Textile & Costume
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Handwear Handbook: Make Gloves, Cuffs & Vambraces for Cosplay & Beyond
$19.95 Read moreYour go-to handbook for costume handwear
Making gloves is a notorious test of cosplay craft. Novices and experienced costume makers alike find them fiddly, time-consuming, and tricky to fit, but too o
- Author: Conahan, Gillian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1644032759
- Language: English
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Fashion Design Drawing Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: The New Guide for Aspiring Fashion Artists
$23.99 Add to cartFashion Design Drawing Course is a popular and widely praised instructional textbook that over the years has become a standard for classroom use. Twenty-four step-by-step exercises tutor students in m… [more below]
- Author: Tatham, Caroline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0764147307
- Language: English
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Warhol: The Textiles
$40.00 Read moreThe first publication devoted to the textile designs of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, showcasing a rarely discussed aspect of the Pop Art superstar’s career
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)- Author: Rayner, Geoffrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0300270518
- Language: English
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Spectrum: Heritage Patterns and Colors
$29.95 Add to cartThis simply structured and highly original book analyzes the palettes used by designers in the creation of furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15th century to the present day. The colors used i
- Series: V&a Museum
- Author: Shaw, Ros Byam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0500480826
- Language: English
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Queer Maximalism X Machine Dazzle
$50.00 Read moreMachine Dazzle, to my mind, [is] a true theatrical genius who has created some of the most inventive costumes and sets I have ever seen. –Hilton Als, The New Yorker
Machine Dazzle is the much-in-dema- Author: Auther, Elissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0847869679
- Language: English
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Magdalena Abakanowicz
$40.00 Read moreA stunning exploration of Magdalena Abakanowicz’s extraordinary and unique body of work
Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist, most notable for her use of textiles- Author: Coxon, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1849766738
- Language: English
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Cosplay Foundations: Your Guide to Constructing Bodysuits, Corsets, Hoop Skirts, Petticoats & More
$27.95 Read moreDon’t let your costumes fall flat! Give them the support they need
Get the right fit every time! Elegant and professional cosplay foundations, fitted just for you. Create a capsule wardrobe of foundat
- Series: Costume Effects
- Author: Welsch, Casey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1644031957
- Language: English
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The Offbeat Sari: Indian Fashion Unravelled
$35.00 Read moreThe new sari–from subcultural trends to innovative and experimental designs using cutting-edge materials
In recent years, the sari has been reinvented. Urban youth who previously associated the sari w
- Author: Khanchandani, Priya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1872005640
- Language: English
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The Cumulative Cloth, Dry Techniques: A Guide to Fabric Color, Pattern, Construction, and Embellishment
$59.99 Read moreLearn surface design for textiles, to create rich and personally expressive fabric surfaces. Projects by expert Susan Brandeis (author of the bestselling The Intentional Thread) help novices and exper… [more below]
- Author: Brandeis, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0764367226
- Language: English
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Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
$85.00 Read moreChristian Dior’s first collection in 1947 heralded the birth of a new fashion silhouette for women. Here, seventy of the most memorable looks created by Christian Dior and his successors–Yves Saint L
- Author: Müller, Florence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 22 2017
- ISBN10: 0500021546
- Language: English
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Little Book of Tom Ford: The Story of the Iconic Brand
$16.95 Add to cart“When you are having fun and creating something you love, it shows in the product… I believe you can actually transfer that energy to material things as you’re creating them.” – Tom Ford
Gucci, Yves
- Series: Little Books of Fashion #29
- Author: Bateman, Kristen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1802796487
- Language: English
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Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion
$75.00 Add to cartThis vibrant publication brings to life four centuries of extraordinary garments and accessories inspired by the natural world
Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion explores clothing’s complex relati- Author: Bolton, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 494
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1588397777
- Language: English
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Looking at Fashion: A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques
$19.95 Read moreWhat is an epaulette? What is a hanbok? These clothing items–and hundreds more–are entertainingly explained and vividly illustrated in this accessible guide.
Whether in art or life, fashion makes a- Series: Looking at
- Author: Mancoff, Debra N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1606068997
- Language: English
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All the Rage: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty: A History of Pain, Pleasure, and Power: 1860-1960
$29.95 Add to cartA panoramic social history that chronicles the quest for beauty in all its contradictions–and how it affects the female body.
“Women have been fat or slim, hyperthyroid or splenetic, sallow or pink-c- Author: Nicholson, Virginia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367063
- Language: English
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Issey Miyake
$208.33 Add to cartIn 1983, Japanese designer Issey Miyake told The New Yorker that he aspired “to forge ahead, to break the mold.” With the boundary-defying fashion lines that followed, he not only broke molds, but rec
- Author: Miyake, Issey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 15 2024
- ISBN10: 3836596059
- Language: English
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Fashion First
$55.00 Read moreA fashion icon in her own right, Keaton amusingly revisits and reflects on some of her favorite and not-so-favorite fashion moments over the decades, from childhood homemade outfits to red carpet ense… [more below]
- Author: Keaton, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 084782781X
- Language: English
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Cotton and Thrift: Feed Sacks and the Fabric of American Households
$29.95 Add to cartPrinted cotton sacks are currently fashionable aspects for material culture research, particularly in the costume and quilt history communities. Beginning in the late nineteenth century through the 19… [more below]
- Author: Montgomery, Marian Ann J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: June 24 2019
- ISBN10: 168283042X
- Language: English
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Costuming Made Easy: How to Make Theatrical Costumes from Cast-Off Clothing
$19.95 Add to cartBarb Rogers claims that anyone can make a fabulous costume using her method of conversion costuming. With the secrets she shares in this book, you don’t have to go through the work of making costumes
- Author: Rogers, Barb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 01 1999
- ISBN10: 1566080487
- Language: English
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History of International Fashion
$45.00 Add to cartFirst English translation of critically-acclaimed book opens the door to the fascinating universe of fashion.
First English translation of critically-acclaimed book opens the door to the fascinating u- Author: Grumbach, Didier
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1623717728
- Language: English
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Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science
$49.95 Read moreCan crochet explain the complexities of non-Euclidean geometry? How does the 1804 Jacquard loom relate to modern computing? Radical Fiber celebrates the overlap between art, science, interdisciplinary
- Author: McNamara, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1636810403
- Language: English
