The comprehensive book on the visionary Hussein Chalayan, one of the most innovative, experimental, and conceptual fashion designers working today. Internationally acclaimed, Hussein Chalayan is known for his inventive use of materials and integration of new technology into his designs. He is also celebrated for putting the creative process itself on view. Some of his best-known designs include a paper dress that can be folded into an envelope and airmailed, armchair covers that transform into dresses, and a coffee table that reveals itself to be a wooden skirt. Original and groundbreaking, his designs are also pretty and modern, and this book explores that continuum. Featuring Chalayan’s complete body of fashion and creative work—including his installations, videos, and photographs—this unique and beautiful volume is as thought-provoking as it is stunning and is sure to be coveted by fashion, art, and design connoisseurs.
Hardcover
276 pages
ISBN 978 0 8478 3386 3
This stunning book is a fascinating insight into his working approach and relationships with other creative practitioners. It places Yamamoto’s work in context and includes an insightful interview with Yamamoto. The exhibition catalogue is designed by long term Yamamoto collaborator Peter Saville and YES Studio with key photography by Nick Knight, Paolo Roversi and Max Vadukul among others.
Hardback
V&A Publishing
Fashion Literature
Yphji Yamamoto
This luxurious large-format coffee table book documents twenty years of an agenda-setting powerhouse of contemporary style, design, and popular culture. Celebrated for discovering and promoting new artists, musicians, designers, and filmmakers, Dazed & Confused magazine has been a barometer of popular style and culture since its founding in London in 1991 by Jefferson Hack and the photographer Rankin.
Hardcover: 272 pages
· Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications (11 Oct 2011)
· Language English
· ISBN-10: 0847836924
· ISBN-13: 978-0847836925
This is the first book to embrace the whole of the UK ands its creative influence on international fashion. It is aimed at industry professionals, students and anyone with an interest in fashion. Both inspirational and informative, it will also appeal as a coffee-table book, being visually inspiring and modern. Featuring british designers since 2000 who have made their influence resonate globally: designers such as Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano and many more.
350 Colour Illustrations
280 Pages
ISBN ( Hardback) 978 1 85669 933 3
DIY Fashion is a cool, quirky and creative guide to making and customizing your own clothes, bags and accessories. DIY Fashion contains more than 40 thrifty, sustainable and stylish projects, none of which require prior skill or a sewing machine.
250 Colour Illustrations
144 Pages
ISBN (Paperback) 978 1 85669 653 1
Vogue magazine investigates the role of beauty in our culture through the most significant images of the past 75 years. This book, published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title (Milan, Spring 2009) is produced in collaboration with Dolce & Gabbana.
88 Colour Illustrations
200 Pages
ISBN 978 8857200323
From the editors of Style.com, the hub of runway buzz, comes this savvy look at the individuals who propel the fashion world forward and declare what’s hot and what’s not. Organized by stylist and featuring the photography of such luminaries as Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel, and Annie Leibovitz among others, this book documents the work and contributions of each stylist through photographs of their creative output and inspirations, and illustrates their distinctive taste, individual flair, and talent for igniting global fashion fervor.
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Rizzoli
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0847829243
Fashion Jewellery is created with the catwalk and couture in mind, characterized by its creativity and originality. It is arguably the most exciting field in fashion today. Arranged by designer, this is the first book to showcase contemporary catwalk and couture jewellery, profiling 33 international fashion jewellers who combine traditional techniques and ultra-modern methods to create this new style of jewellery. Amongst the stunning images of work shown are collaborations with leading fashion designers and brands such as Lanvin, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and Comme des Garçons.
370 Illustrations
208 Pages
ISBN 978 1856696555
This resource provides over 100 swatches of the most recognised and widely used varieties of fabric, including cottons, silks, wools and linens, to encourage consideration of not just the aesthetic appeal of various fabrics but also their structure, feel and weight. Bound into a hardcover book, with descriptions and contextual illustrations alongside them, the fabrics are in their raw state, before bleaching, dying or finishing, so that their properties can be observed without the distraction of colour or pattern. With information on fibres, basic construction of fabrics, weights, construction and weave comparison, the book will help student fashion designers to make informed textile choices based upon an understanding of raw materials together with the processes that make up a fabric.
A Book by Clive Hallett, Amanda Johnston
Laurence King Publishers (2010)
Hardback - 70 pages - ISBN 1856696693
£50.00$79.1159.74 €£50.00$79.1159.74 €
Fashion Literature
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