Designed and published in Hong Kong by Fashionary International Ltd. 2019, 216 p. ISBN: 978-988-77109-7-4. The Fashion Business Manual is the world’s first visual manual for fashion business. It covers branding, production, marketing, and retailing in a visual format. Business information is presented in short, easy-to-read paragraphs. Practical advice is presented in a...
Hardcover 2002 - 321 p. - ISBN: N/A. Dressing the Man is the definitive guide to what men need to know to dress well and look stylish without becoming fashion victims. Alan Flusser's name is synonymous with taste and style. With his new book, he combines his encyclopedic knowledge of men's clothes with his signature wit and elegance to address the fundamental paradox of modern...
Songklanakarin Journal of Science & Technology. — 2021. — Т. 43. — №. 2. This article deals with the problem of constructing virtual mannequins with non-standard figures for the purposes of the 3D design of clothes made of textiles. A definition of the notion “virtual mannequin” is suggested. The following classifying features of the virtual mannequin as a research model have...
Harry N. Abrams, 1991. — 224 p. This easy-to-use sourcebook of fashion in the Western world spans 40 centuries from ancient Egyptian robes to today's latest Parisian designs. Arranged chronologically, over 1,000 meticulous color drawings record the astonishing variety of ways in which the human form can be adorned. This is the indispensable reference that no collector, social...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998. — 96 p. This volume has been published in conjunction with the exhibition "American ingenuity sportswear 1930s-1970s" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 2, 1988, through August 16, 1998. Features designers Geoffrey Beene, Bill Blass, Tom Brigance, Fox-Brownie, Bonnie Cashin, Anne Fogarty, Halston, Elizabeth Hawes, Muriel King,...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. — 230 p. Fashion Statements presents an eclectic array of essays regarding the meanings of fashion to articulate the new directions of an everyday cultural phenomenon. Contributors bring insightful, playful, and accessible takes on a subject that, though very much part of popular discourse, often gets little significant attention from theoretical...
Pavilion Books Company, 2014. — 299 p. — ISBN: 978-1-84994-198-3. "She is the most wonderfully inventive and brilliantly talented designer" Dame Judi Dench on Clancy. Deirdre Clancy is one of the most experienced and accomplished costume designers in the business. In this book, she gives her inside knowledge of designing for stage and screen, which includes television, film,...
Springer, 2017. — 397 p. — (Human–Computer Interaction Series). — ISBN: 978-3-319-50123-9. From a holistic perspective, this handbook explores the design, development and production of smart textiles and textile electronics, breaking with the traditional silo-structure of smart textile research and development. Leading experts from different domains including textile...
Woodhead Publishing, 2020. — 220 p. — (The Textile Institute Book Series). — ISBN: 978-0-12-818495-0. This book addresses the latest research on the structure and properties of silk fibers, properties of silk-based materials, and cutting edge-related industrial practices. It pays particular attention to mulberry silk, but unconventional silks such as spider silk and marine silk...
London: T. Bensley for J. Stockdale, 1811. — 306 p.: 76 unnumbered leaves, color frontispiece & plates (folio). Full title: “Costume of the Russia Empire: illustrated by upwards of seventy richly colored engravings/dedicated, by permission, to Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth”
2nd Edition. — Woodhead Publishing, 2019. — 593 p. — (The Textile Institute Book Series). — ISBN: 978-0-08-102192-7. This book, Second Edition, provides a detailed review of how textiles are incorporated into wound care applications, also explaining the importance and suitability of using textiles on different wound types. It is an interdisciplinary book which directly links...
Woodhead Publishing, 2018. — 476 p. — (The Textile Institute Book Series). — ISBN: 978-0-08-100453-1. This book explores developments in physical and chemical testing and specific high-performance tests relating to textiles. The book introduces the principles of advanced characterization and testing, including the importance of performance-based specifications in the textiles...
Woodhead Publishing, 2018. — 416 p. — (The Textile Institute Book Series). — ISBN: 978-0-08-101211-6. This book provides systematic and comprehensive insights into this multifaceted process. Chapters cover the role of automation in design and product development, including color matching, fabric inspection, 3D body scanning, computer-aided design and prototyping. Part Two...
5. Aufl. — Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2005. — 624 S. — ISBN10: 3150105773, ISBN13: 978-3150105771 Reclams Mode- und Kostümlexikon von Ingrid Loschek bietet eine Geschichte der Kleidung und der Mode von den frühen Kulturen bis heute, rund 2000 Sachwortartikel über Modebegriffe, Kunst und Mode, Modetheorie und Kostümforschung, etwa 300 Biografien internationaler...
8. Aufl. — Frankfurt am Main: Deutscher Fachverlag, 2006. — 864 S. — ISBN10: 3871508489, ISBN13: 978-3871508486 Mit der 8., vollständig überarbeiteten und erweiterten Auflage präsentiert sich das Textil- und Modelexikon mit einem komplett neuen Autorenteam. Auch gestalterisch wurde das Lexikon einer gründlichen Revision unterzogen, was die Leser insbesondere an den neuen...
Gallery Books, 2012. — 383 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4516-4387-9. With the candidness, intelligence, and charm that made him a household name on Project Runway, Tim Gunn reveals the fascinating story behind each article of clothing dating back to ancient times, in a book that reads like a walking tour from museum to closet with Tim at your side. From Cleopatra’s crown to Helen of Troy’s...
Woodhead Publishing, 2020. — 371 p. — (Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles). — ISBN: 978-0-08-102867-4. This book combines the latest academic research and industrial practices to shed light on a wide range of activities that influence how the textiles industry affects the natural environment. Pressure from regulators, customers and other stakeholders has pressed companies...
New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001. — 362 p. Textile Fibers and Their Properties. Natural Cellulosic Fibers. Protein Fibers. Introduction to Manufactured Fibers. Manufactured Cellulosic Fibers. Nylon and Aramid Fibers. Polyester Fibers. Acrylic and Modacrylic Fibers. Olefin Fibers. Elastomeric Fibers. High-Performance and Specialty Fibers. Making Fibers into Yarns. Woven Fabrics....
Woodhead Publishing, 2020. — 303 p. — (The Textile Institute Book Series). — ISBN: 978-0-08-102722-6. This book explains the relevance of carbon nanotube science and provides new insights on this emerging, high-performance textile material. Particular emphasis is placed on applications in smart textiles and wearable electronics applications, such as flexible sensors, actuators...