The fashion industry has always celebrated innovative design, and young, talented fashion designers can make a huge impact as they explore new ideas and push boundaries. This book showcases the diverse and unique work of the best 1

Featuring 400 images, this book offers an overview of the development of fashion, as seen through the eyes of the greatest illustrators of the day.

This is a sourcebook of 1960s fashion print - the apogee of fashion print - that will be the inspiration for designers for years to come. The creativity of the period is given full expression in this sourcebook of hu

02 A unique and illustrated guide to making your own couture skirts 03 An exciting, easy-to-follow guide on to how to simply and inexpensively make your own custom couture skirts by embellishing them with a wide variet

Showcases earrings, ranging from the classic to the avant-garde. The materials used to create these masterpieces include not only the traditional gold, silver, copper and wire, but also more unusual items such as glass, porc

Suitable for those who are interested in men's clothes, this pocket-sized gift book provides an alphabetical guide to men's fashion. From the etiquette of dressing to the meaning of technical terms, it takes you through style

A story of one woman's adventures in vintage clothing.

In recent years the sneaker scene has exploded with limited editions and artist/designer collaborations. These specialist shoes are invariably produced as short runs, using innovative or luxury materials and often have bespoke pack

Provides a retrospective of French Art Deco textiles between the two wars, drawn from the historical sources. This book features floral patterns or simple arrangements of shapes and colours. It is useful for d

Exploring the changing styles and uses of bags from the Middle Ages to the present day, this gorgeous book, featuring specially commissioned photography of bags from the V&A's world famous collections, includes everything from delica

More than three decades after his death, the Spanish couturier Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972) has become a legendary figure in the history of 20th century fashion. This book examines Balenciaga's design and business practi

Fashion is an endless process of elimination: in and out, now and then, new and old, right and wrong. But, with the thrill of being chosen, comes the fear of the fall from grace.

In 1950s Paris, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld were friends, the rising stars of the fashion world. But by the late sixties the city was invaded by a new mood of liberation and hedonism, and dominated by intrigue, inf

Intended for fashion illustrators and graphic designers, this book gives a variety of approaches, techniques and styles for illustrating fashion with hundreds of images.

Provides the history of the bikini, recording its progression from the French beaches in 1946 to the small strings. Packed with hundreds of photographs, this book is useful for those interested in fashion and the female form

Tells the story of the black dress - a popular item in fashion history. This book includes paintings by Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet, and John Singer Sargent, illustrations by Georges LePape, Paul Poiret, and Ruben Toledo, a

Blahnik by Boman is a brilliant photographic collaboration between shoe designer extraordinaire Manolo Blahnik and his close friend, photographer Eric Boman.

Style experts Trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine define the 12 classic women's body shapes and advise on the key garments and best (and worst) looks for each shape.

If you want an Herm's Birkin bag, be prepared to wait. And wait. And wait. After more than twenty years, the iconic Birkin remains the ultimate status symbol and probably the most coveted accessory of all time. The su

Chanel's combination of tradition, originality and style has always made it the most seductive of brands. This work presents the House of Chanel's private archives, which include dazzling clothes, intricate accessories, and b

Changing trends in fashion have always reflected large-scale social and cultural changes. This title presents a multi-disciplinary approach to examining fashion change, bringing together theory from fashion stu

Accompanying the exhibition at the Musee de la Mode et du Textile in Paris, this book tells the story of fashion from the 18th century onwards. It also links the museum's collections with the most significant designs from the

Progressing through almost two centuries of corset-making, this fascinating collection showcases an astonishing range of period pieces, from the 1750 whale-boned corsets, through the invention of the sewing machine a

Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style, this work focuses on European clothing from the Middle Ages to the 1880s. It is intended for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and for

"Costume Worldwide" combines the studies of two classic 19th-century illustrators, Auguste Racinet and Friedrich Hottenroth, alongside an illuminating modern text. Their works are presented first by chronology and then by su

Customizing is hot. Everything can be customized: from pimped cars to retro furniture. This major trend is especially popular in footwear. Customizing your own shoes is a way of stepping out of the crowd, of showing

Decades of Fashion documents the styles of the twentieth century in extraordinary photographs - a fascinating insight into 100 years of fashion history. - The great forerunners of fashion and the classics - Icons of style like Grace K

An autobiography that gives an insight into the workings of a great fashion house, while revealing the private man behind the high-profile establishment. It is also a portrait of the classic Paris haute coutur

Kenneth Paul Block is one of the most influential fashion illustrators of the twentieth century. His childhood dream was "to draw glamorous ladies in beautiful clothes". After graduating from Parsons School of Design,

Designers David and Elizabeth Emmanuel open the four locked trunks, which reveal the story behind their creation of Princess Diana's wedding dress. The contents of the trunks paint a portrait of the preparation and re

An album of Dunay's finest designs and a biography that tells the amazing story of his rise from an immigrant family to the heights of the jewellery world. A contemporary American jeweller, Henry Dunay single-handedly built a

Offers advice on various aspects of Fashion and Advertising. This book introduces readers to the aesthetics of fashion and advertising photography using image portfolios combined with the photograph

Presenting the history of corsetry and body sculpture, this edition shows how the relationship between fashion and sex is closely bound up with sexual self-expression. It demonstrates how the use of the corset rejected the r

Examining work by John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, and others, this book explores what their disturbing themes tell us about consumer culture and contemporary anxieties.

What is fashion? What is fashionable? This work takes you through six months in a designer's life. Starting at the end of one catwalk show, it explains how a collection is put together - from the rail of found objects, to ho

Showcases the fashion sketches of sixty contemporary fashion designers, selected for their talent in the art of illustration.