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Hollywood stars have always furthered fashion's cause of seducing the masses into buying designers' clothes by acting as living billboards. Now, red carpet celebrities are no longer content to just advertise and are putting their names on labels that reflect the image they - or their stylists - created.

Il 27 marzo 1995 Maurizio Gucci, erede della favolosa dinastia dell'alta moda, mentre sta per raggiungere il suo ufficio di Milano viene assassinato a colpi di pistola da uno sconosciuto. Nel 1998, l'ex moglie Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli - soprannominata la "Vedova nera" dalla stampa - viene condannata a 29 anni di prigione come mandante dell'omicidio.

"Making Perspective Easy" by VentureNest Books is a comprehensive guide designed to help artists of all levels master the often daunting concept of perspective in art and design. It's particularly useful for those who feel overwhelmed by the technical aspects that can hinder the creation of realistic artworks.

Die Mode schreibt ihre ganz eigenen Geschichten. Und wer könnte sie besser erzählen als Guido Maria Kretschmer. Freuen Sie sich auf verschwundene Mäntel, sprechende Leggings, Dirndl im Exil, ein Kostüm mit Pferdeschweif, fliegende Röcke und angetrunkene Cocktailkleider. Dazu außerdem wichtige Mode-Basics: Erfahren Sie, welches Kleidungsstück Sie wie und wann am besten tragen und welcher Schnitt zu welcher Figur passt.

It's 1957, long before computers have replaced the skillful eye and hand, and our narrator at State U is determined to major in Art. After several false starts, he ends up by accident in a new class called "Introduction to Graphic Design," taught by the enigmatic professor Winter Sorbeck - equal parts genius, seducer, and sadist. Sorbeck is a bitter yet fascinating man whose assignments hurl his charges through a gauntlet of humiliation and heartache, shame and triumph, ego-bashing and enlightenment.

Creazione, business, cultura, comunicazione: sono fra le dimensioni costitutive della moda, che ne spiegano il carattere in perenne trasformazione. Se da una parte essa deve adeguarsi alle esigenze del mercato globale, dall'altra deve conservare quelle qualità e quegli immaginari che rendono ogni pezzo straordinario e desiderabile.

This is a form of abstract art that uses acrylic paints with a runny (fluid) consistency. The acrylic paints react with each other when combined together to make interesting and visually organic motifs. In this audiobook, I will teach you everything you will need to become a paint-pouring artist.

Claire Wilcox has been a curator of fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum for most of her working life. In Patch Work, she steps into the archive of memory, deftly stitching together her dedicated study of fashion with the story of her own life lived in and through clothes. From her mother's black wedding suit to the swirling patterns of her own silk kimono, her memoir unfolds in spare, luminous prose the spellbinding power of the things we wear.

Through Starting a Career in the Fashion World: 8 Proven Strategies to Help You Launch a Successful Career in Fashion and Make Your Mark!, build a solid foundation for your fashion career. Learn to create a personal brand that reflects your style and vision, and effectively network in the industry. Shine brightly and leave an indelible mark, propelled by your own unique vision and passion.

Possession, they say, is nine-tenths of the law, but it is also what too many houses and towns lack. We are not possessed by our home places. This lost quality of dwelling—the soul of buildings—haunts most of our houses and our landscape. Dwelling in Possibility is a search for the ordinary qualities that make some houses a home, and some public places welcoming.

From the depths of financial despair to the glittering celebrity world of the rich and famous, Theo Fennell's journey has been anything but predictable. With humour, candour and self-depreciation, Fennell charts the highs and lows of his remarkable career, from dealing with hardened criminals to designing for Elton John, Lady Gaga and Madonna.

まさしく歴史的な転換点に立つ日本．大震災を経て，とりわけ経済・文化活動のあらゆる側面において根本的な変更をせまられる今，この国に必要な「資源」とは何か？　マネーではなく，美を，幸福を，誇りを得るために，立ち戻るべきは「感受性」である──．

Was ist Mode? Was erzählen wir über uns, wenn wir uns anziehen? Und woher kommt die Lust an Inszenierung und Selbstausdruck? In ihren persönlichen, hellsichtigen Essays schreibt Katja Eichinger über Handtaschen, Hermès und Habermas. Sie denkt über Fast Fashion und Nachhaltigkeit nach, über die Träume und Hoffnungen, die wir mit unserem Äußeren verbinden, über die Sehnsucht nach Selbstwert und Einzigartigkeit im digitalen Zeitalter und über Mode als politische Geste. Ein radikal vergnügliches Buch, geschrieben mit wachem Blick und großem Gespür für die Sprache der Mode heute.

Anleitung für eine bessere Welt: Grün gewinnt. Marie Nasemann ist heute die wichtigste Botschafterin für faire Mode in Deutschland. Über ihren Blog und Social Media schärft das Model das Bewusstsein einer ganzen Generation für grüne Themen. Nachhaltig leben, damit unsere Kinder und Enkel auch noch über diesen Planeten laufen können, das wünschen wir uns doch alle! Aber geht das so einfach? Marie Nasemann erzählt anhand vieler persönlicher Geschichten, wie sie versucht ihren eigenen grünen Kompromiss zu leben.

You’ve always wanted to take your art to the next level. Now you can!

◎「デザインだけじゃない、これは人生の話だ」てぃ先生（保育士）◎すべてのビジネスパーソンに効く仕事術！◎感動のロングセラー『勝てるデザイン』の続編！◎ゲーム、漫画、お菓子からBreakingDownまでを手掛ける超人気デザイナー・前田高志の全思考術・仕事術がここに！！

In this inspirational audiobook you’ll find out how to move past the unconscious hoarding patterns in your personality. You will learn how to go from collecting rails of clothes you rarely wear, to shopping effectively, to building a wardrobe that works for you, whatever your lifestyle. Once your clothes are in order, you will feel more confident, more in control and less anxious.

Sports journalist and veteran shoe tester Brian Metzler takes runners and kicksologists deep inside the $10 billion running shoe industry with a behind-the-curtain look at what makes iconic running shoe brands tick. Kicksology follows a shoe from inspiration to store shelf to show how innovative ideas evolve into industry-wide trends and fads. Metzler tours shoe labs where scientists advance our understanding of shoes and running mechanics as well as the domestic and overseas shoe factories where the world's favorite kicks are assembled.

Stitched Up delves into the alluring world of fashion to reveal what is behind the clothes we wear. Moving between Karl Lagerfeld and Karl Marx, the book explores consumerism, class, and advertising to reveal the interests which benefit from exploitation. Tansy E. Hoskins dissects fashion’s vampiric relationship with the planet and with our bodies to uncover what makes it so damaging.

El diseño no tiene por qué ser complicado, por eso esta guía de diseño centrado en el ser humano muestra que la usabilidad es tan importante como la estética. Incluso los más inteligentes pueden sentirse ineptos al no saber qué interruptor de la luz o del horno hay que encender, o si hay que empujar, tirar o deslizar una puerta. La culpa, argumenta este ingenioso —incluso liberador— libro, no la tenemos nosotros, sino el diseño de productos que ignora las necesidades de los usuarios y los principios de la psicología cognitiva.