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This book is a comprehensive library of dress styles to be used as a reference for the fashion designer, fashion student and anyone interested in the fashion industry. The book is a springboard for ideas. Designer-educators Tracy Fitzgerald and Alison Taylor document all aspects of the dress, offering a lexicon of design inspiration. Illustrated with a superb catalogue of visual imagery, the book provides a common fashion language of terminology and is supported by a glossary of terms, and cross-references for further research. Creating an overview of how the dress evolved and its impact on the fashion industry, the authors pay homage to the experimental, the beautiful, and the innovative, showing how a dress can encapsulate a designer''s vision and can often act as the key piece within a collection.
List of contents
Introduction: The Evolution of the Dress - The Dress Directory: Shift Dress; Uniform Style; Pinafore Dress; Sweater Dress; Column Dress; Sun Dress; Kaftan; Coat Dress; Special Occasion - Innovative Dress - Glossary
About the author
Tracy Fitzgerald is a fashion designer with many years of experience designing across all levels of the fashion industry. Co-author of 200 Projects to Get You into Fashion, she currently lectures on the Fashion BA Hons degree course at the University of the West of England, Bristol.Alison Taylor currently lectures on the Fashion BA Hons degree
course at the University of the West of England, Bristol. She has also
established a successful knitwear business.
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'A must-have for any fashion designer, fashion student, or anyone even vaguely interested in the fashion industry' - The Mayfair Magazine
