Mode og tekstiler

"A witty and charming account of the wildly entertaining Elsie de Wolfe in 1950s Hollywood, recounted by her dear friend, the beloved creator of Madeline. Ludwig Bemelmans' charming intergenerational friendship with the late-in-life "First Lady of Interior Decoration" provides an enormously enjoyable nostalgia trip to the sun-soaked glamour of Los Angeles, where de Wolfe surrounded herself with classic movie stars and a luminous parade of life's oddities. With hilarity and mischief that de Wolfe would no doubt approve, To the One I Love the Best lifts the curtain on 1950s Hollywood -- a bygone world of extravagance and eccentricity, where the parties are held in circus tents and populated by ravishing movie stars. Bemelmans, who was working at MGM, had originally come to the California home of de Wolfe just for cocktails but by the end of the night, he was firmly established as a member of the family: given a bedroom in their sumptuous house, invitations to the most outrageous parties in Hollywood, and the friendship of the larger-than-life woman known to her closest friends simply as 'Mother'. To the One I Love the Best (which refers to de Wolfe's dog) is a touching tribute to a fabulously funny woman and an American icon. "Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you." -- Elsie de Wolfe --

“Terrifically exciting and fun” (Publishers Weekly), Champagne Supernovas is “a lucid, smoothly executed look at a pivotal decade in the legacy of American fashion” (Kirkus Reviews) as told through the lives of Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, and Alexander McQueen—the three iconic personalities who defined the time.Veteran pop culture journalist Maureen Callahan takes us back to the pivotal style moment of the early 1990s—when supermodel glamazons gave way to heroin chic, when the alternative became the mainstream, and when fashion suddenly became the cradle for the most exciting artistic and cultural innovations of the age. Champagne Supernovas gives you the inside scoop from a bevy of supermodels, stylists, editors, photographers, confidantes, club kids, and scenesters who were there. They’ll tell the unvarnished story of three of the most influential personalities to emerge in fashion in decades—Kate, Marc, and McQueen—and show why the conditions in the 1990s were perfect for their rise…but also helped contribute to their personal struggles. Steeped in the creative brew of art, decadence, and genius that defined the era, Champagne Supernovas is a “titillating ride through the fashion world” (Elle) that offers readers front-row tickets to a gloriously debauched soap opera about the losers and freaks who became the industry’s It Girls and Boys…and who changed the larger culture forever.

"The best of Kari Hestnes's decades-long career in a single collection. Kari Hestnes has been a knit designer for almost 40 years--and she's a perennial fan favorite for her focus on gorgeous details and stunning embellishment, her flattering garment shaping, and her playful, vivid use of color. Now, she's revisited those four decades of challenging and endlessly rewarding work in order to bring together the best of the best, in one extraordinary collection: classic cabling, dynamic textures, and brilliant multicolor patterns for sweaters, cardigans, and tops, all featuring Hestnes's inimitable style and characteristic aesthetic flourishes."--Amazon.com.

Pathé'O ist eine wahre Mode-Ikone. Der gebürtige Burkinabé ist weit über seine Wahlheimat Côte d'Ivoire hinweg bekannt. Sein visionäres Vermächtnis beeinflusst seit über 30 Jahren die ästhetischen Standards wie auch die Erfahrung von Mode auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent und führte vor Kurzem auch zu einer Zusammenarbeit mit dem Modehaus Dior. Designer*innen aus allen Generationen sind inspiriert von seiner ausgeprägten Designästhetik, seinem progressiven Ansatz in Nachhaltigkeitsfragen sowie von seiner Gabe, kulturelles Engagement mit unternehmerischer Kreativität zu verbinden. Lange Zeit war es für Politiker*innen und Prominente aus dem Showbiz in den westafrikanischen, ehemals französischen Kolonienüblich, sich westlich zu kleiden. Pathé'O verfolgte mit seiner Arbeit die klare Absicht, bei den Afrikaner*innen die Wertschätzung für einen einheimischen Modestil und eine lokale Industrie zu wecken. In den 80er-Jahren freundete sich Pathé'O mit Thomas Sankara an, dem Präsidenten von Obervolta (dem späteren Burkina Faso) und einem Verfechter des Panafrikanismus. Pathé'O wurde stark von Sankaras Entschlossenheit, den Lokalstolz und das kulturelle Erbe zu fördern beeinflusst und verwendete von diesem Zeitpunkt an ausschliesslich lokal produzierte Stoffe. Seine Kreationen wurden zu einer zeitgenössischen Hommage an kulturelles Erbe, Geschichte und Identität.Eine weitere prominente Begegnung erlebte Pathé'O mit Nelson Mandela, der sich als erster afrikanischer Präsident lieber in seine lebendige Designs und leichte Baumwollstoffe kleidete als in einen westlichen Business-Anzug. Ihm folgten bald weitere Staatsoberhäupter, sowie Stars aus Unterhaltungsindustrie und Sport und natürlich Madame et Monsieur Tout-le-Monde. Pathé'Os Stoffe sind sein Markenzeichen. Wie kein anderer bringt er globale Modetrends mit der gesamten Palette afrikanischer Textilien und seinem Fachwissen zusammen und hält so das lokale Erbe lebendig und entwickelt es stetig weiter. Zum ersten Mal erzählt dieses Buch die außergewöhnliche Reise von Pathé'O und seiner Marke. Die Handwerkskunst und die Kostbarkeiten seiner Kreationen ermöglichen ein besseres Verständnis des Spektrums der Mode in Westafrika, der Verschmelzung einer globalen Gegenwart mit einem reichen kulturellen Erbe. Das Buch erforscht Themen, die von der Mode- und Textilindustrie über Arbeitsmigration, kulturelles Erbe bis hin zu Politik und Showbiz reichen, Politik und Showbiz reichen, und spannt einen Bogen von der Vergangenheit zur Gegenwart.

This book is dedicated to anyone who identifies as female. I have made sure to add different bodies and representation to show, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. No matter your shape, size, or color. Society has formed what the "perfect body" is, and I am here to tell you its bull. Write down the "norm" on a piece of paper, crumple it up, look in the mirror and tell yourself, "I am beautiful, I am gorgeous, and I am sexy." Then pull out your new coloring book, turn on some music, or whatever helps you focus, and color away! I hope I do justice by all women of all shapes and sizes; This is my stepping stone in helping women, and those who identify as women, find their self love. I am a boudoir photographer and these designs have been inspired by physical images I have taken! Fun fact: One of these images is actually inspired by my own self portrait I took!

This book examines the ways in which luxury fashion brands use their heritage in their digital storytelling and marketing.

Updated throughout for the new edition, Armour: Materials, Theory and Design covers extant and emergent protection technologies driving advances in armour systems. Covering materials, theory and design, the book has applications in vehicle, ship, personnel and building use.

What is it about a pair of shoes that so enchants women of all ages, demographics, political affiliations, and style tribes? Part social history, part fashion record, part pop-culture celebration, Women from the Ankle Down seeks to answer that question as it unfolds the story of shoes in the twentieth century.The tale begins in the rural village of Bonito, Italy, with a visionary young shoemaker named Salvatore Ferragamo, and ends in New York City with a fictional socialite and trendsetter named Carrie Bradshaw. Along the way it stops in Hollywood, where Judy Garland first slipped on her ruby slippers; New Jersey, where Nancy Sinatra heard something special in a song about boots; and the streets of Manhattan, where a transit strike propelled women to step into new cutting-edge athletic shoes. Featuring interviews with designers, historians, and cultural experts, and a cast of real-life characters, from Marilyn Monroe to Jane Fonda, from Gwen Stefani to Manolo Blahnik, Women from the Ankle Down is an entertaining, compelling look at the evolution of modern women and the fashion that reflects?and has shaped?their changing lives.

Born into the beautiful bedlam of downtown New York in the eighties, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection of punk, poverty, heroin, and art. Still, no personality was more vibrant and formidable than iO's mother's. Rhonna, a showgirl and young widow, was a mercurial, erratic glamazon. She was iO's fiercest defender and only authority in a world with few boundaries and even fewer indicators of normal life. At the center of Darling Days is the remarkable relationship between a fiery kid and a domineering ma?a bond defined by freedom and control, excess and sacrifice; by heartbreaking deprivation, agonizing rupture, and, ultimately, forgiveness. Darling Days is also a provocative examination of culture and identity, of the instincts that shape us and the norms that deform us, and of the courage and resilience it takes to listen closely to your deepest self. Alternating between the harrowing and the hilarious, Darling Days is the candid, tough, and stirring memoir of a young person in search of an authentic self as family and home life devolve into chaos.

"The latest from Tina Ignell: a comprehensive study of 2-shaft stripes, plaids, color effects, and so much more. Renowned weaving expert Tina Ignell turns her attention to the deceptively simple and endlessly adaptable category of plain weaves, in this exhaustive overview of techniques, sample projects, and inspirational possibilities. Combine a wide variety of materials, setts, beats, and other effects with just two shafts--though sometimes four is preferred for the sake of space--and you'll be astounded by the technical complexity, visual and textural effects, and stunning pattern styles you can achieve."--Provided by publisher.

Selbstverständlich is the German expression which, in the mind of Albert Kriemler, creative director at AKRIS, best encapsulates the aesthetic ideal that he wishes to accomplish with his fashion designs. For Kriemler, the embodiment of natural modernity is selbstverständlich, evident in the wearer and also the use and functionality of the clothes.Taking the collections as waymarks, the book encompasses the entire one hundred years of AKRIS history and its location in St.Gallen, Switzerland. The unsurpassed quality of the fabrics and craftsmanship employed in the creation of Albert Kriemler's art-inspired designs is dedicated to the woman of today and tomorrow. She comes alive in her clothes, and with her body language and presence imbues them with identity. Jessica Iredale describes the uniqueness and forward-looking nature of AKRIS. Iwan Baan, photographer, illuminates with his photo essays the hometown and the inside world of the brand. The meticulous book design confirms the AKRIS mindset: selbstverständlich,naturally.

A gorgeously printed philosophical photobook that reenchants the natural worldThis project is the result of a unique fusion between photographer Viviane Sassen and philosopher Emanuele Coccia, two key figures in their respective fields. Sassen contributes 80 new photographs that celebrate the natural world, and Coccia supplies an ambitious essay that reassesses the unity of all sentient life. Neither an illustration of text nor a commentary on a series of images, Modern Alchemy situates their two streams of creativity in a dialogue, forging a reverent meditation on art and nature. Gorgeously bound in printed cloth, this meditative photobook invites readers to reenvision the earth's ever-present beauty.Viviane Sassen (born 1972) is a Dutch photographer based in Amsterdam who works in both the fashion and fine art worlds. She has photographed campaigns for luxury brands such as Miu Miu, Stella McCartney and Louis Vuitton, and her work has been exhibited at Fotografiska, New York (2017); Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (2017); and ICA, London (2015). She won the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award for Applied/Fashion/Advertising Photography in 2011.Emanuele Coccia (born 1976) is a philosopher of aesthetics, with a focus on the ontological status and normative power of images in fashion and advertising. He is an associate professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and visiting professor at Harvard. Coccia is the author of Metamorphoses (2021), The Life of Plants (2018) and Sensible Life (2016).

The definitive collection of W's most iconic photographic stories, published over the magazine's 50-year history. Since its founding in 1972, W has worked with the world's best photographers and writers, celebrating their most ambitious and creative work. The stories in this book offer a knowing, insider's peek into the top echelons of the world of style over the past 50 years. Historic and boundary-breaking stories include "One for the Ages," by Steven Klein, in which the model Amber Valletta is seen aging over the course of a century; hallucinatory photographs by Tim Walker of Tilda Swinton bringing to life eccentric historical characters; an art project by the artist Richard Prince, in which he both comments on and appropriates celebrity imagery; exclusive shoots of pop culture icons like Dolly Parton; playful series of fabulous faux advertising campaigns shattering the sacrosanct lines between advertising and editorial by Steven Meisel; daring covers that perfectly capture the era of the supermodel including Naomi, Kate, Cindy, Linda, Christy, and Gisele; revealing portraits of the most original and creative personalities that includes fashion designers, film directors, artists, interior designers, and musicians; and 1970s party coverage in the early, halcyon days of W --

An affecting memoir from the country's youngest sommelier, tracing her path through the glamorous but famously toxic restaurant world At just twenty-one, the age when most people are starting to drink (well, legally at least), Victoria James became the country's youngest sommelier at a Michelin-starred restaurant. Even as Victoria was selling bottles worth hundreds and thousands of dollars during the day, passing sommelier certification exams with flying colors, and receiving distinction from all kinds of press, there were still groping patrons, bosses who abused their role and status, and a trip to the hospital emergency room. It would take hitting bottom at a new restaurant and restorative trips to the vineyards where she could feel closest to the wine she loved for Victoria to re-emerge, clear-eyed and passionate, and a proud leader of her own Michelin-starred restaurant.Exhilarating and inspiring, Wine Girl is the memoir of a young woman breaking free from an abusive and traumatic childhood on her own terms; an ethnography of the glittering, high-octane, but notoriously corrosive restaurant industry; and above all, a love letter to the restorative and life-changing effects of good wine and good hospitality.

An intimate, behind-the-curtains tour of the sets, costumes, spacecraft, alien planets, creatures, weapons, and gadgets used to create the stunning world of Doctor Who.From distant galaxies in the far-flung future, to ancient history on the planet Earth, Doctor Who is unique for the breadth of imaginative possibilities it offers the artists charged with bringing each episode to life. Mining the depths of the BBC archives, Stephen Nicholas and Mike Tucker have compiled this breathtaking collection of rare and never-before-published images that are interwoven with fascinating insights from the show's writers. Showcasing the work of Doctor Who's remarkable designers, Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds pays tribute to the care and attention to detail essential to creating the look of the show, from the characters themselves?including recurring villains like the Daleks or the Cybermen?to the smallest hand prop featured in the briefest of scenes, to the TARDIS console room and other regularly used sets.Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds explores how the art department works together with costumers and make-up and special effects artists to produce a coherent look for a diverse range of alien worlds; reveals how the artists' relationship with the computer graphics department allows them to create locations far grander than possible in the real world; and shows how today's creative artists have built upon the designs produced by their predecessors?the pioneers of the program's ?classic? era whose legacy has delighted audiences since 1963.Divided thematically, Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds examines the history of the program and its art and set design, and highlights how various re-occurring designs have evolved over time. Chock full of surprising, illuminating, and fascinating information, photographs, and trivia, Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds is essential for every Whovian, whether you're an established fan or are new to the show.

A dazzling and authoritative look at three decades of Prada's groundbreaking fashion designs through stunning runway photography

Vivienne Westwood: The Complete Collections is an exquisite masterpiece by renowned author Alexander Fury. Published in 2021 by YALE UNIV PR, this book offers an in-depth exploration into the world of fashion. As one of the most influential fashion designers of our time, Vivienne Westwood's collections have always been a topic of fascination and intrigue. This book provides a comprehensive overview of her complete collections, showcasing her unique style and revolutionary designs. From her punk origins to her modern collections, every aspect of Westwood's work is covered in this extensive volume. Written in English, this book is a must-have for fashion enthusiasts and followers of Westwood's career.

With a selection of over 400 jewellery artists' creations from all over the world, this inspirational volume is the most comprehensive compilation on this subject and an important step in Nicolás Estrada's exploration of current trends in contemporary jewellery. A must-have for any professional or student of jewellery or fashion design, this work shows the versatile and dynamic nature of brooches and the many and varied materials and forms that they involve. Needing only a pin to secure it to the wearer's garment, this ornament is essentially a jewellery artist's blank canvas that invites endless creativity and offers more freedom of expression than any other form of jewellery. The brooch has continued to evolve and be reinterpreted over time, and it is playing a critical role in the development of new jewellery as a platform for artistic expression. Following the success of Estrada's New Rings, New Earrings and New Necklaces, New Brooches represents a valuable contribution to this series. The book features 400+ jewellery designs from 175 jewelers from 25 countries.

The Art & Times of Daniel Jocz präsentiert das faszinierende, herausfordernde, manchmal schöne und immer raffinierte Werkdes amerikanischen Schmuckkünstlers und Bildhauers Daniel Jocz. Jeannine Falino wirft einen detaillierten Blick auf dieWendungen in Jocz' langer Karriere, von seinen frühen geometrischen Skulpturen bis zur modischen "Candy Wear"-Kollektion,von seinen von Marlene Dietrich inspirierten Emaille-Zigaretten-Halsketten bis zu seinen neuesten Wandreliefs. Wendy Steinerbetrachtet Jocz' Stellung in der Avantgarde in Bezug auf Mode und Kultur, während Patricia Harris und David Lyon sein Engagement in der ausgelassenen Bostoner Schmuckszene des späten zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts untersuchen.

The definitive story of the international modeling business?and its evil twin, legalized flesh peddling?Model is a tale of beautiful women empowered and subjugated; of vast sums of money; of sex and drugs, obsession and tragic death; and of the most unholy combination in commerce: stunning young women and rich, lascivious men.Investigative journalist Michael Gross takes us into the private studios and hidden villas where models play and are preyed upon, and tears down modeling's carefully constructed façade of glamour to reveal the untold truths of an ugly trade.

Through ten detailed case studies on groundbreaking brands like Vivienne Westwood, Vera Wang, Levi's®, and The Gap Inc., Fashion Brand Stories shows how fashion retailers and designers use storytelling to establish and maintain relationships with their customers.These entertaining case studies explore the evolution of each brand as a cultural entity with its own carefully crafted personality. Aided by interviews with industry professionals, you'll learn how brands start out, grow and encounter success or failure and how to apply those hard-won lessons to your own thoughts on branding. This beautifully illustrated third edition covers the changing role of social media, celebrity endorsements, quality over quantity, and more ethical sourcing, manufacturing, and consumption.Instructor's resources to accompany this edition are available at bloomsbury.pub/fashion-brand-stories-3e