Author: Jan Eaton
From choosing a sewing machine to finishing a hem, this guide to fashioning a variety of garments and household items is appreciated by both novice and experienced seamsters. Opening chapters present an excellent review of equipment and fabrics.
Author: Gini Stephens Frings
For Introduction to the Fashion Industry, Introduction to the Fashion Business, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Marketing, Fashion Manufacturing, Fashion Design, and Fashion Analysis courses. Fashion: From Concept to Consumer tells the entire story of how the fashion business works in sequential order from concept to consumer. It includes the processes involved with producing raw materials, apparel, and accessories, as well as the retail businesses that sell fashion merchandise to the public. Each chapter contains a career focus, chapter objectives, review questions, terminology, and projects to aid in reviewing the subject matter. It is a valuable tool for anyone who wants to know more about fashion and the fashion business.
A full panorama of the clothing sector for new-born babies and children up to 3 years old. Plenty of space is also dedicated to maternity and child welfare. Inside a special section "Babyworld" dedicated to child-welfare, presenting and analysing the season's latest ideas on design, research and well-being, with particular attention to pedagogy, its methods and teaching.
Would you like to make a better first impression? Would you like to feel more comfortable in your clothes? Though your closet is full, do you still have trouble finding something to wear? Renowned image development consultants Malcolm Levene and Kate Mayfield are here to help in 10 Steps to Fashion Freedom, a groundbreaking guide based on their exclusive ten-step image therapy program.
This book will show you how to:
* Identify your passions
* Create a personal style statement
* Confront image challenges from the past
* Take a field trip to discover your aesthetic tastes
* Banish color myths
* Undergo a complete closet analysis
* Celebrate with an informed shopping trip
Taschen's Fashion Now! has covered some of the premier up-and-comers in fashion design along side established names for some time. This creates "a comprehensive overview of fashion design around the world at the start the 21st century." Names included in the survey include Thom Browne, Tom Ford, and Margaret Howell. The included images appear to also include a good number of attractive ladies.