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No more trekking around the shops baffled by too much choice, this guide to the UK's top fashion shops and design talent reviews the most cutting-edge fashion retailers and profiles up-and-coming young designers to keep you ahead of the game. The shops reviewed in this guide have been selected on the basis of exceptional service, superior interiors, specialist stock and exquisite ambience, and, through the use of a system of icons their products are easily identifiable. Also included are interviews with international gurus and trend dictators .
2 dolls and 30 stylish costumes characterize the colorful fashion free-for-all of the 70s. Styles range from casual elegance and the "punk" look to Middle E! astern and folk â€" all created by such fashion gurus as Dior, Mary Quant, Givenchy, Courrèges, Ralph Lauren, and many more. Includes descriptive notes.
Superb illustrations from a rare source provide authentic views of evolving Victorian fashions â€" from high necklines, elongated bodices, and fitted bonnets to extravagant bustles. The meticulously reproduced plates include depictions of dresses, gowns, and coats as well as accessories. A must for costume designers, cultural historians, and fashion enthusiasts. Introduction. Captions.
A detailed history and sourcebook of 20th-century fashion. From the styles of the early 1900s to those of today, John Peacock charts the development of women's fashion in all its aspects: couture wear, day wear, under-wear, leisure wear, evening wear, bridal wear and accessories. Fashion's greatest international designers and designs are all found here: Worth's visiting dresses, Poiret's and Chanel's suits, Balenciaga'! s classic gowns, Dior's New Look, Mary Quant's mini-dresses; r! ight up to designs from Vivienne Westwood, Christian Lacroix, Calvin Klein and many others. Photography could never capture so faithfully the dazzling variety of these designs. John Peacock's research has allowed him to reproduce in detail their lines, shapes, weaves, pattems and colours. Arranged by decade, the pictures are accompanied by descriptions of each garment and accessory, including fabric, cut and pattem. The reference section includes a time-chart summarizing the development of fashion and dress-shapes, biographies of couturiers and designers, and a bibliography. John Peacock was for several years senior costume designer for BBC Television and is now Head of Costume for BBC, Pebble Mill, Birmingham. He has also written "Fashion Sketchbook 1920-1960" (1977) and "Costume 1066-1966" (1986), both published by Thames and Hudson.
Essential Fashion Illustration: Digital is a complete, in-depth tutorial that guides r! eaders step-by-step through the digital techniques typically employed in fashion design and illustration. Through dozens of practical exercises, readers improve their skills using tools such as graphics tablets, scanners, cameras, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, vectorizing, adding color, and applying textures, transparencies, collages, and patterns. Each of the exercises also includes definitions for the technical terms used as well as handy tips from leading fashion designers. Essential Digital Fashion Illustration is an essential guide for amateurs or beginners who want to make a start in the world of fashion illustration and design, as well as for professionals already established in the sector who want to improve and polish their techniques.
From hippie to disco to punk, this look book relives 1970s fashion via clothing advertisements from the decade. In between its covers youll find bell-bottoms and feathered hair mingling with plat! form shoes, Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dresses and endless amo! unts of polyester (what were they thinking?).
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