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Fantastic fashion that won't cost you the earth. What is a 'fashion
footprint'? What's the problem with fast fashion? And is there any
alternative to it? This inspirational guide is your sustainable
sourcebook full of activities and practical tips on how you can cut
ties with unethical fashion practices and form new fashion habits
that work for you - all without compromising your signature style!
Author Laura Strutt will help readers identify the approach that
will work best for them - are you a seasonal clothes swapper or
would you rather get crafty? Covering topics such as motivational
mindset changes, trusted brands to try, buying and selling
secondhand clothes, inspiration for upcycles, mending techniques
and questions to ask companies before you shop, this is the
ultimate book for the closet-curious who want to create a wardrobe
that doesn't cost the Earth.
This comprehensive study of womens and mens fashion accessories
provides fashion merchandising students with a detailed analysis of
the fashion accessory categories. Broken into three units, the text
not only covers the major categories but provides an overview of
the accessories business and discusses the materials used in the
production of a variety of accessories.
This volume is an unprecedented history of Louis Vuitton's women's
bags, the most coveted line of accessories in women's fashion. At
the heart of Louis Vuitton are its City Bags, a range of women's
bags that dates back to the turn of the twentieth century.
Featuring the trademark monograms of the house, the City Bag story
began with the Steamer, a resort bag designed in 1901 to be packed
inside a much larger steamer trunk. These bags have in a hundred
years formally diversified into a dizzying array of handbags for
every conceivable function demanded by the modern woman. Profoundly
influential, City Bags are now known to millions by their
descriptive names (Keepall, Bucket, Papillon, Alma, Locket, Noe,
Speedy) and are still evolving into more fantastical forms.
Lavishly illustrated with new and archival photography, historical
graphics, landmark editorials, and ad campaigns, the volume traces
the history of these specific bag families, and examines the
earliest specimens and today's most sought-after collectibles,
including Vuitton's collaborations with Takashi Murakami, Stephen
Sprouse, Richard Prince, Yayoi Kusama, and Rei Kawakubo and one-off
projects by Zaha Hadid, Shigeru Ban, Vivienne Westwood, Helmut
Lang, Andree Putman, and of course, Marc Jacobs. Louis Vuitton:
City Bags is an ambitious volume on the creation and cultivation of
a cultural phenomenon.
Toni Maticevski is one of Australia's leading fashion designers.
Over the past twenty years, he has built a reputation for a unique
blend of haute couture craftsmanship and creative innovation.
Tracing the concepts that inform and inspire his work, and the
techniques and processes that underpin them, Maticevski: The
Elegant Rebel showcases the collections and projects of the
celebrated designer. Featuring more than 200 images and
illustrations, as well as contributions from respected editors,
actors, models and influencers, fashion lovers and Maticevski fans
alike will covet this insightful and inspiring book.
For many women, the bathroom is the most intimate of spaces. It is
the place where we encounter ourselves in the mirror each morning
and every night, getting ready to face the day, or recede from it.
THE BATHROOM CHRONICLES is a beautiful, chic, touching, and deeply
feminine collection of photos and accompanying short stories
(sometimes no more than a sentence or two) by women about their
private spaces and most cherished possessions. Lena Dunham reveals
the corner by the sink where she keeps her favorite pieces of
jewelry, as well as her birth control. Erica Jong snaps her poodles
and insists that they love her powder room and to "fluff up their
hair" in front of the mirrors. Roz Chast reflects on a shelf in the
corner that she purchased from a second-hand store. It's decorated
with birds, because she loves birds, and a tiny emu that was given
to her by a friend when she was in Australia. Like the bathrooms
themselves each of these stories and images is unique--open,
private, minimalistic, messy, and beautiful.
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