval Dress and Fashion

Medieval Dress and Fashion

Author: Margaret Scott
ISBN: 9780712350679
Format: Paperback
$76.56

Focuses on medieval dress as it is depicted in the illuminated manuscript, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages...  Read More >>

American Fashion Menswear

American Fashion Menswear

Author: Robert E Bryan
ISBN: 9782759404094
Format: Hardback
$140.00

A work on the evolution of menswear in the USA.  Read More >>

Tailoring Techniques for Fashion: Studio Instant Access

Tailoring Techniques for Fashion: Studio Instant Access...

Author: Milva Fiorella Di Lorenzo
ISBN: 9781501310195
Format: Paperback
$277.20

The aim of this text is to present the techniques of tailoring from a professional point of view. It will cover...  Read More >>

Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture

Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture...

Author: Valerie Steele
ISBN: 9781847884275
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Takes as its starting point a definition of 'fashion' as the cultural construction of the embodied identity. This...  Read More >>

The Art of Dress: Clothes and Society 1500 ? 1914

The Art of Dress: Clothes and Society 1500 ? 1914

Author: Jane Ashelford
ISBN: 9781905400799
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Jane Ashelford has used the National Trust's stunning costume and textile collections as well as its historic house...  Read More >>

Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag

Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of...

Author: Michael Tonello
ISBN: 9780061473340
Format: Paperback
$27.99

Michael's newfound career started with an impulsive move to Barcelona, a vanished job assignment, no work visa,...  Read More >>

Fashion: The Key Concepts

Fashion: The Key Concepts

Author: Jennifer Craik (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
ISBN: 9781845204525
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Fashion is everywhere. It is one of the main ways in which we present ourselves to others, signaling what we want...  Read More >>

Fashioning Society: A Hundred Years of Haute Couture by Six Designers

Fashioning Society: A Hundred Years of Haute Couture...

Author: Karl Aspelund (University of Rhode Island, USA)
ISBN: 9781563675973
Format: Paperback
$233.64

Tells the story of the period from the 1860s to the 1970s, a time when a succession of haute couture designers -...  Read More >>

A Practical Approach to Merchandising Mathematics

A Practical Approach to Merchandising Mathematics

Author: Linda M. Cushman
ISBN: 9781563676246
Format: Paperback
$249.48

This comprehensive text brings together assortment planning, vendor analysis, mark-up and pricing, and terms of...  Read More >>

Ethics in the Fashion Industry

Ethics in the Fashion Industry

Author: V. Ann Paulins ,  Julie L. Hillery
ISBN: 9781563675331
Format: Paperback
$217.80

Studies the relationships between individuals within departments in the textiles, apparel and retailing industries,...  Read More >>

The Culture of Knitting

The Culture of Knitting

Author: Joanne Turney (Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK)
ISBN: 9781845205928
Format: Paperback
$69.99

From booties and scarves to art and fashion, this work addresses knitting as art, craft, design, fashion and performance,...  Read More >>

When Clothes Become Fashion: Design and Innovation Systems

When Clothes Become Fashion: Design and Innovation Systems...

Author: Ingrid Loschek
ISBN: 9781847883667
Format: Paperback
$64.99

When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a...  Read More >>

Uncovering Fashion: Fashion Communications Across the Media

Uncovering Fashion: Fashion Communications Across the...

Author: Marian Frances Wolbers ,  Connie Heller Horacek
ISBN: 9781563676154
Format: Paperback
$180.00

The term 'fashion communications' refers not only to monthly fashion magazines, but also to every facet of information...  Read More >>

The Private World of Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Berge

The Private World of Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Berge...

Author: Robert Murphy ,  Ivan Terestchenko
ISBN: 9780865652514
Format: Hardback
$250.80

One of the most talented and influential couturiers of his time, Yves Saint Laurent began his career as Christian...  Read More >>

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