MEN IN THIS TOWN: A DECADE OF MEN'S STREET STYLE
A selection of the best of men's street fashion, through the last ten years. For the last decade, Giuseppe Santamaria has observed and recorded the...
Fashion Survey
HAIR
Written by Lowe, Scott
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Hair, a primary marker of our mammalian nature, is an extraordinary indicator of economic and social standing, political orientation, religious affiliation, marital status, and cultural leanings, among other things.
TECHNICAL DRAWING FOR FASHION DESIGN, VOLUME 1/DESSIN TECHNIQUE POUR LA CREATION DE MODE, TOME 1/DIBUJO PLANO PARA DISENO DE MODA, VOLUMEN 1: BASIC CO
Written by Isenberg, Alexandra Suhner
Technical Drawing is an essential skill in the fashion industry. Technical drawings contain information that is essential for designers, buyers, machinists, pattern cutters, and production teams. TECHNICAL DRAWING Volume 1, Basic Course Book, explains the basics of making a technical drawing. First, the standard format and tools are introduced.
FASHIONING VALUE-UNDRESSING ORNAMENT
Written by Femke de Vries
In this newly packaged second edition of the manifesto on the role of ornament in contemporary fashion, Dutch designer/artist and researcher femke de vries presents fresh insights into how fashion functions in todays experience economy.
SALON MODERNE
Written by Lutz, Monica
Hair salons are curious little worlds and their window-dressing an art unto itself fascinating, perplexing, risible and often divorced from the core business itself.
SECRET OF SCENT: ADVENTURES IN PERFUME AND THE SCIENCE OF SMELL
Written by Turin, Luca
"A rich sensory trip . . . this indispensable guide to all things smelly is as good as it gets."--Sunday TelegraphOne man's passion for perfume leads him to explore one of the most intriguing scientific mysteries: What makes one molecule smell of garlic while another smells of rose?
FRAGRANT: THE SECRET LIFE OF SCENT
Written by Aftel, Mandy
Winner of the 2016 Perfumed Plume Award The "Alice Waters of American natural perfume" (indieperfume.com) and author of the Art of Flavor celebrates our most potent sense, through five rock stars of the fragrant world Mandy Aftel is widely acclaimed as a trailblazer in natural perfumery.
FASHION CITIES AFRICA
In a searing 2012 Guardian op-ed, Hannah Azieb Pool took Western fashion designers to task for their so-called African-inspired clothing. "Dear Fashion," she wrote, "Africa is a continent, not a country. Can you imagine anyone describing a fashion trend as 'European-inspired?' Of course not.
SUIT: FORM, FUNCTION AND STYLE
Written by Breward, Christopher
A beautifully tailored history of this fashion staple--at once a garment of tradition, power, and subversion. The Suit unpicks the story of this most familiar garment, from its emergence in western Europe at the end of the seventeenth century to today.
EN MODE SPORT
Written by Grasse, Marie
Less than a year after opening its magnificent permanent galleries in Nice, the Musée National du Sport is presenting an ambitious temporary exhibition on the somewhat unusual theme of sport and fashion--two worlds that are seemingly very different from each other.
MANLY MANNERS FOR THE IMPECCABLE GENT
Written by Egmont, Guy
Ever wished that you could spot a Maduro cigar at ten paces? Excuse yourself from work for the day whilst remaining entirely above suspicion? Dissuade your wife from purchasing those abominably unflattering slacks? Then let Manly Manners for the Impeccable Gent be your guide.
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