How fashion works [electronic resource] : couture, ready-to-wear, and mass production / Gavin Waddell.

By:

Waddell, Gavin

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell Science, 2004.Description: xii, 211 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0632057521 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

391 22

LOC classification:

TT497 .W33 2004

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Summary: This book clarifies how fashion operates on all its levels: the mystery of haute couture is explained, the complexities of ready-to-wear are simplified, and the power of mass production assessed and evaluated. Fashion terms, their use and meaning are explained and the complicated stages of design, manufacture and distribution are described in detail. Also included are sections on bespoke tailoring, wholesale menswear, dressmaking, millinery and accessories, the fashion calendar and short biographies on the most influential designers.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184) and index.

This book clarifies how fashion operates on all its levels: the mystery of haute couture is explained, the complexities of ready-to-wear are simplified, and the power of mass production assessed and evaluated. Fashion terms, their use and meaning are explained and the complicated stages of design, manufacture and distribution are described in detail. Also included are sections on bespoke tailoring, wholesale menswear, dressmaking, millinery and accessories, the fashion calendar and short biographies on the most influential designers.

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