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81) Clothes
Author
Series
Publisher
Chrysalis Education
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Describes how fashions have changed and how clothing is made.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From the best-selling author of Into the Raging Sea comes a moving and eye-opening look at the story of manufacturing in America, whether it can ever successfully return to our shores, and why doing so is vital to our well-being as a nation, told through the experience of one young couple in Maine as they attempt to rebuild a lost industry, ethically. Ben and Whitney Waxman are two tireless idealists trying to do the impossible: make an American-made,...
83) Fashion buyer
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Learn about the world of fashion buying and related careers in fashion marketing and retailing.
86) The perfect find
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jenna Jones, former It-girl fashion editor, is forty, broke and desperate for a second chance...She begs for a job from her arch nemesis, Darcy Vale...But Jenna soon realizes she's in over her head...What's worse is that the twenty-two-year-old videographer assigned to shoot her web series is driving her crazy. Wildly sexy with a smile Jenna feels in her thighs, Eric Combs is way off-limits, but almost too delicious to resist"--
Author
Publisher
Flammarion
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Ines de la Fressange's personal style is chic yet relaxed in every situation. While a navy-and-white-striped nautical top with slim, cropped jeans and flats is a classic French look, it's harder to pinpoint how Parisians unfailingly blend elegance and allure with such ease. In this book, Ines demonstrates how to achieve her quintessentially Parisian look throughout the year.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Everything--from societal changes to the progress (or lack thereof) of women's rights to the hidden motivations behind what we choose to wear to align ourselves with a particular social group--can be tracked through clothing. Veronique Hyland examines thought-provoking questions such as: Why has the "French girl" persisted as our most undying archetype? What does "dressing for yourself" really mean for a woman? How should a female politician dress?...
Author
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Minh-Ha T. Pham provides a critical discussion of social media's unacknowledged importance to the development of global fashion. In particular, Pham examines the informal and extralegal work social media users do to monitor and regulate the fashion market against an array of "fake" fashion. Practices of "crowdsourced IP regulation" are undertaken in the name of ethical fashion but as Why We Can't Have Nice Things...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Full of the rich detail of New York's teeming immigrant community and the colorful historical personalities of the age, For the Love of Mike is the triumphant third installment in Rhys Bowen's Agatha Award-winning series.
Molly Murphy is starting to think the cards are stacked against her. She's determined to be a private detective, but hampering her investigations is the fact that she's finding many places in turn-of-the-century
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In The Science of Fashion, readers learn how science and engineering makes the entire fashion industry possible. Explore the computer technology used in fashion design, the science behind dyes and special treatments such as waterproofing, and the engineering innovations in manufacturing through hands-on projects, links to online resources, and text-to-world connections"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Alligators, Old Mink & New Money is a celebration of the clothes that capture our memories and imaginations, that leave their indelible stamp on each of our lives. Alison Houtte-a former fashion model who runs the beloved Brooklyn, New York, boutique Hooti Couture-knows that every article of vintage clothing has a story behind it, and she uses these items as a springboard to explore such universal topics as relationships, self-image, the bond between...
97) China blue
Publisher
Teddy Bear Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
This documentary visits a Chinese blue-jean factory, where workers are trying to survive a harsh working environment. But when the factory owner agrees to a deal with his Western client that forces his teenage workers to work around the clock, a confrontation becomes inevitable.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Traces Banana Republic's beginnings and rise to becoming an international retailer, describing how the founders applied imagination while upending business conventions to develop original merchandise and marketing innovations.
100) Mighty fine
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1970s, Joe Fine is a charismatic man who is utterly devoted to his family and uproots them from Brooklyn to New Orleans in search of a better life. But Joe's spending spree is out of touch with reality: his apparel business is teetering near collapse. His business woes fuel a growing rage that threatens the very fabric of the family.
