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Traces Fashion & Migration

Blumhardt Olga, Drinkuth Antje

ISBN: PB: 9783954761975, Bookport, Distanz Publishing, July 2017
200 pp., 29x22 cm, 120 colour illus., 20 black&white illus., language: English / German

Fashions have always also been reflections of issues in society. Migration is a more topical, volatile, and controversial issue right now than it has been in a long time. Cultural diversity is embraced when it comes to musical, linguistic, or culinar...

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Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garcons Art of the In-Between

Bolton Andrew

ISBN: HB: 9781588396204, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2017
256 pp., 34.3x24.1 cm, 250 colour and black&white illus.

A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Garcons. The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their metier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons is one of them. Wide...

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Art Conservation

Refashioning and Redressing Conserving and Displaying Dress

Brooks Mary, Eastop Dinah

ISBN: PB: 9781606065112, Getty Publications, February 2017
200 pp., 25x15 cm

This volume explores the conservation and presentation of dress in museums and beyond as a complex, collaborative process. Recognizing this process as a dynamic interaction of investigation, interpretation, intervention, re-creation, and display, "Re...

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Fake Silk The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon

Blanc Paul David

ISBN: HB: 9780300204667, Yale University Press, January 2017
328 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations,...

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Fashion The Ultimate History of Costume. From Prehistory to the Present Day

Brunelli Pier Pietro

ISBN: PB: 9788415967828, Hoaki, November 2016
256 pp., 27x19 cm, richly illustrated

Fashion is one of the defining features of human evolution and culture. Spanning the first civilizations to today’s most recent trends, this book analyzes the importance and meaning of this intriguing area of human behavior. With an in-depth approach...

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1960s Look Recreating the Fashions of the Sixties

Brown Mike

ISBN: PB: 9781781220078, Casemate, Sabrestorm Publishing, September 2016
144 pp., 28x22.9 cm, colour photos throughout

The 1960s, known as the "Swinging Sixties", are recognised as a landmark decade both by those who lived through them and those who look back in awe at the revolutionary changes in fashion, style and sexual freedom. Continuing interest and appreciat...

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Manus x Machina Fashion in an Age of Technology

Bolton Andrew

ISBN: PB: 9781588395924, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2016
256 pp., 31.8x23.5 cm, 200 colour illus.

The complex and often ambiguous relationship between the hand crafted and the machine made is examined in this intriguing look at the ever-changing world of fashion and taste. "Manus Machina" traces styles of dress from one-of-a-kind works and haute...

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Shaping the Body An Intimate History of the Mechanics of Underwear

Bruna Denis

ISBN: PB: 9780300204278, Yale University Press, February 2015
272 pp., 27.9x22.2 cm, 207 colour and black&white illus.

This unique, erudite and entertaining book offers fascinating insights into the tortuous transformations employed by both men and women to sculpt their figures and accommodate the ever-shifting dictates of fashion. With high design, wit and style, "S...

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Painting and Drawing Manuals

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Fashion Drawing Course From Human Figure to Fashion Illustration

Baeza Juan

ISBN: PB: 9788415967064, Hoaki, August 2014
208 pp., 27.9x20.3 cm, richly illustrated

Designers need to draw the human body in movement and they must take into account the relationship between the human body, the materials and the shape of the clothing at the same time. This book is a through study on the techniques for drawing the hu...

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Cooking Couture Fashion Is Served

Borioli Gisella

ISBN: HB: 9788831715034, DAP, Marsilio Editori, September 2013
160 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 197 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! What happens when cuisine blends with haute couture. Can you describe an item of clothing in terms of its flavor, its odor? Or the taste of a fabric, that desire which makes your mouth water? Sampling a dish of the latest c...

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