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The Texture of Change: Dress, Self-Fashioning and History in Western Africa, 1700-1850 Jody Benjamin 9780821425466
RRP: £72.00£57.60The Texture of Change examines historical change across a broad region of western Africa-from Saint Louis, Senegal, to Freetown, Sierra Leone-through the development of textile commerce, consumption, and dress. Indigo-dyed and printed cotton, wool,... -
The Texture of Change: Dress, Self-Fashioning and History in Western Africa, 1700-1850 Jody Benjamin 9780821425473
RRP: £29.99£23.99The Texture of Change examines historical change across a broad region of western Africa-from Saint Louis, Senegal, to Freetown, Sierra Leone-through the development of textile commerce, consumption, and dress. Indigo-dyed and printed cotton, wool,... -
Parachute: Subversive Design and Street Fashion Alexis Walker 9780847899722
RRP: £50.00£35.96A chronicle of the pioneering and subversive brand Parachute and its influence on the evolution of fashion in the 1980s and beyond.From its beginnings inspired by New Wave subculture to its position as an international fashion sensation, the Parachute... -
Fashion and Motherhood: Image, Material, Identity Laura Snelgrove 9781350276697
£94.30Motherhood, whether achieved through biological or other means, is not a rare experience; dressing oneself, even less so. The two phenomena are intimately linked, as both occur on and to the private body, and are also fully subject to social pressures... -
Bojagi: The Art of Korean Textiles Youngmin Lee 9781789941838
RRP: £20.00£15.67A creative guide to a unique and beautiful form of Korean art, steeped in ancient tradition. Bojagi are textiles that wrap, cover, carry, or store objects. Some are made from whole pieces of fabric and some are patched together from small scraps of... -
Yves Saint Laurent Inside Out: A Creative Universe Revealed Carlos Munoz Yague 9780500024973
RRP: £60.00£48.00An 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... -
Recreating Historic Dress: Clothing Gems from the Hereford Museum Clothing Collection, with Patterns Nancy E. Hills 9781032624587
RRP: £32.99£29.50Recreating Historic Dress: Clothing Gems from the Hereford Museum Clothing Collection, with Patterns compiles patterns and information for 25 never-before-published garments from the historic clothing collection at the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery... -
Threads of Globalization: Fashion, Textiles, and Gender in Asia in the Long Twentieth Century Melia Belli Bose 9781526163400
RRP: £90.00£66.00Threads of globalization is an interdisciplinary volume that brings fashion-specific garments, motifs, materials, and methods of production into dialogue with gender and identity in various cultures throughout Asia during the long twentieth century. It... -
Icons of Style - Taylor Swift: The story of a fashion icon Glenys Johnson 9781802798364
RRP: £14.99£9.93Global icon. Songwriting sensation. Fashion phenomenon. Welcome to the Taylor-verse.Through stunning photographs that explore key outfits from her style evolution alongside expert analysis, Icons of Style pays homage to the artist whose every outfit... -
The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining Rebecca Gibson (Independent scholar) 9781350295186
RRP: £28.99£23.19Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects of corseting, The Bad Corset explores contemporary anti-woman bias to challenge the commonly accepted assertions about corsetry's contribution to... -
The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining Rebecca Gibson (Independent scholar) 9781350295193
RRP: £90.00£72.00Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects of corseting, The Bad Corset explores contemporary anti-woman bias to challenge the commonly accepted assertions about corsetry's contribution to... -
Sabina Savage: A Savage Kingdom Sabina Savage 9780903696753
RRP: £90.00£56.89Artist and designer Sabina Savage explores the stories behind the exquisite handdrawn illustrations printed on her silk and cashmere scarves. The first book on the eponymous British brand marks its tenth anniversary with over a hundred beautiful... -
Fashion in Altermodern China Feng Jie (Southwest University of China, China) 9781350200074
£29.99Fashion in Altermodern China examines key features of women's fashion within the cultural and political context of contemporary China. While global brands and styles heavily influence Chinese consumer trends, the Chinese fashion 'system' is formed of its... -
The Pink Book: Fashion, Styles & Stories Heide Christiansen 9783961715626
RRP: £49.95£32.62The Pink Book: Fashion, Styles & Stories is a dedicated series that comprehensively explores one of the most important themes in the fashion industry: colours. As the title suggests, this book focuses on all shades of pink, from vibrant fuchsia to... -
The Black Book: Fashion, Styles & Stories Heide Christiansen 9783961715619
RRP: £49.95£32.62"Black isn't a colour"? In the world of coveted fashion brands, it certainly is, and one of the most crucial at that. That's why authors Heide Christiansen and Martin Fraas have dedicated the second installment of their Fashion, Styles & Stories series... -
It's All About Metallics Suzanne Middlemass 9783961715688
RRP: £25.00£16.35Shine, Shine! Metal has always fascinated the world of fashion. Its dazzling appearance makes outfits radiate in a truly special way. Reason enough for Suzanne Middlemass to dedicate an entire thematic volume of the successful It's All About series,... -
It's All About Accessories Suzanne Middlemass 9783961715671
RRP: £25.00£16.35Accessories are the secret weapons of the fashion world. With their help, complete outfits can be stylistically supported, transformed, or complemented. A colour-coordinated scarf, a beautiful belt, or a casually placed sunglasses, when used perfectly,... -
Skilled Immigrants in the Textile and Fashion Industries: Stories from a Globe-Spanning History Nazanin Hedayat Munroe (New York City College of Technology, USA) 9781350273238
£94.30With contributions from leading experts, this edited collection presents original research on the skills brought by immigrant communities to the textile and fashion industries, from the early modern to postmodern periods in Asia and the Islamic World,... -
Construction Knitting: Knitwear Design With Geometric Shapes Nikki Gabriel (Knitwear and textile designer, New Zealand) 9781472575739
RRP: £32.99£28.17Construction Knitting uses clear visual aids to demonstrate modular exercises for practical and theoretical applications of hand, machine and digital knitting methods. While the idea of using geometric shapes for knitting is not new, Nikki Gabriel's... -
Hang-Ups: Reflections on the Causes and Consequences of Fashion's 'Western'-Centrism Benjamin Linley Wild (The Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) 9781350197244
RRP: £85.00£74.99The Covid-19 pandemic heightened people's awareness of long-standing inequalities within the fashion industry. Amid calls for greater accountability and ethical awareness, efforts are being made within and beyond the industry, chiefly in the cultural and... -
Create Kemonomimi Characters for Cosplay, Anime & Manga: Furries with Realistic Animal Features and Matching Fashions (With Over 600 Illustrations) Shugao 9784805317693
RRP: £15.99£10.89Learn to create amazing kemonomimi with realistic animal features and matching accessories!Long, swishing tails and pointy animal ears or maybe antlers, horns, wings and feathers if you prefer--this is the ultimate furry handbook for manga and anime... -
Fashion's Big Night Out: The Met Gala Look Book Kristen Bateman 9781802798043
RRP: £16.99£11.90The Met Gala or Met Ball is one of the world's biggest events for celebrity, fashion and pop culture. Founded by Eleanor Lambert, and organised by Vogue, it began in 1948 as an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of... -
Tie Dye: Fashion From Hippie to Chic Kate McNamara 9780789345035
RRP: £9.98£7.52From hippy to hipster, this spirited style bible is an intoxicating survey of tie-dye, featuring high-fashion photographs as well as archival photographs of style icons throughout its trippy history to its contemporary ... -
Book of Textiles: An inspiring journey through the enigmatic world of pattern and cloth Stephen Ellcock 9781788842495
RRP: £25.00£20.00Book of Textiles is a unique collaboration between bestselling author Stephen Ellcock and textile expert Karun Thakar. Together, they share an inspiring vision of the world through the medium of textiles, leading the reader on a journey into the... -
How Textile Communicates: From Codes to Cosmotechnics Dr. Ganaele Langlois (York University, Canada) 9781350384347
£94.30Textile has been used as a medium of communication since the prehistoric period. Up until the 19th century, civilizations throughout the world manipulated thread and fabric to communicate in a way that would astound many of us now. Unlike text and... -
Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms, and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000 Michele Hardy 9781773854861
RRP: £86.00£57.99Innovative textile-based artwork exploded across the Canadian Prairies in the second half of the twentieth century. Melding craft traditions with modern and modernist movements in art and theory a diverse body of creators opened a beautiful new chapter... -
The World According to Yves Saint Laurent Jean-Christophe Napias 9780500026182
RRP: £13.99£9.33A stylish collection of legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent's maxims on fashion, craft, women and inspiration, presented in an attractive gift format. Founded by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge in 1962, shortly after the young couturier left his... -
Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms, and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000 Michele Hardy 9781773854878
RRP: £52.00£35.99Innovative textile-based artwork exploded across the Canadian Prairies in the second half of the twentieth century. Melding craft traditions with modern and modernist movements in art and theory a diverse body of creators opened a beautiful new chapter... -
The Bayeux Tapestry Lucien Musset 9781837651139
RRP: £29.99£24.81A leading authority on the Bayeux Tapestry examines the work "frame by frame" in this profusely illustrated and annotated volume. The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most extraordinary artefacts to survive from the eleventh century. A fragile web of... -
It's All About Animal Print Suzanne Middlemass 9783961715084
RRP: £25.00£16.75As a street style and backstage photographer, Suzanne Middlemass can always be found close to the catwalks of this world. Fans admire her unusual photographs in fashion and lifestyle magazines such as VOGUE, Elle, GQ and Grazia. Now Middlemass has... -
It's All About Dresses Suzanne Middlemass 9783961715091
RRP: £25.00£16.75It's All About Dresses, at least in the third volume of Suzanne Middlemass' street style series. As a backstage and street style photographer, Suzanne travels to the hottest fashion shows around the globe to document the craziest trends. In the process,... -
A History of Maternity Wear: Design, Patterns, and Construction Lydia Semler 9781032440842
RRP: £39.99£35.37Contains patterns for the most worn maternity styles across the decades.Contains color illustrations, both of extant photos and recreated garments.Perfect for the costume professional or fashion historian researching period appropriate maternity garments... -
Needlework, Affect and Social Transformation: The Everyday Textures of Feminist Activism Katja May 9781350283589
£94.30Needlework, Affect and Social Transformation offers an original framework for moving beyond binary discourses that class practices of needlework as either feminist or reactionary. Using transnational, contemporary case studies - such as the Social... -
Teaching Costume Design and Costume Rendering: A Guide for Theatre and Performance Educators Jennifer Flitton Adams 9780367608415
RRP: £36.99£32.85Teaching Costume Design and Costume Rendering: A Guide for Theatre and Performance Educators clarifies the teaching process for Costume Design and Costume Rendering courses and offers a clear and tested path to success in the classroom.Drawing on the... -
Tupaia, Captain Cook and the Voyage of the Endeavour: A Material History Khadija Von Zinnenburg Carroll (Central European University, Austria) 9781350157491
£94.30Centring priest and navigator Tupaia and Pacific worldviews, this richly illustrated volume weaves a new set of cultural histories in the Pacific, between local islanders and the crew of the Endeavour on James Cook's first 'voyage of discovery'... -
Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Sandals, Slippers & More Linda O'Keeffe 9780761101147
RRP: £10.99£9.98The Marabou Mule. The Chanel toe. Jackie O's pump. Marilyn's stiletto. And lotus shoes and fetish shoes, shoes made for coronations and inaugurations, Cinderella's slipper, shoes of tulle, brocade, rhinestone, python, fish scales, and feathers, and much,... -
Reading's Bayeux Tapestry Reading Museum 9781909747371
RRP: £14.99£11.02Embroidered in 1885-1886, Reading's version of the famous Bayeux Tapestry is a faithful, full-length replica of the original except in a few beguiling details. True to the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement, its Victorian makers in the Leek... -
Hardy Amies Michael Pick 9781851496754
RRP: £45.00£32.10"This beautiful and sumptuous hardback book published by the Antique Collectors' Club (ACC Publishing Group) features hundreds of original sketches, drawings and photographs from a career spanning eight decades, many never been seen before now." Candy... -
The Fashion History Reader: Global Perspectives Giorgio Riello 9780415493246
RRP: £46.99£42.23'Riello and McNeil's new collection of essays represents an immense and impressive project' - Choice'Now, the key contributions from nearly every expert in the field are assembled in one fascinating book. This kaleidoscopic and informative volume ranges... -
The Handbook of Techniques for Theatre Designers Colin Winslow 9781847972002
RRP: £16.99£14.38Theatre designers need to be proficient in an extraordinarily diverse range of skills to carry out their work. They are expected to be able to draw, both creatively and technically, to be able to use colour imaginatively, to make accurate scale models of...