Fashion 101

Author: Erika Stalder
Publisher: Zest Books
ISBN: 0979017343
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
Each year, we spend hours shopping and getting dressed, but do we ever think about what we’re wearing? What’s the name of the style of your shirt? Who invented your favorite jeans cut? Who made your baby-doll nightie famous? There is a story behind every piece of clothing and with Fashion 101 you’ll learn those stories and more: Where did the miniskirt come from? Why has the military had a stronger influence on fashion than Audrey Hepburn? How do denim makers work those perfect "whiskers" into your "worn-out" jeans? Filled with tons of intriguing factoids about designers and celebrities, and more than 300 illustrations, Fashion 101 offers the total scoop on underwear, outerwear, accessories, and everything in between. With this crash course, you’ll learn not only how to put together smarter looks, but also how to become a fashion expert in the process.

The Fashionista's Shopping Guide to the Galaxy of Discount New York Fashion

Author: Sharyne Wolfe
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781452859682
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Updated for 2015/2016, "The Fashionista's Shopping Guide to the Galaxy of Discount New York Fashion" is for those of you with a passion for fashion but without the bank account to support it. It is a compilation of clothing and accessory discounters, consignment shops, wholesalers and other discount fashion shopping options in both New York and on Long Island that will provide you with the most bang for your buck. Whether it be old standards like Century 21 and TJ Maxx, newcomers to the discount scene, or little known shops that sell fashion and accessories for less, you will be able to look like you strutted off the runway for a fraction of department store prices. Included are shops that sell a cross section of styles for different target markets and vary stylewise from the latest cutting edge European imports to the more classic looks of American ready to wear. So, whether you're a 20 something trendsetter or a 50 something lover of classic styling there are alternatives provided. Listings cover both New York and Long Island and contain addresses, phone numbers, website, return policy, directions, and some even give suggestions for restaurants. Carrie Bradshaw might know great sex, but Sharyne Wolfe knows great shopping.

Form, Fit, Fashion

Author: Jay Calderin
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 1616736755
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
An indispensable primer for students and first-stop reference for professionals, Form, Fit, and Fashion guides the fashion designer through the entire design process, from conceiving a garment to marketing it. This handbook collects the information and ideas essential to planning and executing fashion projects of every scale and distills them in an easy-to-use format that is compact enough to slip into a tote. Linking six central phases in the cycle of fashionâ€”research, editing, design, construction, connection, and evolutionâ€”Form, Fit, and Fashion will help designers to develop effective strategies for building a cohesive collection and communicating their vision.

Doodle, Design & Draw Fashion

Author: Jennie Sun
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048648050X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
Chock-full of sophisticated and trendy images, this doodle book encourages aspiring designers to experiment with color and pattern to create original fashions. More than 60 pages of clothing and accessories.

Fashion Illustration by Fashion Designers

Author: Laird Borrelli
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
A "collection of original sketches and illustrations by 60 of the world's most celebrated fashion designers"--Jacket.

The First Book of Fashion

Author: Ulinka Rublack
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474249906
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 421

Book Description
This captivating book reproduces arguably the most extraordinary primary source documents in fashion history. Providing a revealing window onto the Renaissance, they chronicle how style-conscious accountant Matthäus Schwarz and his son Veit Konrad experienced life through clothes, and climbed the social ladder through fastidious management of self-image. These bourgeois dandies' agenda resonates as powerfully today as it did in the sixteenth century: one has to dress to impress, and dress to impress they did. The Schwarzes recorded their sartorial triumphs as well as failures in life in a series of portraits by illuminists over 60 years, which have been comprehensively reproduced in full color for the first time. These exquisite illustrations are accompanied by the Schwarzes' fashion-focussed yet at times deeply personal captions, which render the pair the world's first fashion bloggers and pioneers of everyday portraiture. The First Book of Fashion demonstrates how dress – seemingly both ephemeral and trivial – is a potent tool in the right hands. Beyond this, it colorfully recaptures the experience of Renaissance life and reveals the importance of clothing to the aesthetics and every day culture of the period. Historians Ulinka Rublack's and Maria Hayward's insightful commentaries create an unparalleled portrait of sixteenth-century dress that is both strikingly modern and thorough in its description of a true Renaissance fashionista's wardrobe. This first English translation also includes a bespoke pattern by TONY award-winning costume designer and dress historian Jenny Tiramani, from which readers can recreate one of Schwarz's most elaborate and politically significant outfits.

The Time-Traveling Fashionista at the Palace of Marie Antoinette

Author: Bianca Turetsky
Publisher: Poppy
ISBN: 0316202959
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
What if a beautiful dress could take you back in time? Louise Lambert's best friend's thirteenth birthday party is fast approaching, so of course the most important question on her mind is, "What am I going to wear?!" Slipping on an exquisite robin's egg blue gown during another visit to the mysterious Traveling Fashionista Vintage Sale, Louise finds herself back in time once again, swept up in the glory of palace life, fancy parties, and enormous hair as a member of the court of France's most infamous queen, Marie Antoinette. But between cute commoner boys and glamorous trips to Paris, life in the palace isn't all cake and couture. Can Louise keep her cool-and her head!-as she races against the clock to get home?

I Have Nothing to Wear!

Author: Jill Martin
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 160961836X
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
You know the feeling: the anxiety, the dread, and the utter certainty that in spite of all of the options in the overcrowded closet before you, you have nothing to wear. The advent of discount retailers that offer up-to-the-minute fashion trends has only deepened the problem. Though our dresser drawers are overflowing with options, the daily crisis remains the same. Help has arrived! In I Have Nothing to Wear! fashion expert Jill Martin and fashion stylist Dana Ravich have teamed up to create a fun and practical 12-step program that promises to help even the most seemingly hopeless cases. Learn how to edit your wardrobe, figure out the fashion basics, get organized, steer clear of flash-in-the-pan trends, and pinpoint and project a personal style all your own. And have fun along the way! Jill and Dana will steer you through the steps, which include admitting your closet is a mess, determining how clothes fit in with your lifestyle, and finding friends who will tell you the truth about what needs to stay or go! I Have Nothing to Wear! is the perfect guide to help you make your way through the minefield of modern fashion and choose the perfect ensembles for work, play, and love.

Fashion Illustration

Author: Anna Kiper
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1446354075
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Learn how to draw stylish looks with step-by-step guidance from a top New York designer and teacher. Drawing is vitally important for the fashion industry. Now, leading fashion designer and illustrator Anna Kiper contributes to the revival of this unique art form with Fashion Illustration. Every illustration lesson included presents a story with exciting design details and ideas to inspire designers to rediscover the art of hand drawing as a tool for creating vibrant and original work. This book will help you: Achieve movement and attitude in figure drawing by following a few simple steps Develop striking and energetic page compositions Explore effortless ways to illustrate print, textures, and embellishments Discover an exciting variety of media and techniques to enrich your individual drawing style With chapters including The Fashion Figure, Fashion Dictionary, Accessories, Illustrating Men, Illustrating Children, Fabric Rendering Techniques, and more, even beginners can learn to illustrate fashion from a designer’s perspective.

Steampunk

Author: Brian J. Robb
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 9780760348918
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A gorgeously illustrated history of the literary, film, and arts counterculture--now in paperback! Simultaneously a literary movement, ultra-hip subculture, and burgeoning cottage industry, steampunk is the most influential new genre to emerge from the late twentieth century. Spinning tales populated with clockwork leviathans, cannon shots to the moon, and coal-fired robots, it charts alternative histories in which the British Empire never fell and the atom remained unsplit. Spectacularly illustrated and international in scope, this comprehensive history explores steampunk's many intricate expressions in fiction, cinema, television, comics, and video games, and traces its evolution into a truly global aesthetic that has made its mark on art, architecture, fashion, and music. From the classic science-fiction of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Mary Shelley, through the dystopian futurescapes of Cyberpunk, to the otherworldly imaginings of Hayao Miyazaki, Alan Moore, and China Miéville, author Brian J. Robb sets the key works of steampunk squarely under the lens of his brass monocle and ventures into a world where airships still rule the skies.