Fashion Art

Thread's Not Dead is the essential strategy guide for dominating the t-shirt design business! Start your own clothing line, design for your favorite brands, and more. Learn the secrets and strategies used by the most successful clothing brands. You can become the next Mark Ecko, Obey, or Johnny Cupcakes! This book covers everything you need to know.

While working together at a Los Angeles boutique, Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor became fast and furious friends over the impossibility of finding the perfect T-shirt. Following their vision of comfortable, fitted T-shirts, they set up shop in Gela’s one-bedroom Hollywood apartment with $200 and one rule: Whatever they did, they both had to be obsessed by it. Pam and Gela eventually sold their company to Liz Claiborne for $50 million, but not before they created a whole new genre of casual clothing that came to define California cool.

Celebrity stylist and fashion icon Brad Goreski takes readers inside his whirlwind life, from his small-town Canadian roots to his worldwide successes, sharing a wealth of style tips, tricks, and photos along the way to help every reader look and feel their absolute best. Fans of The Rachel Zoe Project and It’s a Brad, Brad World already know that there’s no one on reality TV more fearless or savvy when it comes to style. But Born to Be Brad gives the world its first behind-the-scenes look at how Brad became the stylist he is.

Trading trends for timeless style, Off the Cuff helps readers abandon the chase for "the newest black" or tomorrow's version of the mandarin collar. Kressley delivers a guide that mines each man's unique personality and physique and lets readers in on his best-kept secret, that the only thing sure to stay in fashion is the man who wears what's right for him.

A tale of 2 NYC affordable housing co-ops’ struggle over privatization, public goods, and the future of American housing The American Dream of homeownership is becoming an American Delusion. As renters seek an escape from record-breaking rent hikes, first-time buyers find that skyrocketing...

A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Spring 2024 “Fashion, photography, and pop culture aficionados will be captivated” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) by this riveting dual biography of the McLaughlins—identical twin sisters who became groundbreaking magazine photographers in New York...

Set in the glossy world of New York City media, this sharp and witty debut novel follows a young woman caught in a toxic mentorship with an older, powerful executive as she grapples with career, belonging, and the complexity of modern relationships in the digital age. Named a Best Book of 2024...

Von der verhüllten ultraorthodoxen Jüdin zur Designerin und Unternehmenschefin in New York: Eine mitreißende, wahre Geschichte aus der Welt des ultraorthodoxen Judentums - verfilmt von Netflix. Geboren in eine streng religiöse jüdische Familie und mit 21 verheiratet an einen ultraorthodoxen Juden, kennt Julia Haart die ersten 42 Jahre ihres Lebens nur die Unterwerfung unter die strikten Gebote ihrer Religionsgemeinschaft: Unbedeckte Haare, kurzärmelige T-Shirts, Miniröcke, Bikinis - all dies gilt als Insignien des Teufels. Und doch ist Julia Haart von Kindesbeinen an fasziniert von der Glitzerwelt der Mode.

Задумывались ли вы когда-нибудь, благодаря чему появляется тот или иной тренд в одежде? Почему, например, корсет – элемент средневекового гардероба – снова вошел в моду уже в XXI веке? «Игра престолов», «Друзья», «Эйфория», «Аббатство Даунтон» – многие сериалы повлияли и продолжают влиять на модную индустрию. Анна Баштовая на примере культовых телевизионных проектов демонстрирует связь между образами героев и модными тенденциями во всем мире.

Sneaker Culture is Exploding! This book will challenge you to think critically about purpose, identity, materialism, and eternity. Sneakerheads own anywhere from 25-75 pairs and buy one to four pairs a month. Sneakers used to just be for sports but now they have become one of the biggest fashion items in the world.

An engrossing social history and memoir of the unsinkable Mollie Moon, the stylish founder of the National Urban League Guild and fundraiser extraordinaire who reigned over the glittering ""Beaux Arts Ball,” the social event of New York and Harlem society for fifty years—a glamorous event...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! An Amazon Best Book of 2023 A Kirkus Best YA and Teen Book of 2023 A Powell's Best Book of 2023 ★ “In her emotionally vulnerable YA debut, Wahl...revisits her high school diaries to deliver a fictional adaptation of her adolescence…skillfully presenting...

A look at fast fashion and its impact on the environment and social justice, perfect for middle grade classrooms Did you ever think about where your jeans come from? How about the people who made your T-shirt, or what happens to the clothes you grow out of when you're done wearing them? The...

A fresh exploration of American feminist history told through the lens of the beauty pageant world. Many predicted that pageants would disappear by the 21st century. Yet they are thriving. America’s most enduring contest, Miss America, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2020. Why do they...

A rollicking account of a celebrated artist’s coming of age, full of outrageously bad behavior, naked ambition, fantastically good music, and evaporating barriers of taste and decorum, and featuring cameos from David Bowie, Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, and many more. “A phantasmagoria of...

Victorian scandals don't come much more intimate and revealing than a wife seeking an annulment from her famous husband because their marriage has not been consummated. When Effie Ruskin sought escape from her desperately unhappy life with art critic John Ruskin, she shattered the Victorian...

An extraordinary story of friendship and love across class lines, this rich, evocative novel traces the history of modern Italy, from 1975 to 2013, through the fate of one couple. Valerio and Olivia grow up together in the Morganti family’s opulent villa in Bologna, inseparable friends even...

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.

Jil Sander ist die bekannteste Modedesignerin Deutschlands. In einer Zeit, in der Frauen nur mit Erlaubnis ihrer Ehemänner ein Konto eröffnen und arbeiten durften, begann sie Mode zu entwerfen, die nichts mehr mit den biederen Rollenbildern der Fünfziger- und Sechzigerjahre gemein hatte. Mit ihren minimalistischen Entwürfen schuf Jil Sander den neuen Look der modernen berufstätigen Frau: lässig, erfolgreich, selbstbewusst.

Long before Tameka Foster Raymond was known for her high-profile marriage and drama-fueled divorce, she lived a vibrant life as a self-made success in the fashion world, curating the wardrobes and images of many of today’s award-winning entertainers. In this honest, sincere, witty, and at times gut-wrenching memoir, Tameka opens up about her childhood influences, coming of age in Oakland, and losing her first love without losing her decorum, dignity, or her ability to dream.