Fashion Design

With many images to accompany the text and illustrate key fashions - including cartoons, prints and lavish color photographs of surviving garments - this dictionary brings garments to life for researchers, students, costume designers and everyone interested in the subject.
(Also in print: Cabell Library Reference GT507 .C79 2017)

Over 15,000 entries, including apparel, accessories, and their components, historical and textiles terms that relate to contemporary fashion and the language of the fashion industry.

Taking a global, multicultural, social, and economic perspective, this work explores the diverse and colourful history of human attire. From prehistoric times to the age of globalization, articles cover the evolution of clothing utility, style, production, and commerce, including accessories (shoes, hats, gloves, handbags, and jewellery) for men, women, and children.
(Also in print: GT507 .S6 2013, 2 volumes)

More than 400 designers, milliners, footwear designers, companies and textile houses.

Over 600 articles on fashion, the industry, and the issues that have defined the field.
3 volumes