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(Paperback)

The legendary leader of fashion luxury retail, Ira Neimark, relays how he and his fashion and merchandising team brought Bergdorf Goodman to its fashion leadership position, and how and why Bergdorf helped build the fashion industry during the late Sixties through the early Nineties, one of the most exciting periods in fashion history.

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Defines a unique period in British youth culture and lifestyle publishing, drawing on oral history, editorial analysis and existing fashion and subcultural theory to chart the emergence of the stylist in the 1980s, an ultimately postmodern role that became key to the production of fashion image.

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Over the past ten years the study of dress history has achieved academic respectability. This book shows how the fields of dress history and dress studies are now benefitting from the adoption of new multi-disciplinary approaches and outlines the full range of these approaches which draw on material culture, ethnography, and cultural studies.

(Hardback)

The Swimsuit: Fashion from Poolside to Catwalk documents the modern swimsuit's trajectory from men's underwear and circus/performance wear to its unique niche in world fashion, providing an historical, sociological and cultural context in which to view the swimsuit.

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The Swimsuit: Fashion from Poolside to Catwalk documents the modern swimsuit's trajectory from men's underwear and circus/performance wear to its unique niche in world fashion, providing an historical, sociological and cultural context in which to view the swimsuit.

(Hardback)

An introduction to textiles, this book shows the range of opportunities for careers in the field.

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An introduction to textiles, this book shows the range of opportunities for careers in the field.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

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(Hardback)

Threads of globalization is an interdisciplinary volume that brings fashion-specific garments, motifs, materials, and methods of productioninto dialogue with gender and identity in various cultures throughout Asia during the long twentieth century.

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This book fills a gap in the existing literature on the ambivalence of fashion and dress by drawing on a range of women's experiences with their wardrobes and proving empirical data noticeably absent from other studies of women and dress.

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This book fills a gap in the existing literature on the ambivalence of fashion and dress by drawing on a range of women's experiences with their wardrobes and proving empirical data noticeably absent from other studies of women and dress.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Bridging the gap between the study of aesthetics and its application in the merchandising and design environments, this revised text presents a research-based focus on the concepts of aesthetics and their effect on product value and consumer behaviour.

(Hardback)

An historical account of the cultural biography of barkcloth in Tonga, exploring its significance for female agency and creativity.

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(Paperback)

The Victorian age was one of the most exciting and complex periods of history, an era of rapid change and great contrasts, in which dress reflected the times with extraordinary vibrancy. This book features many previously-unpublished images and drawing on private journals. It offers original insights on this subject.

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An accessible and lively study of Victorian fashion accessories as tools of flirtation and indicators of class, political ideology, chastity and respectability.

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An accessible and lively study of Victorian fashion accessories as tools of flirtation and indicators of class, political ideology, chastity and respectability.

(Paperback)

This book is unique in that it covers the visual research process and detail and relates it not only to fashion design but also to all areas of the fashion industry.

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Wartime Fashion is a detailed overview of the impact of the war on women's dress in Britain, from haute couture to recycled and rationed fashion.

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