Costume Design

Description and discussion of over two thousand brooches, rings, buckles, pendants, buttons, purses and other accessories found in archaeological digs in London, and dating from the period 1150-1450. Brooches, rings, buckles, pendants, buttons, purses...

"The Met's latest tome expertly narrates the journey that earned Lagerfeld his seat at the hallowed throne of modern high fashion."-V Magazine Unparalleled in its luxurious presentation, this publication celebrates the virtuoso artistry of Karl...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998707044Author Wade MotawiFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Wade MotawiPublisher Wade MotawiSeries How Shoes Are MadeWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm)...

Future Beauty is the first comprehensive survey of Japanese avant-garde fashion of the last 30 years. Such designers as Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo made an enormous impact on the world fashion scene in the late twentieth century,...

An invaluable resource for fashion students, teachers and designers, this book looks at research sketchbooks and the role they play in the research and design process. Demonstrating how ideas are constructed, for single garments as well as entire...

The Fashion Designer's Sketchbook is a must-have resource for both fashion students and practising designers who wish to learn new ways of generating design ideas in order to create successful fashion collections, and who wish to develop their own...

Focusing on a single Malian textile identified variously as bogolanfini, bogolan, or mudcloth, Victoria L. Rovine traces the dramatic technical and stylistic innovations that have transformed the cloth from its village origins into a symbol of new...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648273448Author Abc Seams Pty LtdFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint ABC Seams Pty. Ltd.Publisher ABC Seams Pty. Ltd.Series ABC SeamsWeight(grams)...

A visual history of tea towel design, from the 1950s to today. Both practical and beautiful, the tea towel has over the last century established itself firmly as an essential piece of domestic design. This lavishly illustrated book explores 100 of the...

A stunning showcase of Azzedine Alaia's remarkable fashion collection, most published here for the first time. Azzedine Alaia (1935-2017) was not only a world renowned fashion designer but also an avid collector of vintage fashion. Now a major...

In the world of textiles, knitted fabric is one of the most complicated to work with but also one of the most used. This is a book for all fashion lovers who, while fascinated by knitted fabric, have not dared to venture into this field as well as for...

Screen Style celebrates the beautiful, stylish and often covetable outfits and costumes featured in 50 iconic and diverse series of the small screen: from Mad Men to Call My Agent, Bridgerton to Empire.By organising the series into genres - Comedy,...

The Rise of the Stylist examines the social factors that contributed to the stylist becoming a key role in fashion image-making. The 1980s' stylist is presented as a cultural intermediary and auteur, as commercial compass and avant-garde innovator...

Tapestries have been an enigmatic form of artwork for hundreds of years, with the intricate symbolism of their woven narratives still fascinating viewers today. Unicorns and fantastic beasts rub shoulders with well-heeled aristocrats; famous biblical and...

Dressed to Kill is a unique and detailed analysis of naval uniform and its historical, social and economic contexts in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This fully updated and expanded second edition examines the significance of male fashion and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983388937Author Michael PickFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Pointed Leaf PressPublisher Pointed Leaf Press

The iconic dress that has stood the test of time.Contemporary yet classic, the little black dress never goes out of style. Popularized by Coco Chanel in the 1920s, the style freed women from the corset and became the epitome of liberation. Dubbed the...

Spurred by an increasingly international and competitive market, the Renaissance saw the development of many new fabrics and the use of highly prized ingredients imported from the New World. In response to a thirst for the new, fashion's pace of change...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486271248Author C. Willett CunningtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Series Dover Fashion and...

Features step by step instructions on how to create a variety of different masksDetailed full-color photographs illustrate each stepCovers a wide range of materials, including latex, paper and fabric mache, cold foam, thermoplastics, urethane and EVA...

Riffling through the wardrobes of years gone by, costume historian Lucy Adlington reveals the rich stories underlying the clothes we wear in this stylish tour of the most important developments in the history of fashion, from ancient times to the present...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786882328Author Ariel GoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HyperionPublisher Hyperion

A dazzling celebration of the clothes that made America's favorite doll and the incredible woman behind them, timed to the movie release of Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and directed by Greta Gerwig.If you've ever had a Barbie doll, or...

Follow high-style couture trends over a 100-year period from 1800 to 1900, as illustrated in 374 color photographs of original, hand-colored fashion plates from the author's private collection. The 11 chapters (organized by decade) include a brief survey...

An astute exploration of the most outrageous shoe designs of the 21st century This fabulously illustrated book explores western culture's fascination with extravagant and fashionable shoes. Over the past decade, shoe design has become increasingly...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644031933Author R. CeratoFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint C & T PublishingPublisher C & T Publishing

The first major publication to explore the prolific career of Kaffe Fassett, one of the most recognized names in contemporary craft and design Kaffe Fassett (b. 1937) is one of the most recognized names in contemporary craft and design with work...

Functional Clothing Design is a book about how and why clothing works. This interdisciplinary text introduces new ways to look at the human body, the environment and clothing and to explore the relationships between them by looking at the ways clothing...

Romantic and poetic, yet edgy, bold, and contemporary, Erdem s creations have captivated the global fashion scene for two decades. Taking inspiration for his collections largely from women rebels who lived just as they wanted to, Erdem has fashioned a...

The definitive guide to the history of fashion.From Ancient Egypt and Marie Antionette to Alexander McQueen and Chanel, this visually stunning fashion design book charts the evolution of clothing and shows how every generation reinvents fashion! The...

The Louis Vuitton label was founded by Vuitton in 1854 in Paris. In 1858, Vuitton introduced his flat-topped trunks with Trianon canvas, making them lightweight and airtight. Louis Vuitton' s graphic symbols, including quatrefoils and flowers...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648273462Author Abc Seams(r) Pty LtdFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint ABC Seams Pty. Ltd.Publisher ABC Seams Pty. Ltd.Series ABC SeamsWeight(grams)...

For hundreds of years, skilled craftspeople in the Syrian centers of Aleppo, Damascus, and Homs produced intricately woven textiles for the royal courts, worldly merchants, and elite Bedouin families of the Ottoman Empire. City dwellers were renowned for...

In more than 270 color images, hundreds of quilts, juxtaposed for the first time, celebrate and explore the South's rich quilting history. Quilt expert Mary W. Kerr joins 13 other textile historians to show why southern quilts have a distinctiveness...

A multi-disciplinary fashion, jewelry and industrial design practice, AMBUSH is the brainchild of Korean-American designer YOON and Japanese-Korean performing artist VERBAL. Founded in Tokyo in 2008, AMBUSH first gained notoriety for creating the POW! ...

Amigurumi crochet dolls have never been so easy-or cute-until now!Crochet Cute Amigurumi Animals with Mix-and-Match Outfits shows crocheters how to make endearing animal dolls with a fabulous array of fun fashions to dress them in.One basic ragdoll body...

An intimate exploration of Yves Saint Laurent's creative world, captured by photographer - and son of the couturier's right-hand woman, Anne-Marie Munoz - Carlos Munoz-Yague. Yves Saint Laurent: Inside Out presents an extraordinarily intimate insight...

The ultimate collection of basic patterns that can be sewn, modified, and styled to yield more than 100 unique looks Make It Yours with Mimi G is all about creating a fully functional wardrobe to love. Starting with six base patterns, Mimi G then hacks...

A true original: this lavishly photographed book captures the style of American fashion maverick Iris Apfel, who, over the past forty years, has cultivated a personal chic that is exuberantly idiosyncratic. Combining genres, colours, textures and...

Uncovers the extraordinary breadth of designer Mariano Fortuny, including and beyond his fashion output, alongside the personal and political catalysts that inspired him Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871-1949) was a polymath who experimented in a variety...