Mode & textil: design

A charismatic character, Chanel created relaxed clothing, made for comfort and activity, liberating women from the confines of corsets. This unofficial and unauthorized …

The book explores the dandy as a cultural type across Europe and Russia from the eighteenth century through the present day. Olga Vainshtein offers a unique view on dandyism as a …

A multi-disciplinary fashion, jewelry and industrial design practice, AMBUSH is the brainchild of Korean-American designer YOON and Japanese-Korean performing artist VERBAL. …

Moms are people, too...fashionable people! Before we came along to yank on their skirts, they showed leg, sported killer bangs, and flaunted bikinis. Some even wore feathers and …

A Wall Street Journal reporter's account of the radical transformation of the fashion industry, "e;filled with insider details"e; (Library Journal). The time when fashion …

Accounts providing details of the quantities and cost of clothing and other items manufactured for the first Tudor kings.By the late fifteenth century the Great Wardrobe, the …

In 1974, women in a feminist consciousness-raising group in Eugene, Oregon, formed a mock organization called the Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society. Emblazoning its logo …

What is the relationship between the soul, or inner life, and what we wear in the making of identity and belief? What bearing do religious and political belonging, respectability, …

A true original: this lavishly photographed book captures the style of American fashion maverick Iris Apfel, who, over the past forty years, has cultivated a personal chic that is …

This beautifully illustrated book tells the incredible story of Dame Vivienne Westwood a British fashion designer largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions …