Fabrics in Fashion Design: The Complete Textile Guide - Rilegato

Sposito, Stefanella

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ISBN 10: 8417656960 ISBN 13: 9788417656966

Casa editrice: Hoaki, 2023

Riassunto

Fabrics in Fashion is a fabric encyclopedia of textile information that contains everything there is to know about the use of fabrics in fashion design, from the history of the fabric to terminology and explanations of how the fabric will perform, feel and look. 

Intended for fashion students and fashion designers, this fabric book is indispensable for sourcing and selecting textiles for fashion. It will guide you to the perfect fabric for every design, helping you find the ideal material to achieve the desired effect and recommending different ways to use it. With a revised and updated selection of photographs from fashion shows that exemplify current fashion trends in which the collections of such renowned designers as Givenchy, Stella McCarthy, Vuitton, Vivian Westwood, van Herpen, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein appeared, the book shows you how some of the most emblematic names in fashion today use fabrics to achieve the highest expression of their creativity. This updated and enlarged edition also includes a detailed technical and historical introduction on the types of fabrics and their classification, the relationship between fabric and the fashion industry and the aesthetic, emotional, commercial and social aspects involved. Stefanella Sposito shares her in-depth technical knowledge as a trained industrial textile expert, fashion and textile designer, and Professor of History of Textiles and Textile Trade in an extensive and detailed text that teaches you what every serious fashion and textile designer needs to know to choose the appropriate fabric for every garment or design. A comprehensive fabric guide ordered by textile type with an explanation of its history, behavior, characteristics and uses, along with photographs that accompany each fabric discussed, this veritable fabric bible is sure to become essential reading for all aspiring and experienced dressmakers and fashion designers. 

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Informazioni sull'autore

Stefanella Sposito lives and works in Milan, where she teaches art history, costume history and textile technology. She is the author of critical essays and numerous articles published in art and fashion magazines such as Filoforme, Jacquard and Moodmagazine. She organizes seminars and conferences at the international level on fabric techniques and history as well as conducting research projects in these fields. Some of her designs have appeared in such magazines as Vogue Italia. 

Gianni Pucci took his first steps in fashion photography at the end of the 80s. He has made the harmony between light and subject and an instinctive talent for seeing the photograph and capturing it in the same instant into the stylistic hallmarks photographing the first top models and the first fashion shows. In the following years, he founded the agency Indigital, today, thanks to the experimentation of new media, evolved into IDI Production. His work has been published on the biggest fashion and design magazines and sites, from Style to Vogue.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Hoaki
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 8417656960
• ISBN 13: 9788417656966
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 383
• Contatto del produttore: hoaki; https://hoaki.com; ; C. Ausias Marc, 124; BARCELONA; 8013; Spagna