Fundamentals of Designing for Textiles and Other End Uses
by J. W. Parchure
A must for any fashion student, this book provides an in-depth review of the wide-ranging career options available in the fashion and textile industry, profiling over fifty careers that span the creative, technical, retail and media fields. Clearly defined job profiles are accompanied by interviews with people employed in the industry. 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...
Fashion is a challenging sector of the retail market, requiring retailers to be innovative, accurately know the market and establish their own (or buy in) desirable brands. To embrace the multiplicity of fashion retailing, this book draws upon both large and small establishments to examine the strategies and operations of fashion retail organisations. Uniting theory and practice, the book includes market structure and competition, consumer demand, channels to market, buying, merchandising and lo...
Dame of the British Empire Vivienne Westwood is best known for her provocative SEX/Seditionaries boutique on Kings Road, and then perhaps her runway shows. Her shoes recently got a hit of mass-market retail power when she did a limited edition collection for a partnership including Nine West, Macy's and Vogue. Westwood was comparatively reserved in that work, but for other venues, her bulbous, curving platform soles sometimes grow to NBA-qualifying heights. This is the first book to gather Westw...
From the 14th to 17th centuries, the art of weaving thick fabrics with beautifully executed designs flourished, particularly in France and Flanders. The tapestries made in Arras and other major textile towns were sought after to decorate palaces and grand houses throughout Europe. This book contains more than a hundred marvellous designs, all carefully redrawn and digitised.
Demorest's Illustrated Monthly and Mme Demorest's Mirror of Fashions: April, 1865 (Classic Reprint)
by William Jennings Demorest
2020 - 2021 18 Month Daily Planner (Lifestyle Organizer, #8) (Perfect Pretty Art Planner January 2020 - June 2021 Calendar, #1)
by New Nomads Press
First Steps in the Enchanted Forest of Stitches (Steps in the Enchanted Forest of Stitches)
by Bella Lane