Costume Design

This book, published to accompany the Azzedine Alaia Foundation's current exhibition (running through June 29, 2025), explores their extraordinary friendship, creative collaborations, and lasting impact on the history of fashion. Azzedine Alaia moved to...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781332399Author Joanne Yulan JongFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Rethink PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 223gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Stylists have become increasingly influential in shaping fashion imagery. They have moved from the backstage, as unrecognised players, to the frontstage of fashion, becoming celebrated for their creative work as image makers for magazines, advertising...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857251622Author Nicoletta FazioFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 600g

This book considers the significance of tartan in Scottish history and culture, and the rise of tartanry in the representation of Scottishness. This is an historically and critically sound - and contemporary - evaluation of tartan and tartanry based on...

Developed by fashion designer and teacher Dominique Pellen, the patternmaking method is explained in this book in a simple, clear, precise, highly detailed manner, and covers the information necessary for creating every style of skirt one could imagine. ...

Machine Dazzle, to my mind, [is] a true theatrical genius who has created some of the most inventive costumes and sets I have ever seen. Hilton Als Machine Dazzle is the much in-demand designer and artist behind popular cabaret, drag, and performance...

Costume is an active agent for performance-making; it is a material object that embodies ideas shaped through collaborative creative work. A new focus in recent years on research in the area of costume has connected this practice in vital and new ways...

The red carpet on Oscar night is the film industry's own catwalk, a place where talent, beauty and style vie for attention. Here, fashion expert Bronwyn Cosgrave gives us the stories from behind the parade of dresses. From the splendour of Vivien Leigh...

Published to accompany an exhibition at the Nouveau Musee National de Monaco, this volume, which gathers scientific contributions from leading researchers, art historians, along with in situ installation views, pays tribute to the greatest set designer...

Global fashion markets, particularly those aimed at prosperous millennial consumers in China, are in thrall to Burberry, and connect the company's output in the 21st century to a quintessential notion of British tradition. The Changing Face of Burberry...

Solving Critical Design Problems demonstrates both how design is increasingly used to solve large, complex, modern-day problems and, as a result, how the role of the designer continues to develop in response. With 13 case studies from various fields,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080281890Author Jean-Pascal HesseFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 1380g

A comprehensive study of walking canes from around the world, dating from the distant past to the modern-day. The book presents a historical context on both practical and ceremonial usage. At the same time, specially shot pictures showcase the celebrated...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781856698801Author Kate ScullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingSeries Portfolio...

Join Cameron Silver, founder of LA's famous-and highly influential-vintage boutique Decades, leads a romp through the history and countless manifestations of the caftan, the world's most universal garment. Gloriously illustrated with photographs,...

This beautiful and accessible book will deepen the understanding of anyone who loves textiles. It explores woven textiles thematically, through the work of contemporary artists and designers. Some make their art from unwoven threads, the raw material of...

A leading embroiderer with a lifelong love and understanding of African culture and landscape translates the many striking images of Africa into textile art, using embroidery, dyeing and quilting. From the dusky colours of the savannah to the traditional...

"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...

How did women begin wearing pants? Prior to the 1920s it was a rarity to see women in pants in the Western world, but as the silk pajama trouser suit moved from the boudoir to the beach in the early 1920s it cemented the image of the trousered woman. ...

A visual narrative that recapitulates FILA s 110 years of history through short circuits and jumps in space and time, the volume is an enormous, fluid time-lapse that reveals its meaning in the unexpected contrast of archival images. FILA was the first...

Shortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021 From West African masquerades to Venetian carnivals and New York society galas, fancy dress has long been used to convey important social and political messages. The only...

Timor has been a divided island at least since the seventeenth century when Dutch and Portuguese colonial empires competed for its control. Despite this fragmentation, the weaving of cloth has remained intimately linked to the cultural history of the...

How does a style become a fashion? Why do trends spread and decline? Introducing Fashion Theory explores these questions and more to help you quickly get up-to-speed with fashion theories, from scarcity to conformity, through clear practical examples and...

After goldsmiths work, tapestries and embroideries were among the costliest art forms of the Middle Ages, due to their precious materials and the countless hours required to produce them. Whether hung on the wall or worn about the person, textiles...

Renowned quilt artist C June Barnes follows up her popular title Stitching to Dye with an exploration of raising the surface in quilt art Learn how to create intricate raised stuctural effects on wall-hung quilts, and how to construct gorgeous...

Regan and Kelley of Cowbutt Crunchies show you how to make boot covers, tights, and shoes for cosplay. Whether you're a new or experienced sewist, this handbook will help you turn your cosplay dreams into reality. Build your skills with this step-by-step...

Tang dynasty (618-907) China hummed with cosmopolitan trends. Its capital at Chang'an was the most populous city in the world and was connected via the Silk Road with the critical markets and thriving cultures of Central Asia and the Middle East. In...

In southeastern Morocco, around the oasis of Tafilalet, the Ait Khabbash people weave brightly colored carpets, embroider indigo head coverings, paint their faces with saffron, and wear ornate jewelry. Their extraordinarily detailed arts are rich in...

Textile imagery is pervasive in classical literature. An awareness of the craft and technology of weaving and spinning, of the production and consumption of clothing items, and of the social and religious significance of garments is key to the...

A visual history of fashion that fits in the palm of your hand. Drawing from the extensive Textile and Fashion Arts Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this miniature history of European and American fashion features some 275 garments,...

Inspired by the strong and full-of-fire Carolina Herrera woman, Wes Gordon partners with Elizaveta Porodina on painterly images merging bold colors and timeless beauty in a cinematic style. The sophistication and modern femininity of the American...

Drawing on more than 40 years of work, Walter Van Beirendonck selected over 500 iconic fashion drawings that have rarely, if ever, been seen before. Draw the World Awake is a wild ride through Van Beirendonck's imaginative evolution, showcasing his bold...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080447302Author Delphine ManivetFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions Flammarion

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046572Author Michelle JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Illustrated with fabulous images from Vogue's archive, Vogue: The Gown is the ultimate book for fashion lovers.In Vogue: The Gown, Jo Ellison has gathered more than 300 images and grouped them into five thematic chapters: Classical, Fantasy, Drama,...

An exploration of fashion designer Gaby Aghion's life, career, and legacy at the French fashion house Chloe As imagined by the company's founder, Gaby Aghion (1921-2014), the sophisticated, romantic, and glamorous designs of Chloe have captured the...

'SONG', a legendary fashion, art, and interiors concept store in Vienna was founded in the 1990s by Myung-il Song. As an early outpost of edgy design and emerging artists, it quickly became the city's most popular platform for avant-garde fashion...

Artist and photographer Rudi Molacek has assembled, with an artist's eye, an idiosyncratic collection of more than 300 Tibetan carpets, rugs, mats, seat-, bench- and saddle-covers. Between the 15th and the 20th centuries they were woven for both sacred...

Whether it's a military inspired trench coat or a Savile Row tailored suit, menswear design increasingly demands originality, innovation and above all, choice. Menswear, 2nd edition explores the evolution of menswear styles, from the origins of...