Fashion & Textile

This book explores how, in the early modern world, Tamil textiles became a globally traded commodity, and in being circulated across the seas and o...

The Song of the Loom tells the story of the hoary tradition of textile weaving in south India from the perspective of the weavers. It is a narrativ...

Windows form a focal point in most rooms. Walk into an empty room, and your eye is instantly drawn to the windows. Decisions about what window trea...

About the Book Award winning designer Ursula Michael brings her popular and heart-warming designs to machine embroidery. Now, you can fill your hom...

About the Book Describing techniques which can be used to personalise ready-made blankets and outfits, 'Machine Embroidery for Babies and Tots' inc...

Transform off-the-rack drab into off-the-charts fab! Add flair to ready-to-wear items with this creative guide to personalizing clothing with uniqu...

About the Book Kids' clothing makeovers "Hand-Me-Ups" features 25+ exciting projects to create up-to-date fashions from thrift store finds and clot...

About the Book This book highlights the tumultuous history of ups and downs of one of the most predominant and best known traditions of weaving in ...

About the Book Early twentieth-century Calcutta was not just a point of passage within the British Empire, but a key center of colonial power; a cr...

About the Book This new edition of the best-selling text is for anyone working in and learning about the exciting industry of visual merchandising....

About the Book Bridging the gap between the study of aesthetics and its application in the merchandising and design environments, this revised text...

About the Book "There are some really great readings that supplement the theoretical underpinnings of each chapter." Angie G. Liljequist, Fontbonne...

About the Book " The book is an excellent resource for students in identifying the range of positions they can have in the fashion industry. Interv...

About the Book "No other book compares...This is the book students reference during their four years at university." - Tara Konya, Southern New Ha...

About the Book Smart Textiles: Wearable Nanotechnology provides a comprehensive presentation of recent advancements in the area of smart nanotextil...

Collected essays by a leading specialist on modern Indian theatre and film, Professor at NYU. Covers political theater, the secuar and sacred, prim...

About the Book New Fashion Boutique Design is a practical and inspirational illustrated volume that gathers examples of some of the most exclusive ...

About the Book Provides an overview of topics to get a new nail tech started, such as professional image, customer relations, and salon management,...

About the Book The fourth edition of Merchandise Buying and Management has been updated to cover the most current information on merchandising and ...

In 1874, Stephane Mallarme, the great French poet, undertook a highly idiosyncratic project -- the publication of a fashion magazine called La Dern...

Highlights the contributions of India in bead manufacturing and trading since the upper Palaeolithic period. Traditional bead manufacturing, still ...

About the Book A Second Edition of this book is now available. The second edition includes all of the same content as the first; however, revisions...

About the Book A fashion world insider and journalist reveals the secret world of Calvin Klein The House of Klein for the first time tells the insi...

About the Book The authoritative book on the origins, history, and influence of illustration. Bravo David Brinley, University of Delaware, USA Hi...

About the Book Hats & Caps offers a stunning collection of more than 1,200 of renowned fashion photographer Gianni Pucci's photographs of the h...

About the Book The garment industry which was once restricted to small scale cottage industry for a long time now has a number of big factories and...

About the Book As one of the most alluring yet elusive concepts in contemporary style, glamour is an ideal that permeates our visual culture. This ...

About the Book Foundations of Flat Patterning and Draping: For the Female Form provides the foundational tools necessary for success in the techniq...

About the Book The 25 projects in this book show how to alter and embellish a basic inexpensive T-shirt, and in so doing make it into a stylish fas...

About the Book Fashion Flats and Technical Drawing is a step-by-step workbook for learning technical drawing and flat sketching skills. With more t...

About the Book Fashion Business Cases: A Student Guide to Learning with Case Studies allows students to apply what they are learning in the classro...

About the Book Taking an innovative and interdisciplinary approach, Experiential Retailing moves beyond the traditional model of product assortment...

About the Book Learn how to make ethical decisions on a daily basis. This second edition of Ethics in the Fashion Industry continues to document th...

About the Book A wide range of interesting sewing projects featuring embellishments and sewing techniques.

About the Book Draping for Apparel Design, Fourth Edition is the fully updated and revised edition of the seminal book pioneered by fashion educati...

About the Book This lavishly illustrated book presents Muslim fashion as an essential part of contemporary style. This dazzling exploration of cont...

About the Book It takes more than raw talent and passion to make it in today's global apparel and accessories markets-excellent computer-aided desi...

About the Book In the era of e-books and online shops, when the classic book trade has come under increasing pressure, the success of a bookshop is...

Block Printed Textiles of India: Imprints of Culture describes how one of the subcontinent’s foremost crafts has played a key role in the creation ...

About the Book " I like the way the author has developed the croquis and the steps. It starts on the basis of anatomy, and how to draw anatomy and ...

About the Book Beauty Therapy - The Foundations, is the official guide to NVQ Level 2, published by Thomson Learning for HABIA. The third edition o...

About the Book 'Beauty Basics' is designed to provide students with the information to be able to assist the beauty therapist within the salon. It ...

About the Book This student lab manual reinforces the chapter content and lecture material from Apparel Quality , but may also be used as a standal...

About the Book Apparel Merchandising: The Line Starts Here analyzes the evolution and development of the merchandising function in branded apparel ...

About the Book A Practical Approach to Merchandising Mathematics , Revised 1st Edition, is dedicated to helping students master the mathematical co...

With the rise of digital media, promotion remains a key element at each step of the merchandising process to communicate a clear message about a pr...

Beyond Design: The Synergy of Apparel Product Development, Fifth Edition maps the processes required to bring apparel products from concept to cons...