World Textile and Apparel Trade and Production Trends
Who makes your clothes? This used to be an easy question to answer it was the seamstress next door, or the tailor on the high street-or you made them yourself. Today, we rarely know the origins of the clothes hanging in our closets. The local shoemaker, dressmaker, and milliner are long gone, replaced a globalized fashion industry worth $1.5 trillion a year. In Wardrobe Crisis, fashion journalist Clare Press explores the history and ethics behind what we wear. Putting her insider status to good...
The Medieval Broadcloth (Ancient Textiles, #6)
by Kathrine Vestergard Pedersen and Marie-Louise Nosch
The eight papers presented here provide a useful introduction to medieval broadcloth, and an up-to-date synthesis of current research. The word broadcloth is nowadays used as an overall term for the woven textiles mass-produced and exported all over Europe. It was first produced in Flanders as a luxurious cloth from the 11th century and throughout the medieval period. Broadcloth is the English term, Laken in Flemish, Tuch in German, Drap in French, Klaede in the Scandinavian languages and V...
Valentino Garavani Rockstud Slingback Pumps in Black, Nude, and Pink
by November Luxe
Innovations in Fibres, Technical Textiles, Apparel and Machinery
‘[T]his wonderful project and book, executed with great charm and creativity, is an important message.’ Anya Hindmarch In this personal investigation into ethical and traceable leather, fashion designer Alice Robinson begins a ground-breaking journey into the origin story of leather and its connection to food and farming. As a fashion student, Alice started to question the material she worked with. Leather is universally acknowledged as a luxury material, from which desirable bags, shoes and c...
Wake Up Design Sleep Gift Notebook for Fashion Designer
by Useful Books
ICONIC Chrysler Building Rainbow Writing Drawing Journal. Sir Michael artist limited edition
by Sir Michael Huhn and $ir Michael Huhn
From a modern-day Carrie Bradshaw comes an insider's guide to making it in the fashion industry. From a young age, fashion editor, stylist, and writer Caroline Vazzana knew the fashion industry was where she belonged-but gaining access to the amazing and mysterious world of fashion in the city that never sleeps takes countless hours of hard work and dedication. After making it to some of fashion's biggest publications, Caroline's finally pulling back the curtain and telling us her secrets. In...
Shetland Textiles
by Sarah Laurenson, Lynn Abrams, Roslyn Chapman, Carol Christiansen, Martin Ciszuk, Sarah Dearlove, Lena Hammarlund, Elizabeth Johnston, and Brian Smith
The European Linen Industry in Historical Perspective (Pasold Studies in Textile History, #13)
This book examines the advances in production management in the garment industry. Chapters analyse technology operations sewing garment works study; ergonomic work place; planning, layout, and logistic garment manufacturing. New methods of organization garment production - flexible manufacturing, Lean systems, Kanban, 5S, are also examined.
Breaking into the fashion industry can be very difficult for newly qualified graduates and young designers due to the high number of students graduating each year and the competitive nature of the business - but for those who are passionate about finding their place within the world of fashion, this practical reference book is a must-have. This will teach you all you need to know about different parts of the fashion industry, to help you find the area that is right for you. It will also explain...
