Silk - Fiber, Fabric, and Fashion by Lesley Ellis Miller; Ana Cabrera Lafuente
130.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
Silk has inspired creativity in textile fabrication for millennia. Drawing on the exceptional collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, this richly illustrated compendium offers a detailed account of how silk has been cultivated, woven, dyed, patterned, traded, and worn across the globe o ...Show more
Shocking: The Surreal World of Elsa Schiaparelli by Marie-Sophie Carron de la Carrière
100.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
Published to accompany the major exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, this book is destined to become a must-have work of reference for all fashion lovers. The couturiere Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) was a key figure in Paris fashion between the two World Wars. Following in the footste ...Show more
Step into Paradise: Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson by Jenny Kee; Linda Jackson
80.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
Step into Paradise explores the compelling stories and creative practice of iconic designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, whose pioneering style created a bold and unashamedly Australian fashion identity. Developed in close collaboration with Jenny and Linda, this first in-depth survey captures the dyn ...Show more
Vintage Fashion: A Sourcebook by Nicky Albrechtsen
70.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
This is not just another history of fashion: it is a survey of how fashionpast continues to inspire fashion present. It features over one thousand standout pieces dating from the 1920s to the 1980s, including many icons of vintage fashion, from Marilyn Monroe's bra to the Ossie Clark dress made famous ...Show more
Coolness: the Pure Elegance of Freedom by KOCKRITZ
125.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
- A richly-illustrated homage to coolness as an attitude and an aesthetic - An edgy project, both a documentary and a work of art, with a stunning visual execution and packed with creative energy - Amusing, entertaining, yet also tremendously rich in layers given its interdisciplinary perspective Cool. ...Show more
Vivienne Westwood: The Story Behind the Style by Jessica Bumpus
24.99 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles | Series: The\Story Behind the Style Ser.
Visual history of the iconic designer.
Alexa Chung - It by Alexa Chung
24.99 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles | Reading Level: very good
Now available in paperback: musings, inspirations, and styling tips from the darling of the fashion world With influences that range from the sultry beauty of Jane Birkin to the rocker chic of Mick Jagger, it's no wonder that everything worn by Alexa Chung instantly becomes the latest trend. Already a ...Show more
Men In this Town: A Decade of Men's Street Style: Sydney, New York, Tokyo, Milan, London, Melbourne, Toronto, Los Angeles, Madrid, Florence, Paris by Giuseppe Santamaria
59.99 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
For the last decade, Giuseppe Santamaria has observed and recorded the men of big cities while they cross streets, sit at cafes, and pose, momentarily, on busy sidewalks. Traveling the continents, Giuseppe has documented the evolution of men's identities, communicated through their attitude and style a ...Show more
Mood of the Moment - Gaby Aghion and Chloe by Choghakate Kazarian (Editor); Alexis Romano (Contribution by); Camille Kovalevsky (Contribution by); Kristina Parsons (Contribution by); Peter O'Brien (Contribution by); Martine Sitbon (Contribution by); Stella McCartney (Contribution by); Paulo Melim Andersson (Contribution by); Hannah MacGibbon (Contribution by); Clare Waight Keller (Contribution by); Natacha Ramsay Levi (Contribution by); Gabriela Hearst (Contribution by)
103.95 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
An exploration of fashion designer Gaby Aghion's life, career, and legacy at the French fashion house Chloé As imagined by the company's founder, Gaby Aghion (1921-2014), the sophisticated, romantic, and glamorous designs of Chloé have captured the energy and aspirations of generations of women since Ag ...Show more
Cloth Lullaby The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois (HB) by Amy Novesky
27.99 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous spider sculpture, Maman, stands more than 30 feet high. Just as spiders spin and repair their webs, Louise's own mother was a weaver of tapestries. Louise ...Show more
Mr & Mrs Clark. Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell. Fashion and Prints. Ediz. Italiana e Inglese
95.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
This book pays homage to an iconic fashion duo, Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell, two English creatives whose short but very intense artistic and personal partnership gave rise to an unmistakable style that left its mark in London during the period between Mary Quant's miniskirt and the subversive punk mo ...Show more
Scarves by Nicky Albrechtsen
59.99 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
Indispensable accessories and sought-after collectors' items, scarves were an important innovation in twentieth-century fashion. From art deco through 1950s Hollywood, the Swinging Sixties and beyond, scarves have been represented in every major decorative arts movement over the past century and into th ...Show more