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Fabric For Fashion: The Complete Guide is the only book specifically for fashion designers to explain the behaviour and properties of different fabrics. Fashion design is largely determined by how the fabrics work, move, feel and look. The most successful fashion designers are those who understand their materials, and who match design skills with technical knowledge.

This book bridges that gap by providing a mix of practical information and industry vocabulary, visually examining generic fabric types, discussing the characteristics of fabrics and showing how to exploit materials to push the boundaries of design.

With stunning colour photographs that show how fashion designers, both past and present, have worked with fabrics, the book’s prime objective is to stimulate creative exploration of the relationship of fabrics to fashion.

This easily navigable resource provides 125 swatches of the most recognized and widely used varieties of fabric to encourage consideration of not just their aesthetic appeal but also their structure, feel and weight. Natural fabrics such as cottons, silks, wools and linens are included, as are artificial and synthetic fabrics like nylons, polyesters, microfibres, metallics and soya fabrics, and fabrics made from alternative plant fibres like bamboo and hemp.

With information on fibres, basic construction of fabrics, weights, construction, and weave comparison, the book will help student fashion designers to make informed textile choices based upon an understanding of raw materials together with the processes that make up a fabric. The book will be useful for anyone who works with fabrics and is the ideal companion to Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide.

About the Authors:

Clive Hallett has worked in the fashion industry since 1972 and has been a design consultant since 1978. He lectures at the London College of Fashion.

Amanda Johnston teaches on several fashion design courses at London College of Fashion. She has worked as a design consultant since 1982.

Intended for fashion students and fashion designers, this book is indispensable for sourcing and selecting textiles for fashion.It will guide you to the perfect fabric for every design, helping you find the ideal material to achieve the desired effect and recommending different ways to use it. With a revised and updated selection of photographs from fashion shows that exemplify current fashion trends in which the collections of such renowned designers as Givenchy, Stella McCartney, Vuitton, Vivienne Westwood, van Herpen, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein appeared, the book shows you how some of the most emblematic names in fashion today use fabrics to achieve the highest expression of their creativity. This updated and enlarged edition also includes a detailed technical and historical introduction on the types of fabrics and their classification, the relationship between fabric and the fashion industry and the aesthetic, emotional, commercial and social aspects involved.

About the Author:

Stefania Sposito lives and works in Milan, where she teaches art history, costume history and textile technology. She is the author of critical essays and articles published in art and fashion magazines such as Filoforme and Jacquard. She organizes seminars and conferences.

A fun and fabulous take on the art of making mistakes. Erik Kessels celebrates imperfection and failure and shows why they are an essential part of the creative process.

Failed it! celebrates the power of mistakes and shows how they can enrich the creative process. This is part photobook and part guide to loosening up and making mistakes to take the fear out of failure and encourage experimentation.

It showcases the best and most hilarious examples of imperfection and failure across a broad range of creative forms, including art, design, photography, architecture and product design, to inspire and encourage creatives to embrace and celebrate their mistakes.

We live in an era when everyone is striving for perfection and we have become afraid of failure, which limits our potential. Mistakes help us find new ways of thinking and innovative solutions, and failures can change our perceptions and open up new ways of looking things. This book transforms mistakes from something to be embarrassed about into a cause for celebration.

It includes over 150 visual examples drawn from Kessels personal collection of artworks and found photographs, along with tips, quotes, anecdotes and wisdom for celebrating with failure. To quote Kessels: "the ubiquity of Apple + Z, means that we can literally undo any mistake before it has had time to breathe, be considered and — perhaps — evolve into something else: a fascinating, strange, provocative or even original piece of work. This book asks readers to embrace their fuck-ups, learn from them and celebrate their tawdry glory".

About the Author:

Erik Kessels is Creative Director and Co-Founder of KesselsKramer, an independent, communications agency with offices in Amsterdam, London and Los Angeles. As an artist and photography collector Kessels has published several books of his found photography: Missing Links (1999), In Almost Every Picture vol.1–15 (2001–2015) and Wonder (2006). He writes regularly for numerous international magazines and he is editor of the alternative photography magazine Useful Photography. In 2012 he lectured at the D&AD Presidents Lecture and has given talks at several international design conferences, including Singapore, Goa, New York, Toronto and Bangkok. He has taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, where he also curated a celebration of amateurism. In 2010 Kessels was awarded with the Amsterdam Prize of the Arts and in 2012 he was named the most influential creative of The Netherlands.

Farrow & Ball Recipes for Decorating offers winning colour combinations created by the experts at Farrow & Ball for every room in your home.

At the heart of the book are 13 case studies of inspirational homes, from city apartments to country cottages, explored in turn to reveal how selecting the right range of colours can create a harmonious whole. For each case study there is a detailed colour palette recipe and a menu of ideas to copy. Colour is then considered room by room, showing how to combine colour with light and space to get the most of every area of the house, be it a large kitchen or a compact study.

Farrow & Ball is a leader in the luxury paint and wallpaper market, catering to top designers and discerning homeowners who seek the finest quality products to adorn their walls. Offering a unique historical color palette, stunning depth of color, great coverage and a wide choice of finishes, Farrow & Ball products are found in many of the world's most exclusive properties. In Farrow & Ball: The Art of Color, Brian Coleman hosts a tour of cottages, castles, lofts and beyond that illustrate how paint and wallpaper are paramount to a room's overall design and feel. Visually stunning interiors and inspiring color schemes reveal how to build cohesive, stylish rooms by using furnishings and fabrics that blend with and accent the walls.

Farrow & Ball Living with Colour

Farrow & Ball: Decorating with Colour

Experimental fashion has a dark side, a preoccupation with representations of death, trauma, alienation and decay. This seminal publication offers an unexpected discussion of cutting-edge fashion in the 1990s, exploring what its disturbing themes tell us about consumer culture and contemporary anxieties. Caroline Evans analyses the work of innovative designers, the images of fashion photographers and the spectacular fashion shows that developed in the final decade of the twentieth century to arrive at a new understanding of fashion’s dark side and what it signifies.

Fashion at the Edge considers a range of ground-breaking fashion in unprecedented depth and detail, including the work of such designers as John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan and Viktor & Rolf, and photographers such as Steven Meisel, Nick Knight and Juergen Teller.

Drawing on diverse perspectives from Marx to Walter Benjamin, Evans shows that fashion stands at the very centre of the contemporary, and that it voices some of Western culture’s deepest concerns.

About the Author:

Caroline Evans is professor emerita at Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London).

Fashion Bags and Accessories explores fashion bags and related accessories, such as purses, wallets, clutches, cases, gloves and belts, through various approaches to creative design, product development, technological innovation, materials development, component design (hardware) and branding. Readers will become familiar with key constructions and gain grounding in both traditional craft-making techniques and contemporary digital manufacturing process. Traditional accessory materials like leather are considered alongside new and emerging sustainable materials. Key elements of fashion bags and accessories like component design, signature branding and logo design are also covered in depth.

Primarily aimed at students on fashion design, product design, or specialized accessories courses, the book will also be a go-to reference for professionals wishing to move into or evolve in this product area.

About the Author:

Darla-Jane Gilroy is Associate Dean of Knowledge Exchange and Reader in Fashion and Enterprise at Central Saint Martins, London.
She has extensive teaching experience having lectured at London College of Fashion, Ravensbourne, The University of Westminster, Southampton University, the University of East London, and the Royal College of Art. A key figure of the Blitz scene and a former fashion designer, Gilroy has played an influential role in British fashion since the 1980s and her design work has been exhibited at the V&A. She has maintained her professional practice through her trends consultancy, The Future Perfect.

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Fashion Design: A Guide to the Industry and the Creative Process is an inspirational book for budding fashion designers.

Fashion designers at all levels of the industry face the challenging task of blending business and art to create both commercially viable and creatively exciting products each season. In this book, Denis Antoine introduces a wide variety of creative methodologies of design ideation, development, and presentation, supported by inspirational visual content—fashion photography and illustration, sketchbook artwork, technical drawings, and infographics—and informative case studies. Aimed at fashion students across the world, the book follows the design process from historical and commercial context to final collection presentation.

Fashion Design gives a unique overview of the exciting and ever-changing fashion industry and aims to shed light on this exciting, creative role for all those interested in joining the fashion industry.

Contents include:
• The history and business of fashion
• Brands, consumers. and trends
• Inspiration and research
• Creative Textile development
• Design development
• Presenting a collection
• Portfolios and resumes

Featured Designers:
Alexander McQueen, Coco Chanel, Issey Miyake, Eudon Choi, Christopher Raeburn, Holly Fulto, Elaina Betts, Cucculelli Shaheen

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From the Introduction of Fashion Design: 

Fashion design is often a misunderstood discipline. The public perception of this field commonly focuses on extolling the instinctive creative abilities of genius designers, and intentionally minimizes the discussion of the diligent process that takes place behind the scenes. This book was developed specifically to guide the reader through this exciting, yet relatively obscure, subject.

Fashion designers at all levels of the industry face the challenging task of blending business and art toward the creation of relevant, commercially viable, and creatively exciting products every season. Additionally, all participants in the fashion industry, be they visual merchandisers, photographers, stylists, pattern-makers or buyers, benefit greatly from complete understanding of the creative process employed by designers. Fashion brands, after all, differentiate themselves primarily by how and why they create product, and by the artistic vision they offer, not simply by the items produced. To fully comprehend how fashion products are generated demands a thorough awareness of a multitude of sectors, which are best grouped in three main categories: context, concept, and presentation.

About the Author:

Denis Antoine is Professor of Fashion at Savannah College of Art and Design and co-author of Classic Tailoring Techniques for Menswear 2e, the authority on classic tailoring. He studied at London College of Fashion (BA Hons) and the Royal College of Art (MA RCA).

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Fashion Masterclass. Defining design of the 20th and 21st centuries

From Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, a century’s worth of fashion greats from the permanent collection of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City are celebrated in this fresh edition of Fashion Designers A–Z.

Formerly available as a limited Collector’s Edition only, this accessibly priced and updated new edition features photographs of over 500 garments selected from the Museum’s permanent collection. From an exquisitely embroidered velvet evening gown to Mondrian-style minimalist chic, each chosen piece is chosen not only for its beauty but for its representative value, distilling the unique philosophy and aesthetics of each of the featured designers.

Texts by the museum’s curators explain why each designer is important in fashion history and what is special about the chosen garments. In her introductory essay, director and chief curator Valerie Steele writes about the rise of the fashion museum and the emergence of the fashion exhibition as a popular and controversial phenomenon. Together with a foreword by Suzy Menkes, Steele’s writings also provide a history of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in the world of fashion scholarship and museology.

This redesigned and full-colour second edition by best-selling author Elisabetta Drudi is an inspirational sourcebook of the drawing techniques required to render fashion details. It contains all the knowledge required to make accurate technical drawings of all imaginable variations of collars, pleats, flounces, gathers, drapes and necklines, and it includes 4,000 original fashion drawings. This title offers an extended, topic-by-topic guide to acquiring and perfecting the skills needed to produce realistic and precise fashion plates that accurately reflect a designer s creative vision. The volume s breadth of information and attention to detail make this worldwide bestseller an invaluable resource for designers, illustrators, artists, students and anyone who enjoys fashion design.

An invaluable tool for fashion students, couture connoisseurs and professional designers. The second volume of our practical manual about the art of draping, a fashion technique that involves working with fabric directly on the mannequin. Following the first volume of Fashion Draping Techniques, which focused on details such as collars, sleeves and knots, this new volume takes a step forward and moves on to complete items of clothing, such as dresses, blouses, jackets, and skirts, all explained in a detailed and easy to understand manner. Draping involves working with fabric directly on the dress stand, allowing designers to bring their creations to life, adapting the style and fit as they work. The results are new styles, cuts and lines that give life to a new three-dimensional prototype, without the standardised restrictions of paper patterns. This gives designers an immediate idea of what their creation will look like and easily lets them decide how to move forward, through the use of toile, pins, pleats, modules, draping, craftsmanship, and boundless of creativity.

About the Author:

Danilo Attardi is a well-known Italian fashion designer and professor. His innate passion and vocation for fashion emerged in his mother's boutique. During his first year as a fashion student, he took part in AltaRoma, then went on to establish his own label, Danilo Attardi Studio, after having completed his studies in Rome, Milan and Florence. In addition to designing collections, Attardi teaches modelling and fashion design techniques and advises companies in and adjacent to the fashion industry, including, Brunello Cucinelli, Max Mara, Moncler, Benetton, Miroglio Group, Saint Laurent and Red Valentino.

Draping, called moulage in French, is a fashion design technique that involves working with fabric directly on a mannequin, 'sculpting' the toile on a dress form. Imagination and freedom are the key principles of this process, allowing the designer to start from an idea and change it as the garment progresses. Pieces take shape inch by inch on the dress form, going directly from sketch to fabric. Using the intricate process of draping, this extensively illustrated publication is an essential step-by-step guide for students, couture connoisseurs and fashion professionals who want to delve deeper into a technique used by prestigious fashion houses around the globe. It offers everything readers need to learn about the principles of draping and to gain a solid foundation for making their own imaginative pieces without limiting their creativity.

About the Author:

Danilo Attardi is a well-known Italian fashion designer and professor. His innate passion and vocation for fashion emerged in his mother's boutique. During his first year as a fashion student, he took part in AltaRoma, then went on to establish his own label, Danilo Attardi Studio, after having completed his studies in Rome, Milan and Florence. In addition to designing collections, Attardi teaches modelling and fashion design techniques and advises companies in and adjacent to the fashion industry, including, Brunello Cucinelli, Max Mara, Moncler, Benetton, Miroglio Group, Saint Laurent and Red Valentino.

Fashion Drawing is a comprehensive, practical guide to fashion drawing for students of fashion design. This second edition features brand-new illustrations reflecting developments in pose, presentation and digital design, plus guidance on creating technical flats.

 • Step-by-step tutorials show how to create fashion drawings for women, men and children, and adapt them for different markets
 • More than 1000 illustrations depict work from leading designers and illustrators revealing a wide variety of approaches
 • Discover how to render fabrics, textures and effects, from faux fur and metallics to prints, woven and knitted materials
 • Includes an illustrated glossary of garment and fabric details and an extensive resource section

About the Author:

Michele Wesen Bryant teaches drawing at Parsons School of Fashion and at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She was also a visiting professor at Istanbul Technical University, FIT at Polimoda and Parsons Paris.

From the Chanel suit to the Wonderbra, via Jackie Kennedy, Ziggy Stardust and Alexander McQueen, respected fashion journalist and editor Paula Reed explores each of the styles and visionaries that have defined the way we dress.

Spanning fifty years - from the 1950s to the 1990s - and accompanied by striking photographs throughout, Fashion Evolution is the definitive story of the style moments that changed the world.

About the Authors:

The Design Museum's mission is to celebrate, entertain and inform. It is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to fashion, and architecture to graphics. It is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture and demonstrates both the richness of the creativity to be found in all forms of design, and its importance.

Paula Reed is a former Style Director of Grazia and a former fashion/style director at several magazines and newspapers, including The Sunday Times and InStyle. Her writing has appeared in the Financial Times, Elle and The Times.

The Design Museum is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form, from architecture and fashion to graphics, product and industrial design.

The Design Museum's mission is to celebrate, entertain and inform. It is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to fashion, and architecture to graphics. It is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture and demonstrates both the richness of the creativity to be found in all forms of design, and its importance.

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