How fashion works
Subtitle: couture, ready-to-wear, and mass production
By: Gavin Waddell.
Publisher: Blackwell Science
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Clothing trade.; Fashion.
Description: "This book clarifies how fashion operates on all its levels: the mystery of haute couture is explained, the complexities of ready-to-wear are simplified, and the power of mass production assessed and evaluated. Fashion terms, their use and meaning are explained and the complicated stages of design, manufacture and distribution are described in detail. Also included are sections on bespoke tailoring, wholesale menswear, dressmaking, millinery and accessories, the fashion calendar and short biographies on the most influential designers."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184) and index.