Fashion Design

38 Profiles of Afro-American designers and textile artist from 1850 to the present. Featuring Ann Lowe who designed Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress, and Elizabeth Keckley, who designed for Mary Lincoln. Others are profiled demonstrating their struggles & contribution to the world of fashion.

A comprehensive look at the indelible contribution of Black designers, models, scene-makers, and stylists to fashion history, from "the bible of fashion"--WWD.

From Elizabeth Keckly's designs as a freewoman for Abraham Lincoln's wife to flamboyant clothing showcased by Patrick Kelly in Paris, Black designers have made major contributions to American fashion. However, many of their achievements have gone unrecognized. This book, inspired by the award-winning exhibition at the Museum at FIT, uncovers hidden histories of Black designers at a time when conversations about representation and racialized experiences in the fashion industry have reached all-time highs.

An overview of African American style through the twentieth century, focusing on the last thirty-five years. Includes hats, hair, divas, the importance of attitude, the use of color, '60s style, the influence of Africa and the Caribbean, and the beauty of black skin.

With examples that range from haute couture to casual streetwear, from evening gowns to beaded boots, and from skateboards to umbrellas, this book demonstrates the extraordinary range and talent of designers who honor important cultural traditions while creating breathtaking of-the-moment fashion.

This book explores Latin American and Latinx fashion from the past 20 years, highlighting the cultural and historical influences that have shaped this unique style.

The contemporary African fashion scene is as diverse and dynamic as the continent itself. With contributions from experts on cloth, fashion and cultural history as well as the voices of makers and designers, this book offers a window into one of the most innovative, exciting and thoughtful areas of fashion today.

For many, Indian fashion conjures multi-colored saris and gold embroidery, but the designers featured in this volume are turning that cliché on its head by creating global styles without losing sight of tradition. This book offers a host of experimental techniques for textiles, pattern cutting and sculptural draping, as well as the mixing of natural and synthetic fibers and unlikely juxtapositions such as jersey or chiffon with leather.

This book explores how Japanese street style has reinterpreted Western fashions from Rococo to Edwardian eras, challenging the idea that non-Western styles merely imitate Western ones. It highlights the complex exchange of styles and their meanings in Japan, particularly regarding gender in dress.
Also in print: GT1560 .M63 2015)

This book highlights traditional ways of dressing and shows how contemporary haute couture is rooted in Korean tradition.

This book provides a comprehensive account of modern Chinese fashion from 1978 to the present day. It offers an analysis of the development of the Chinese fashion industry and of the relationship between dress, gender, identity and consumption in contemporary China.

The history of fashion through a queer lens, examining high fashion as a site of gay cultural production and exploring the aesthetic sensibilities and unconventional dress of LGBTQ people, especially since the 1950s, to demonstrate the centrality of gay culture to the creation of modern fashion.

From the editor-in-chief of leading queer style magazine dapperQ, an inclusive collection that encourages everyone to be comfortable expressing their own personal style however they choose.

From a fashion studies perspective, this book examines the function of subcultural dress within queer communities and the mannerisms and messages that are used as signifiers of identity.
(Also in print: GT525 .G43 2013)

How has the fashion industry responded to turn-of-the-millennium non-binary identities? Do they have a supportive or exploitative relationship with queer, trans, and ageing subjects? This book unpacks these questions and many more about clothing and representation, identity and body politics in British, European and American culture between 1990 and 2020.
(Also in print: GT525 .J63 2022)

This volume presents a collection of the most recent knowledge on the relationship between gender and fashion in historical and contemporary contexts.

The history of the fashion industry often focuses on those who conform to physical norms and cultural stereotypes, overlooking the inequality in access for people with disabilities. This book highlights historical figures, events, and movements that have helped enable participation in fashionable culture and discusses contemporary developments in clothing and fashion.

This book shows how collaborative, inclusive design techniques can produce garments and accessories that increase social inclusion. It outlines practical techniques to help designers create their own inclusive collections, with detailed examples from interviews with professionals.

This book considers what came “before” plus-size fashion while also shedding new light on the ways that the fashion industry not only perpetuates but produces weight bias.