Waterstones Fabrics in Fashion Design: The Complete Textile Guide. Third Updated and Enlarged Edition

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Description: Intended for fashion students and fashion designers, this fabricbook is indispensable for sourcing and selecting textiles forfashion. It will guide you to the perfect fabric for every design,helping you find the ideal material to achieve the desired effectand recommending different ways to use it. With a revisedand updated selection of photographs from fashion showsthat exemplify current fashion trends in which the collectionsof such renowned designers as Givenchy, Stella Mc Cartney, Vuitton, Vivian Westwood, van Herpen, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein appeared, the book shows you how some of themost emblematic names in fashion today use fabrics to achievethe highest expression of their creativity. This updated andenlarged edition also includes a detailed technical and historicalintroduction on the types of fabrics and their classification, therelationship between fabric and the fashion industry and theaesthetic, emotional, commercial and social aspects involved. This fabric bible is sure to become essential reading for allaspiring and experienced dressmakers and fashion designers. Waterstones Fabrics in Fashion Design: The Complete Textile Guide. Third Updated and Enlarged Edition - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

 

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