Mode: design & teori

Synonymous with tradition, innovation and sophistication, and revered the world over, Milan is the style capital of the world. From Valentino to Versace, alla moda to artisan, and …

Styling Shanghai is the first book dedicated to exploring the city's fashion cultures, examining its growing status as one of the world's foremost fashion cities. From its origins …

Fashion makes us beautiful, or at least can make us feel beautiful. Its glamour attracts us, but its superficiality repels us. The term ‘fashionable’ can be at once a compliment …

Fabrics can represent an era or a decade-the colors, patterns, textures, and fibers reveal as much about the culture as do the furnishings and clothing that relied on the fabrics. …

Christian Dior (1905-1957) rocketed to fame with his first collection in 1947 when the 'New Look' took the world by storm. Originally published in 1957, this charming and modest …

This work traces the history of the Kimono - its designs, uses, aesthetics and social significance - and in doing so explores the world of the geisha, last wearers of the kimono. …

What kinds of things do fashion and clothing say about us? What does it mean to wear Gap or Gaultier, Milletts or Moschino? Are there any real differences between Hip-Hop style and …

Fashion by Design, Second Edition, explains how the elements and principles of design relate to fashion, based on the philosophy of the Bauhaus Experiment of the 1920s and 1930s, …

Few phenomena embody the notion of time as well as fashion. Fast-moving and rooted in the 'now', it’s constantly creating its own past through the process of rapid style change. …

Gabrielle ';Coco' Chanel was one of the most influential and ground-breaking fashion designers of the twentieth century. This beautifully illustrated biography tells her remarkable …