Swatch Reference Guide for Fashion Fabrics

• Author : Deborah E. Young
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Release : 11 January 2018

Swatch Reference Guide for Fashion Fabrics is an all-in-one text and swatch book that focuses on the unique needs of students in fashion design, apparel merchandising, and product development.

• Author : Clive Hallett,Amanda Johnston
• Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
• Release : 04 November 2014

This easily navigable resource provides over 125 swatches of the most recognized and widely used varieties of fabric, including natural fabrics such as cottons, silks, wools, and linens as well as artificial and synthetic fabrics like acetates, lyocells, nylons, and metallics 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,

• Author : Abhijit Majumdar
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 26 July 2021

• Author : Deborah Young
• Publisher : Fairchild Books
• Release : 09 February 2017

Swatch Reference Guide for Interior Design is a complete learning tool for interior fabrics. An all-in-one text and swatch book, it is replete with 145 contemporary swatches relevant to the field of interior design. This reference offers all the pertinent information needed for fabric identification, analysis, acquisition, and usage. Through the text and assembly of the kit, readers will learn all the essential performance properties of fibers, knits, finishes, and more. This resource will be an invaluable tool throughout any interior

• Author : Gail Baugh
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 26 July 2021

This is the fabric and textile directory that dressmakers and fashion designers have been waiting for. This book is like having your own personal shopper - able to recommend fabrics to suit the effects you want to achieve, show you how the fabric will perform, and recommend ways of using it. Each fabric in the directory is acompanied by photographs presented in a way that makes the properties of the fabric come alive for the viewer, allowing you to really

• Author : Marnie Fogg
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 26 July 2021

Presents over one thousand different fabric swatches from key designers, including Barbour, Bruce Oldfield, Marimekko, Paul Smith, and Basso and Brooke.

• Author : Tina Skinner
• Publisher : Schiffer Book for Designers &
• Release : 26 July 1998

Dots of great variety, in all their minuscule glory, are depicted in 540 color photographs of historic fabric. A must-have reference for the professional textile historian, textile designer, fashion designer, and costume designer, this book is an invaluable encyclopedia of dotty design ideas.

• Author : John Hopkins
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 09 February 2012

Fashion Design: The Complete Guide is a modern and stylish introduction to working within the fashion industry today. Catwalk images show the latest trends and contributions from industry professionals span centres of fashion across London, Paris and New York. A fabulous selection of images and plenty of suggestions of further resources make this a useful and exciting springboard into a successful career in fashion. This behind-the-scenes guide to the study of fashion is for current and aspiring designers, fashion lovers

• Author : Angela Wolf
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 04 December 2012

This book will be a priceless resource for those considering adventuring into the fashion industry, yet not knowing how or where to start. Comprised of detailed information, How to Start a Home-based Fashion Design Business will be a guide for the aspiring designer to plan and execute a successful home based business. This material will not only provide a fashion realm, but will show how to create additional revenue streams in the sewing field. This book will be the "one

• Author : Jay Calderin,Laura Volpintesta
• Publisher : Rockport Publishers
• Release : 01 July 2013

An essential primer for students and first-stop reference for professionals, The Fashion Design Reference & Specification Booktakes the fashion designer through the entire design process, from conceiving a garment to marketing it. This valuable handbook contains the information and ideas essential to planning and executing fashion projects of every scale and distills them in an easy-to-use format that is compact enough to slip into a tote. Linking six central phases in the cycle of fashion—research, editing, design, construction, connection, and

• Author : Tina Skinner
• Publisher : Schiffer Book for Designers
• Release : 26 July 1998

They're hot, they're shiny, and they're oh-so-glamorous. The mettle of movie star wardrobes, the spark that lights brides' eyes, and the flash that marks music videos-metallic fabrics have defined glamour for half a century. This book revisits metallics past, with historic fabric swatches from Europe and Japan dating back to the 1950s, and takes us to today's top European couture houses in a visual exploration of metallics' allure. In all, 237 pictures will provide inspiration for designers and insight for fashion

• Author : Isabel Barnum Wingate
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 26 July 2021

• Author : Tina Skinner
• Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
• Release : 26 July 1998

Take a close-up look at far-out fabric designs from the 1960s in full, cool colors. All the orange, hot pink, and sky blue the era's most fertile imaginations could conjure. Featured are more than 300 striking swatches from top couture houses in Paris and Milan, bold flower prints on silk, cotton, and the acetates and polyesters that helped shape fashion's most eye-popping era.

• Author : Deborah Young
• Publisher : Fairchild Books & Visuals
• Release : 01 January 2010

This all-in-one text and swatch book focuses directly on the unique needs of students in fashion design, merchandising, and product development. One of the essential components of a successful swatch book is having fabric samples and all pertinent information regarding fabric identification on the same page. Preprinted mounting boards for each fabric includes: Fabric Name, Fiber Content, Yarn Construction, Count, Coloration, Finishes, Weight, and List of Characteristics. Students will understand in detail the inherent performance properties and concepts of each

• Author : Valerie Burnham Oliver
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 26 July 1996

Provides a convenient and unique look at fashion and costume literature and how it has developed historically. Discusses subjects from jeans to wedding dresses.