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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... -
Sustainability and the Social Fabric: Europe's New Textile Industries Clio Padovani (University of Southampton, UK) 9781350105775
SciFier: $49.57While the topic of sustainability in textile manufacture has been the subject of considerable research, much of this is limited to a focus on materials and practices and their ecological impact... -
Bente Saetrang by Nina M. Schjonsby
RRP: $56.28SciFier: $40.47This monograph presents the Norwegian artist Bente Saetrang (b. 1946) and her forty years of commitment to the medium of textile. Saetrang is known for her intensive investigation of trompe l'oeil... -
The Dictionary of Fashion History Valerie Cumming 9781350216686
SciFier: $56.56- What is an Apollo knot? - Who wore a Welch wig? - When were Zouave jackets the height of fashion? This new edition of The Dictionary of Fashion History further updates the landmark work of C... -
Tools, Textiles and Contexts by Eva Andersson Strand
SciFier: $72.95Textile production is one of the most important crafts in Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age societies and recent interdisciplinary and collaborative work offers crucial new perspectives... -
Fashion Aesthetics and Ethics: Past and Present Louise Wallenberg (Stockholm University, Sweden) 9781350198531
SciFier: $120.91How are aesthetics and ethics related to the practical realities of the global fashion industry? Both have played an important role in academic fashion studies to this point, but they are most often... -
Dressed with Distinction by Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood
RRP: $32.15SciFier: $27.28For 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... -
Spacewear: Weightlessness and the Final Frontier of Fashion Barbara Brownie 9781350000322
SciFier: $138.01Today, we are living in the New Space Age, where mass commercial space travel is almost within our grasp. This otherworldly possibility has opened up new cultural images of space, both real and... -
Crafting Anatomies by Professor Katherine Townsend (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
SciFier: $45.55The human body lies at the centre of our relationship to fashion and textiles. Crafting Anatomies explores how the body has become a catalyst for archival research, creative dialogues and hybrid... -
Headrests of Southern Africa by Bruce Goodall
RRP: $91.12SciFier: $60.94Headrests from Southern Africa - The architecture of sleep presents the subject of southern African headrests in a fascinating new light. The book, richly illustrated - often with in situ... -
Shoes by Raissa Bretana
RRP: $13.39SciFier: $9.84Christian Dior famously noted that "the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet." From the surprisingly sexy boots hiding under Victorian crinolines to the glittering T-strap heels worn... -
Hazel Wilson by Robert Kardosh
RRP: $38.85SciFier: $28.22Glory and Exile: Haida History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay Hazel Wilson marks the first time this monumental cycle of ceremonial robes by the Haida artist Jut-Ke-Nay (The One People Speak Of)-also known as... -
Textiles and Gender in Antiquity: From the Orient to the Mediterranean Professor Mary Harlow (University of Leicester, UK) 9781350189737
SciFier: $45.55This volume looks at how the issues of textiles and gender intertwine across three millennia in antiquity and examines continuities and differences across time and space - with surprising resonances... -
Modernizing Costume Design, 1820-1920 Annie Holt 9780367561161
SciFier: $57.43Annie Holt identifies the roots of contemporary Euro-American practices of costume design, in which costumes are an integrated part of the dramaturgy rather than a reflection of an individual... -
Exploring Ancient Textiles: Pushing the Boundaries of Established Methodologies Alistair Dickey 9781789257250
RRP: $48.24SciFier: $46.95Over the past 30 years, research on archaeological textiles has developed into an important field of scientific study. It has greatly benefitted from interdisciplinary approaches, which combine the... -
Guide for Nift/Nid/Iift 2023 by Arihant Experts
RRP: $159.45SciFier: $154.09Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789326194655Author Arihant ExpertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 808Imprint -
With Warp and Weft (English language edition) by Catherine Van Steen
RRP: $67.00SciFier: $60.11The village of Metsovo, called Amintziou in the Vlach language, is one of the most famous traditional settlements in Greece. Nestled in the heart of the Pindos mountain range, Metsovo owes its fame... -
Rene Hubert: The Man Who Dressed Filmstars and Airplanes by Andres Janser
RRP: $53.60SciFier: $47.28From the 1920s to the 1960s, Rene Hubert (1895-1976) belonged to the creme de la creme of costume designers. He designed costumes for stars such as Tallulah Bankhead, Ingrid Bergman, Marlon Brando,... -
Divine Threads by April Liu
RRP: $48.23SciFier: $35.04For more than 100 years, Vancouver has been home to a vibrant and thriving Cantonese opera scene. As a performance art carried out by transient troupes, it is an ephemeral medium that rarely leaves a... -
Cult Media, Fandom, and Textiles by Dr Brigid Cherry
SciFier: $50.91This book is the first to explore handicrafting practiced by media fans, their online fan communities and the multiple meanings they create. Based on in-depth ethnographic research into fans on the... -
Fashion and Celebrity Culture Pamela Church Gibson 9781847883858
SciFier: $152.75The interrelationship between fashion and celebrity is now a salient and pervasive feature of the media world. This accessible text presents the first in-depth study of the phenomenon, assessing the... -
Felt Willow Mullins 9781845204396
SciFier: $60.29From nomads' tents to poodle skirts, from car parts to Christmas tree ornaments, felt is one of the world's oldest and most understated textiles. Felt has developed simultaneously in multiple... -
Medieval Art and the Look of Silent Film by Lora Ann Sigler
RRP: $48.23SciFier: $42.81The heyday of Silent Film, so beloved by film buffs, was an era that became instantly quaint with the arrival of "Talkies." As early as 1929, critics and film historians were writing of the period as... -
Creative Textile Art by Karen Woods
RRP: $29.47SciFier: $24.56A general introduction for artists and makers looking to incorporate textiles and textiles techniques into their work. This book introduces you to basic textile techniques and encourages you to... -
Dance We Must: The Art and Costumes of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, 1906-1940 by Ruth St. Denis
RRP: $50.25SciFier: $33.63On America's first modern dance company and its many collaborators, with reproductions of costumes, sets, ephemera and more Ruth St Denis (1879-1968) and Ted Shawn (1891-1972) pioneered modern... -
Needlework and Women's Identity in Colonial Australia by Dr Lorinda Cramer (Australian Catholic University, Australia)
SciFier: $46.89In gold-rush Australia, social identity was in flux: gold promised access to fashionable new clothes, a grand home, and the goods to furnish it, but could not buy gentility. Needlework and Women's... -
Fiber Art Today by Carol K. Russell
RRP: $61.63SciFier: $47.22A thoughtful survey of fibre sculpture and wall art portrayed in 335 vibrant images and insightful text. Explore the work of three generations of fine artists who have opened their minds and spirits... -
Wild by Design by Janet Catherine Berlo
SciFier: $47.28Wild by Design explores the American tradition of freewheeling, improvisational, often asymmetrical quilts, whose makers experimented boldly with design, color, and pictorial motifs. It examines both... -
Textile Design Theory in the Making by Dr Elaine Igoe
SciFier: $138.01Textile design inhabits a liminal space spanning art, design and craft. This book explores how textile design bridges the decorative and the functional, and takes us from handcrafting to industrial...