Fashion & Textiles

Use your artistic flair and get hands-on with practical application!

Packed with tips, case studies, and tasks to help you analyse yourself, your market, and your product, this book is for anyone wanting to start their own fashion, accessories or footwear business.

300 street-style images capture the myriad ways men in the fashion capitals express themselves sartorially

Draping is the art of manipulating fabric directly on the dress form. It is the most creative way for a designer to turn design ideas into reality.

Inspirational book for all empowered women and fashion lovers

Charting the movements, developments and ideas that transformed the way women dress, this book gives a unique perspective on the history of twentieth-century fashion. The book is entertaining, intelligent and a visual feast.

This easily navigable resource provides 125 swatches of the most used varieties of fabric to encourage consideration of not just their aesthetic appeal but also their structure, feel and weight.

For the first time, Giles Deacon, Sølve Sundsbø and Katie Grand discuss the stories, production and artistry behind their finest collaborations in fashion.

An examination, garment by garment, of the history and significance of the most famous menswear products.

Explore the enduring appeal of fashion’s most powerful print. From the catwalk to covers, Dior to Versace, rock stars to First Ladies, Leopard includes the most iconic and arresting images of leopard print.

The marketing and promotion of fashion is entering a fast-moving and challenging phase. This book shows how to appeal to the consumer and communicate the brand message.

A fun guide to the signature looks of 60 key artists from the 19th century to today. Short texts unpack the style essentials of icons such as Claude Monet to millennials including Tauba Auerbach.

Val Garland, the fashion industry’s leading makeup artist and the current L’Oréal Paris Global Makeup Director, explores her career highlights and the inspiration behind her most memorable work.

Pattern making describes the process of creating a two-dimensional garment diagram or template, drafted on a flat surface from either measurements or transferred from a draped muslin.

Knowing how to sew will make you a better designer; you will learn what is possible, and be inspired by the creative possibilities of sewing techniques. Each lesson is illustrated with step-by-step photographs.

Drag is transformation, communication and, above all, exaggeration, where gender non-conformity is the plat du jour.

This introduction to fashion is aimed at students of fashion design across the world. By following the design process, from historical and commercial industry context to final collection presentation