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A Perfect Fit by Gabriel Goldstein
RRP: $72.36SciFier: $60.01Flip on the entertainment news, open an issue of a popular magazine, or step into any department store-and you'll appreciate the impact of the multibillion-dollar fashion industry on American culture... -
The Sunbonnet by Rebecca Jumper Matheson
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $31.54From fashion to field, its twentieth-century story. Pervasive and fashionable throughout westward expansion in the United States, the sunbonnet endures as work dress in some regions and as icon just... -
Dior by Alexander Fury
SciFier: $94.93A stunning and comprehensive overview of the legendary house of Dior, from its founding in 1947 to today, featuring over 170 collections presented through original catwalk photography In spring... -
Chanel: The Vocabulary of Style Jerome Gautier 9780300175660
SciFier: $112.85Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) was undoubtedly the most influential fashion designer of the 20th century. Her clothes and accessories have remained perennially chic, and her legendary... -
Designing Modern America by Christopher Innes
SciFier: $95.13The story of two legendary designers who made "modern America" From the 1920s through the 1950s, two individuals, Joseph Urban and Norman Bel Geddes, did more, by far, to create the image of... -
Ethnic Dress in the United States by Annette Lynch
SciFier: $118.58The clothes we wear tell stories about us-and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of... -
Lace in Translation by Matilda McQuaid
RRP: $24.11SciFier: $23.24Lace in Translation explores the intersection of luxurious hand-craftsmanship with modern mass production. Utilizing unexpected materials and technologies, designers Tord Boontje and Demakersvan and... -
The Garb of Being by Dr. Georgia Frank
RRP: $80.40SciFier: $70.77This collection explores how the body became a touchstone for late antique religious practice and imagination. When we read the stories and testimonies of late ancient Christians, what different... -
Transcending Patterns by Mariachiara Gasparini
RRP: $115.24SciFier: $75.95In Transcending Patterns: Silk Road Cultural and Artistic Interactions through Central Asian Textiles, Mariachiara Gasparini investigates the origin and effects of a textile-mediated visual culture... -
Georgia Quilts by Anita Zaleski Weinraub
SciFier: $49.18This abundantly illustrated volume arises out of the painstaking work of the Georgia Quilt Project, the most authoritative survey of quilts and quiltmakers ever undertaken in the state. ""Georgia... -
Southern Tufts by Ashley Callahan
SciFier: $49.10Southern Tufts is the first book to highlight the garments produced by northwestern Georgia's tufted textile industry. Though best known now for its production of carpet, in the early twentieth... -
Blanket Weaving In The Southwest
RRP: $115.24SciFier: $78.50Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816523047Format HardbackPage Count 444Imprint University of Arizona Press -
Overshot: The Political Aesthetics of Woven Textiles from the Antebellum South and Beyond Susan Falls 9780820357713
SciFier: $51.84Woven coverlets have appeared in several guises within the history of folk textiles. Created on four-harness looms, coverlets made in the nineteenth-century American South typically featured colored... -
Costumes for the Stage by Sheila Jackson
SciFier: $33.49For anyone producing costumes on a small budget, whether for schools, colleges or amateur, semi-professional or professional groups, this basic introduction offers practical advice for every kind of... -
Ottoman Dress and Design in the West by Charlotte A. Jirousek
RRP: $33.49SciFier: $28.05Ottoman Dress and Design in the West is a richly illustrated exploration of the relationship between West and Near East through the visual culture of dress. Charlotte Jirousek examines the history of... -
The Grace of Four Moons by Pravina Shukla
RRP: $42.88SciFier: $36.15Because clothing, food, and shelter are basic human needs, they provide excellent entries to cultural values and individual aesthetics. Everyone gets dressed every day, but body art has not received... -
Isaac Mizrahi by Chee Pearlman
RRP: $43.55SciFier: $25.46A landmark survey of the work of Isaac Mizrahi, a trailblazing and influential American fashion designer, artist, and entrepreneur Beginning with Isaac Mizrahi's first fashion collection, which... -
Tribal Rugs by Brian MacDonald
RRP: $66.93SciFier: $65.12Tribal Rugs: Treasures of the Black Tent is the definitive work on this subject. Dedicated to one of the most ancient crafts of the world, this book leads its reader through the history of the tribal... -
Japanese Fashion Designers: The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamotom, and Rei Kawakubo Professor Bonnie English (Late of Griffith University, Australia) 9781847883117
SciFier: $145.38Over the past 40 years, Japanese designers have led the way in aligning fashion with art and ideology, as well as addressing identity and social politics through dress. They have demonstrated that... -
A Textile Traveler's Guide to Guatemala by Deborah Chandler
RRP: $30.81SciFier: $23.44The vibrant character of Guatemala is most visible in its handwoven textiles, which are still in everyday use and readily available in native markets all over the country. A Textile Traveler's Guide... -
Draping Basics by Sally DiMarco
SciFier: $140.69With step-by-step written instructions, Draping Basics provides the fundamentals of designing foundation garments by draping fabric on a dress form. Photographs clearly demonstrate the details of the... -
Tailored Fashion Design by Pamela Powell
SciFier: $41.53Tailoring books typically focus on the construction of tailored garments, beginning with the selection of ready-made patterns and concluding with the assembly of the various pieces. Tailored Fashion... -
Japan beyond the Kimono: Innovation and Tradition in the Kyoto Textile Industry Jenny Hall 9781350095410
SciFier: $152.75In the ancient city of Kyoto, contemporary artisans and designers are using heritage techniques and traditional clothing aesthetics to reinvent wafuku (Japanese clothing, including kimono) for modern... -
African Lace-bark in the Caribbean: The Construction of Race, Class, and Gender Steeve O. Buckridge (Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA) 9781350058507
SciFier: $50.91In Caribbean history, the European colonial plantocracy created a cultural diaspora in which African slaves were torn from their ancestral homeland. In order to maintain vital links to their... -
The Hidden History of American Fashion: Rediscovering 20th-century Women Designers Nancy Deihl (New York University, USA) 9781350104075
SciFier: $37.51This book is the first in-depth exploration of the revolutionary designers who defined American fashion in its emerging years and helped build an industry with global impact, yet have been largely... -
The Hidden History of American Fashion: Rediscovering 20th-century Women Designers Nancy Deihl (New York University, USA) 9781350001046
SciFier: $131.98This book is the first in-depth exploration of the revolutionary designers who defined American fashion in its emerging years and helped build an industry with global impact, yet have been largely... -
Fashioning Horror by Julia Petrov (Royal Alberta Museum, Canada)
SciFier: $49.57From Jack the Ripper to Frankenstein, Halloween customs to Alexander McQueen collections, Fashioning Horror examines how terror is fashioned visually, symbolically, and materially through fashion and... -
Fashion, Agency, and Empowerment: Performing Agency, Following Script Annette Lynch (School of Applied Human Sciences. University of Northern Iowa, USA) 9781350058262
RRP: $147.40SciFier: $143.17Fashion has always been strongly linked with the politics of gender and equality. In this global and interdisciplinary collection, leading authors explore the relationships between the dressed body,... -
Teaching Fashion Studies Dr Holly M. Kent (University of Illinois-Springfield, USA) 9781350022874
SciFier: $138.68Teaching Fashion Studies is the definitive resource for instructors of fashion studies at the undergraduate level and beyond. The first of its kind, it offers extensive, practical support for both... -
Fashion Criticism: An Anthology Professor Francesca Granata (Parsons School of Design, The New School, USA) 9781350058811
SciFier: $125.28This is the first anthology of fashion criticism, a growing field that has been too long overlooked. Fashion Criticism aims to redress the balance, claiming a place for writing on fashion alongside... -
The End of Fashion: Clothing and Dress in the Age of Globalization Adam Geczy (University of Sydney, Australia) 9781350045040
SciFier: $131.98Attitudes to fashion have changed radically in the twenty-first century. Dress is increasingly approached as a means of self-expression, rather than as a signifier of status or profession, and... -
Colors in Fashion Professor Jonathan Faiers (Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK) 9781350077409
SciFier: $53.14Color speaks a powerful cultural language, conveying political, sexual, and economic messages that, throughout history, have revealed how we relate to ourselves and our world. This ground-breaking... -
Fashioning the Victorians: A Critical Sourcebook Professor Rebecca Mitchell (University of Birmingham, UK) 9781350023406
SciFier: $45.88Offering a unique anthology of primary texts, this sourcebook opens a window on the writing that shaped and mirrored Victorian fashion, taking us from corsets to crinolines, dandies to decadent 'New... -
Fashion and Materiality: Cultural Practices in Global Contexts Heike Jenss (Parsons School of Design, The New School, USA) 9781350228078
SciFier: $46.89Fashion is intimately tied to the material world. With a focus on diverse cultural practices, this book offers new insights into the dynamic relationships between fashion, bodies, and material... -
The Fashion Forecasters: A Hidden History of Color and Trend Prediction Regina Lee Blaszczyk (University of Leeds, UK) 9781350017160
SciFier: $138.68The fashion business has been collecting and analyzing information about colors, fabrics, silhouettes, and styles since the 18th century - activities that have long been shrouded in mystery. The... -
Fashioning the Victorians: A Critical Sourcebook Professor Rebecca Mitchell (University of Birmingham, UK) 9781350023390
SciFier: $138.68Offering a unique anthology of primary texts, this sourcebook opens a window on the writing that shaped and mirrored Victorian fashion, taking us from corsets to crinolines, dandies to decadent 'New... -
Patternmaking History and Theory Dr Jennifer Grayer Moore 9781350227804
SciFier: $46.89Fashion design is increasingly gaining attention as an important form of cultural expression. However, scholarship has largely focused on specific designers and their finished products. This... -
Carnival to Catwalk: Global Reflections on Fancy Dress Costume Benjamin Linley Wild 9781350014992
SciFier: $131.98Shortlisted 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... -
Fashion and Modernism Louise Wallenberg (Stockholm University, Sweden) 9781350175327
SciFier: $48.23Art and fashion have long gone hand in hand, but it was during the modernist period that fashion first gained equal value to - and took on the same aesthetic ideals as - painting, film, photography,... -
The End of Fashion: Clothing and Dress in the Age of Globalization Adam Geczy (University of Sydney, Australia) 9781350049123
SciFier: $40.19Attitudes to fashion have changed radically in the twenty-first century. Dress is increasingly approached as a means of self-expression, rather than as a signifier of status or profession, and...