(Hardback)

(Paperback)

From workaday marigolds to hand-wear custom crafted for the Queen, gloves perform many functions - insulation from the cold, protection from injury, and even ceremonial roles. This book tells the story of the closely guarded privileges of the glove-makers' guilds.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

"Harper's Bazaar" is a distinguished fashion magazine, revered for its contributions to fashion, photography, and graphic design in the twentieth century. This is a collection of more than 300 fashion photographs that chronicle the high fashion of the twenty-first century.

(Hardback)

A beautifully illustrated history of hats in culture and society from the 18th century to the present day

(Hardback)

An examination of the women's magazine Her World through the lens of dress, exploring how this publication both reflected and contributed to changes in the fashion industry and culture of Singapore from 1974 to 1989.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Designing a final degree collection is a fashion students first chance to approach the reality of the industry. This handbook provides a step-by-step guide to creating this collection, with each chapter exploring a different step of the project: from understanding the brief and identifying the market to research, development and sampling.

(Paperback)

The progenitor of American and British punk rock shares his journey, from his arrival on the streets of New York in 1967 to his rise to fame, touring with such bands as The Clash and The Sex Pistols, to his full-blown descent into drug addiction.

(, 4th edition)

(Paperback)

A survey of textiles from every region of the Indian subcontinent that runs the gamut of commercial, tribal and folk textiles. It first places them in cultural context by examining the history, materials and various techniques weaving, dyeing, printing and painting. It then gives a region-by-region account of traditional textile production.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Examining the surviving garments of Queen Alexandra, this book explores the dress and society of the royal elite in the 19th century.

(Hardback)

Beginning in the 16th century, the golden age of European navigation brought about the flowering of an abundant textile trade, spurred by Western tastes for Eastern spices. This book explores as a history of design and to approach it with from a truly universal perspective.

(Hardback)

For a designer, the fashion show invitation is a statement of intent, providing the first inkling for fashion editors and buyers of how a designer is thinking that particular season. This book presents a collection of 300 fashion show invitations that span the past four decades, juxtaposing examples from womenswear and menswear collections.

(Paperback)

English edition first published 2011 by Berg.

(Paperback)

The colourful and stylised kimono, the national garment of Japan, expresses not only Japanese fashion and design taste but also reveals something of the soul of Japan, and is seen by many as a symbol for all that is Japanese - simplicity, elegance and beauty.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

In this fascinating book, Sandy Black charts the development of knitting, from domestic handcraft to one of the most sophisticated computer controlled textile production processes used in high fashion. With stunning new photography, Knitting draws on the V&A's superlative collection of knitted fashions and artefacts.

(Paperback)

Packed with diagrams, knitwear samples and images from a range of contemporary designers, this book offers an approach to designing garments from initial research, finding sources of inspiration and developing the design, through an exploration of colour, texture and knitting techniques to constructing a garment and creating and writing a pattern.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Provides the reader with the fundamental skills, knowledge and inspiration to design and create their own innovative knitted textiles. This book offers an introduction to the use of knitwear in fashion design. It describes the varieties of yarn and fibre, their characteristics and their behaviour, from the traditional to the contemporary.

(Paperback)

A comprehensive study of women's and men's fashion accessories providing fashion merchandising students with a detailed analysis of the fashion accessory categories. Broken into three units, this text not only covers the major categories but provides an overview of the accessories business and discusses the materials used to produce accessories.

(Paperback)

'Leather Fashion Design' is a practical, how-to book about making garments from leather, suede and similar materials. It covers everything from what to look for in choosing a skin to work with, through pattern-cutting, sewing techniques and finishing.