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• Marimekko: Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture

  

  Product DescriptionFounded in 1951 by visionary textile designer Armi Ratia and her husband, Viljo, the Marimekko Corporation in Finland not only sparked a revolution in pattern making but also pioneered a new definition of fashion that embraced the entire home environment. This book-the first comprehensive study of Marimekko designs-presents more than one hundred examples of the exuberant Marimekko fashions and home furnishings that gave the company a definitive presence on the world…. Click Here to Read More

• 1980s Fashion Print

  

  Product DescriptionBlinding neon, exotic urban jungle florals, high-voltage surfings and skateboarding motifs: it must be the 80s, back again! This fun fashion sourcebook captures the dazzling energy of that era of excess with a fabulous array of prints, all produced by fashion fabric designers—not interior print designers. Covering the decade in its entirety, it gives full expression to the creativity of that period with hundreds of designs, extensive illustrations, original artwork, as…. Click Here to Read More

• Fetish: Fashion, Sex & Power

  

  Product DescriptionKinky boots, corsets, underwear as outerwear, second-skin garments of rubber and leather, uniforms, body piercing. Today everything from a fetishist’s dream appears on the fashion runways. Although some people regard fetish fashion as exploitative and misogynistic, others interpret it as a positive Amazonian statement–couture Catwoman. But the connection between fashion and fetishism goes far beyond a few couture collections. For the past thirty years, the iconography of…. Click Here to Read More

• Rendering Fashion, Fabric and Prints with Adobe Illustrator

  

  Product Description Rendering Fashion, Fabric and Prints with Adobe Illustrator is the first book of its kind to show how Adobe Illustrator can be used in the fashion, fashion illustration and textile industries. Developed as a companion book to Rendering Fashion, Fabric and Prints with Adobe Photoshop, ISBN: 0-13-049409-7, the book uses a simple step-by-step format to cover the complete digital rendering process–from concept to consumer. Readers will learn how to use the software to…. Click Here to Read More

• Motorcycle Jackets: Ultimate Bikers’ Fashions

  

  Product DescriptionMotorcycle jackets have become a symbol of freedom for young people around the world. Since World War II, these jackets have come to embody their sense of design, belonging, and rebellion. Now Rin Tanaka continues his study of this fashion, delving deeply into its development. Following the critical acclaim of his first book, Motorcycle Jackets: A Century of Leather Design, also published by Schiffer, he presents a completely new work, with over 1100 color photographs,…. Click Here to Read More

• No Sweat: Fashion, Free Trade and the Rights of Workers

  

  Product DescriptionA hard-hitting expose of the fashion world you don’t see on the catwalk. Are you aware that the T-shirt or the running shoes you are wearing may have been produced by children as young as 13 years old, working 14-hour days for 30 cents an hour? Don’t be reassured by a label that claims the item was manufactured in the USA or Europe. It could have been sewn in Haiti or Indonesia — or in a domestic sweatshop where conditions rival those in the Third World. The label may…. Click Here to Read More

• Fashion Trends: How Popular Styles is Shaped

  

  Product DescriptionExplores the world of trends and sales and the roles media and marketing play into fashion trends. Fashion Trends: How Popular Styles is Shaped…. Click Here to Read More

• Fashion: An Introduction

  

  Product DescriptionFrom the rise of the Fashion Café to the phenomenon of the supermodel, from “House of Style” to “Unzipped,” the world of fashion has taken center stage in contemporary culture, for better or for worse. In turn, although the idea of fashion has been in circulation since time immemorial, not until recently has its profound and variegated effects-on economic activity, on social and sexual mores, and on aesthetic and psychological formulations-been fully considered. With…. Click Here to Read More

• Draw Fashion Models!

  

  Product DescriptionLearn how to draw male and female fashion models, using Lee Hammond”s fun and easy techniques for realistic results. Hundreds of step by step illustrations show how to break down the figure into simple shapes that can be drawn one at a time.’ Draw Fashion Models!…. Click Here to Read More