Design and Make Hats provides a thoroughly beautiful and comprehensive introduction to the craft of millinery. First the author discusses design and inspiration, and then she takes the reader through a survey of the materials and techniques generally used in millinery. Then the reader is guided through fourteen fashionable hat designs, easy to make from inexpensive and accessible fabrics and components, clearly laid out in an instructive and attractive design. Each project is set out in a simple and straightforward way, starting with an image of the finished piece, listing the supplies you will need and the basic tools required, then following with an illustrated making sequence. Even absolute beginners can confidently and successfully...
ISBN: 978-0-7136-8738-5
Издательство:
A&C Black
Дата выхода: август 2011
The world of fashion illustration has had a sensational renaissance in the last 5 years, but the art form goes back to the beginning of the 20th century and today`s exponents are still benefiting from some of the styles, shapes and colours of fashion illustrators from decades ago. Whether they work with traditional pencils, crayons and watercolours or with a digital pen, fashion illustrators today will find inspiration from these 200 images. This volume collates the best fashion illustration that was captured in the pages of the iconic Harper`s Bazaar magazine from the 1920s to 1970. The publication has been at the forefront of fashion since the 19th century and it is no surprise that it published the best work in this art form. From the...
Of all the riches of the sixteenth-century European nobleman, none spoke more powerfully of his heroism,wealth and taste than his armour, clothing and weapons. Drawing on the V+A`s popular arms and armour collection, Angus Patterson looks at the suits designed to kill, protect and impress. From parade suits, lavishly embossed and gilded, decorated with plumes of ostrich feathers and draped with colourful silk sashes, to swords, daggers, pistols and gunpowder flasks, detailed new photograpy, paintings and sculpture bring the fashion of armour to life and move armour and weapons from the armoury to the wardrobe.
ISBN: 978-1-85177-581-1
Издательство:
V&A Publishing
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This is the ultimate in fashion illustration: 280 stunning sketches by a galaxy of international fashion designers - a must-have for anyone interested in fashion or the art of illustration. Sixty celebrated contemporary designers, from all the major fashion capitals, showcase their extraordinary artworks - many produced exclusively for this book. See the full list of designers. From the world-famous such as Christian Lacroix, Sonia Rykiel and Yves Saint Laurent to up-and-coming visionaries including Jens Laugesen, Rodarte and Roksanda Ilincic, all the designers display artworks that are guaranteed to amaze and inspire. Refined and elegant, cartoon-like and colourful, or edgy and graphic, they highlight the unique creative impulse behind...
ISBN: 978-0-500-51397-2
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
From the turn-of-the-century S-bend silhouette to the green fashion and celebrity couture of the new millennium, this comprehensive survey explores all the significant developments in fashion in a period that has seen a growing preoccupation with personal appearance and clothes. It focuses on key movements and innovations in style for both men and women, and explores these through the work of the most original and influential designers. Chapters are organized around crucial shifts in style and major world events, and exciting advances in fashion are placed within their socioeconomic, political, and cultural contexts. International in scope, this new edition includes updates on the most important new designers and the reinvention of...
Instead of focusing on the designers that have made their marks in the past decades, this original and inspiring portrayal of style icons features the unforgettable faces and bodies that helped propel designers into the limelight over the years. Organized by timeless style sensibilities that reflect distinctive fashion identities, the book features a wide array of fashion icons, including sophisticates such as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Audrey Hepburn, it-girls like Edie Sedgewick and ChloA Sevigny, bombshells like Marylin Monroe and Brigitte Bardot, and eccentrics like Bjork and Grace Jones. Each fashion icon is given her own generous two-page spread. Beautiful photographs illustrate how the subject personifies a certain quality of...
ISBN: 978-3-7913-3936-8
Издательство:
Prestel
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This book covers the complete process of making fashion prints from the design of the prints to the final product on a garment. The book is divided into two parts: one devoted to the creative process of developing a design and the second focused on the technical aspects of producing the design. The book discusses not only the various systems for producing prints but also the problems and practicalities of printing on a wide variety of different fibres as well as the problems inherent in the use of various colours. The book also contains a large gallery of different types of prints classified by themes in accordance with the latest trends in fashion.
What makes a man a fashionisto? Swagger, elegance, daring, perhaps a really well cut suit. The actors, designers, crooners and legends portrayed in this collection are fashion forward men who possess some or all of the above-and they have it in spades. Fred Astaire and Bryan Ferry, Truman Capote and Che Guevara, George Clooney and Boy George all find a place in this fun and fascinating exploration of what makes a man into an icon. From Oscar Wilde`s penchant for velvet to Don Johnson`s Miami style, the cool aloofness of Johnny Depp and Kurt Cobain, or the characters of Ziggy Stardust and James Bond - all are featured in double page spreads with glossy full color pictures and Simon Werle`s acute observations, anecdotes, and historical...
ISBN: 978-3-7913-4476-8
Издательство:
Prestel
Дата выхода: август 2011
Fashion Jewellery is created with the catwalk and couture in mind, characterized by its creativity and originality. It is arguably the most exciting field in fashion today. Arranged by designer, this is the first book to showcase contemporary catwalk and couture jewellery, profiling 33 international fashion jewellers who combine traditional techniques and ultra-modern methods to create this new style of jewellery. Amongst the stunning images of work shown are collaborations with leading fashion designers and brands such as Lanvin, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and Comme des Garcons, as well as collections for directional fashion stores such as Colette and 10 Corso Como. Showcasing skilled craftsmanship, unusual materials and an...
ISBN: 978-1-85669-655-5
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Packed with instructions for techniques used by professional illustrators, this book walks the reader step-by-step through the methodology of drawing fashion. It demonstrates the best ways to create detailed fashion illustrations in a variety of media, teaching the reader about drawing, rendering and following logical steps in depicting fabric surface textures and folds that follow the form of drawn figures. This will be an essential coursebook for all student illustrators and fashion design students.
ISBN: 978-0-500-28798-9
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: август 2011
This is the first book to offer a thorough grounding in the principles of fashion design. It describes the qualities and skills needed to become a fashion designer, examines the varied career opportunities available and gives a balanced inside view of the fashion business today. Its broad, up-to-date approach unites history, theory and practice. Subjects covered include: how to interpret a project; building a collection; choosing fabric; fit, cutting and making techniques; portfolio presentation, and fashion marketing and economics. This new edition introduces many of the new technological developments impacting the fashion industry in the 21st century. There are expanded discussions of drawing and making techniques; how to assemble a...
ISBN: 978-1-85669-436-0
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: июль 2012
In "The Fashion File", Emmy Award-winning costume designer Janie Bryant lets you peek into the dressing rooms of "Mad Men", revealing the design process behind the various characters` looks and showing you how to find your own leading-lady style - whether it`s vintage, modern, classic, or bohemian.
The work of nearly thirty of the world`s top up-to-the-minute illustrators is organized into three different styles. The sensualists - for example, François Berthoud - adhere to a fluid, fine-arts tradition. Others, such as Jean-Philippe Delhomme, focus on characters: smoky-eyed gamines and sophisticated 50s-style divas. And here, for the first time in any survey, is the computer-generated work of the leading technocrats, among whom are Graham Rounthwaite and Jason Brooks. As well as work drawn from artists’ collections and from international fashion and style magazines, Fashion Illustration Now includes scores of specially commissioned illustrations. With biographical and contact information for each artist, this is a guide for...
ISBN: 978-0-500-28234-2
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The fashion brands that appear in this collection are among the most highly regarded in Japan and herein we introduce some of their commonly used marketing tools including catalogues, shopping cards and shopping bags, together with their seasonal promotional tools and novelties. This publication serves as a reference for not only other graphic designers, but also people in the fashion industry, marketing professionals and students.
ISBN: 978-4-89444-612-0
Издательство:
PIE Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
"Fast Forward" is a series of four courses progressing from elementary to advanced level, which are specifically designed for adults on intensive courses of 60-80 hours. The courses are independent of each other, but are linked in philosophy and approach. For each of the four levels, there are two student`s books which work in parallel: the Classbook and the Resource Book. The Classbooks concentrate on communicative skills between students in the classroom. They develop speaking and listening skills through such activities as games, role-plays and projects. The Resource books are designed for self-study. They contain self-access summaries of the grammar and communicative functions of each unit, grammar and writing exercises, and reading...
ISBN: 978-0-194-32306-2
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
* Additional practice for Paper 1 (Reading) and Paper 3 (English in Use) * Further work for Paper 2 (Writing), with analysis of sample answers * Thorough practice of the grammar presented in the Coursebook * Detailed treatment of phrasal verbs, collocation, dependent prepositions and word formation
ISBN: 978-0-582-32359-9
Издательство:
Longman
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Focused and challenging, "Fast Track to FCE" consolidates all the key grammar and vocabulary students need for the First Certificate exam, and trains them in essential exam technique. While looking at what is being tested and why, students learn how to tackle each task in the most effective way. Getting students on the right track. The Exam Practice Workbook provides: follow-up homework for the Coursebook lessons; thorough treatment of grammar and vocabulary areas tested at FCE; graded practice for Paper 3 (Use of English); additional Paper 1 (Reading) and Paper 2 (Writing) tasks, plus guidance; progress reviews and tests after every two units.
ISBN: 0-582-40581-5
Издательство:
Longman Group UK Limited
Дата выхода: октябрь 2006
Follow this course for 45 minutes a day and in six weeks you`ll be speaking Japanese! Elisabeth Smith has used her wide teaching experience to write a course that covers just the vocabulary and the grammar that you really need. This day-by-day programme is easy to follow and fun to do. At the end of six weeks, you`ll have the confidence and knowledge to tackle all the situations you need to know about, such as shopping, eating out and getting around. With just the essential words and phrases to learn, and flashcards at the back of the book to help learn them, progress is fast and enjoyable. By the end of this course, you will be at Level A2 of the Common European Framework for Languages: Can understand sentences and frequently used...
ISBN: 978-1-4441-0123-2
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012
Tailor-made for the revised First Certificate in English examination, this course offers graded practice, advice and guidance, equipping students with the skills and language ability needed to tackle each task type with confidence. The Exam Maximiser is a combination of workbook and guide with practice materials, hot tips and strategies for maximising students` potential in the revised FCE exam. It includes a complete course-linked sample exam written to the Cambridge specifications. The Exam Maximiser can be used to accompany the Coursebook or independently as an intensive exam preparation course, in class or for self-study.
ISBN: 978-0-582-42970-3
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Gold series provides the most effective and popular preparation for the Cambridge First Certificate and Proficiency exams. With the unique Exam Maximiser, Gold is the preferred choice for students and teachers. Gold teaches students all the language, skills and techniques they need for exam success. Gold builds students` confidence by explaining what they have to do, showing them how to do it, and providing plenty of practice. Gold makes exam preparation fun - with thought-provoking texts and motivating practice activities. The Exam Maximiser is packed with extra practice, exam tips and strategies to maximise students` potential, plus a complete Practice Test. Teacher`s Book checklist: Guidance on how to use the Coursebook...
ISBN: 978-0-582-42968-0
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This easy-to-use course provides complete preparation for the First Certificate in English exam. Fourteen units containing short, at-a-glance lessons give learners a sense of achievement. The combination of systematic language development, exam training and lively class activities make First Certificate Direct informative and fun. The Teacher`s Book includes fourteen photocopiable progress tests in exam format.
ISBN: 978-0-521-65416-6
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This easy-to-use course provides complete preparation for the First Certificate in English exam. Fourteen units containing short, at-a-glance lessons give learners a sense of achievement. The combination of systematic language development, exam training and lively class activities make First Certificate Direct informative and fun. The Teacher`s Book includes fourteen photocopiable progress tests in exam format.
ISBN: 978-0-521-65414-2
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
First Certificate Expert thoroughly prepares your adult and young adult students for the FCE while developing their language awareness and communicative skills. First Certificate Expert corresponds to level B2 of the Common European Framework. • Coverage of a wide range of stimulating and up-to-date topics divided into twelve theme-based modules. • Self-contained lessons which can be taught in any order make the course flexible and easy to use. • A step-by-step approach to speaking and writing, combined with high-level texts and tasks prepare students for the exam right from the start. • Task analysis activities encourage self-evaluation and better understanding of key language • Comprehensive reference material includes...
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8082-4
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
