On the heels of the fabulously successful "Lucky Shopping Manual" comes the complete handbook for creating a great look based on 10 iconic styles. More than 450 color images throughout. (Fashion & Grooming)
From red carpet premieres to hot nights, Rachel Zoe personally decides what Hollywood's 'it' crowd is wearing. Now, she offers full access to the style secrets that skyrocketed clients such as Lindsay Lohan, Cameron Diaz, and Mischa Barton to the top of best dressed lists worldwide. Readers will discover how to develop their own individual style ...
As the Fashion Director at "Elle" magazine, Nina has learned an indispensable fact - women love lists. They love making them, reading about them, following them, crossing each item off, etc. "The One Hundred" will be a thoroughly researched take on these attainable items, featuring Ruben Toledo's stand-out, signature illustrations. She will ...
A Fashion Director at "Elle" magazine, Nina Garcia knows trends and that balancing the classics with the trends is what style is all about. "The Little Black Book of Style" provides the essential rules for fashion that every woman should know. From definite fashion faux-pas to pointers on how to create your own sense of style, to uncovering what ...
The style consultant for the popular Bravo series "Project Runway" discusses every aspect of creating and maintaining a personal style, all in the witty and reassuring voice that millions of fans adore.
Covers sewing methods include how to hand stitch, finish edges and create closures, fit and shape, sew patch and bound pockets, tailor and line jackets, and construct and embellish eveningwear.
"The Pocket Stylist" features specifically edited shopping lists for various body types. Four "styled" looks for each silhouette--from jeans-casual to cocktails--illustrate ideal proportion and fit.
At lastaa sophisticated wardrobe guide for men from a respected authority, Details magazine, offering head-to-toe advice for choosing the right look, the right fit, and the right style for every situation, from boardroom pitches to casual Saturday nights. Each month, "Details" magazine keeps hundreds of thousands of men up-to-date on the most ...
Beautiful Kate Whitman thought she had found true love in the arms of Texas rancher Jason Donovan and so was devastated to learn that he was not willing to make a serious commitment to their relationship. Fed up with playing second fiddle to Jason's ranch, the Diamond Spur, Kate moved to New York and became a successful fashion designer. Very ...
The founder and owner of Patagonia, Inc., one of the world's most inspiring companies, now relates his story and the core philosophies that have sustained his company, renowned for its maverick innovation and long-term responsibility to the environment.
'I've always been a girls' girl. And I know from experience that making the very best of yourself is something any woman can do. I was never the six-foot-tall pin-up. I've always been the girl-next-door who got lucky. I've come a long way in the last ten years, but this book isn't my attempt to tell you what or what not to do. It's just to share ...
The hosts of "What Not to Wear" present a fully illustrated, authoritative and irreverent fashion guide that matches a broad range of male and female body types with work, casual and evening attire.
From the momentous invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of denim, from Neolithic weavers to the biggest names in the fashion industry today - here is a matchless guide to the landmarks of costume history, to the forms and materials used through the ages, as well as to the underlying motives of fashion and the ways in ...
No matter what your figure problem--and the authors (whose BBC show is a major hit) detail them with brutal candor--you can disguise it with the clever tricks provided in this book. The authors make suggestions for what to wear not only to hide figure flaws but to express one's true personality.
Chanel. The name means fashion and perfume, emancipation and casual feminine allure. Gabrielle Chanel began as a kept woman making hats for her lover's other mistresses and went on to become fashion's greatest career woman. She never married or had children, but men like Igor Stravinsky and the Duke of Westminster abandoned their families for her. ...
With new and revised illustrations and instructions, this edition of "Fashion Sketchbook" is still providing students with a comprehensive course on sketching the fashion figure, fabric shapes, and garment details. Abling's directions are easy to follow and detailed, using minimum narrative and numerous diagrams. "Fashion Sketchbook, 5th Edition", ...
Style guru Lloyd Boston is familiar to millions of viewers across the country as a fashion editor for NBC's "Today" show and a regular on E! Entertainment's Style Network. He's familiar to readers who made his style guides for men -- and the women who dress them -- bestselling books. Now with "Before You Put That On," Boston delivers 365 expert ...
Written by a former Vogue staff writer, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA is about Andrea Sachs, a staffer at a trendy fashion magazine in Manhattan whose boss, the eponymous Prada-wearer, treats Andrea like a cross between a galley slave and a retarded child. As things get worse, Andrea must decide whether she will allow the devil to steal her soul--or find ...
Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and ...
The author, an industry authority and consultant to hundreds of designers, gives readers behind-the-scenes advice and essential business information on creating and sustaining a successful career as an independent designer.
This text provides the foundation for a wide range of careers in the fashion business. Incorporating the experience of the author and her earlier editions of "Dynamics of Fashion", this book covers product development, home fashions, retailing strategies, and examines how communication trends and technological advances impact the fashion world. ...
The king of real-world chic shares his tips and award-winning flair in a colorful guidebook designed to unleash every woman's inner fashionista. A 20-year veteran of the fashion industry, Mizrahi has become a unique icon in the world of style--a problem solver and a titan of trendsetting who believes that fashion should be seriously fun.Gotham ...
This complete compendium is illustrated with hundreds of covers and archival interiors of past "Vogue" editions, featuring the work of some of the 20th century's most respected artists, cover illustrators, and photographers.
The third edition of this authoritative text focuses on the organisation and operation of the US textiles and fashion industry - how fashion apparel and accessories are designed, manufactured, marketed and distributed. Although the focus of the book is on the organization and the operation on the fashion industry within the United States, the role ...
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High Fashion Sewing Secrets from the World's Best Designers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Sewing Stylish Seams, Buttonholes, Pockets, Collars, Hems, and More
