Fabrics in fashion design
Subtitle: the way successful fashion designers use fabrics
By: Stefanella Sposito ; photos, Gianni Pucci
Contributors: Pucci, Gianni, photographer
Publisher: Promopress
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9788415967057; 9788416851287
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Fashion design; Textile fabrics
Other titles: Way successful fashion designers use fabrics
Work titles: Tessuti nella moda
Description: This book is a bridge uniting materials and their creators by visually showing the profound relationship between fabrics and fashion with a wide range of patterns, their history and terminology along with around 1,600 stunning color photographs.
Notes: Translation of: Tessuti nella moda : come i tessuti vengono usati dai grandi stilisti.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-333).

Translated from the Italian.
Table of contents: title: Plain weave fabrics; title: Yarn-dyed fabrics; title: Taffeta weave derivatives; title: Diagonal weave fabrics; title: Diagonal weave derivatives; title: Satin weave fabrics; title: Lightweight fabrics; title: Fabrics with blur effects; title: Fabrics with relief; title: Fabrics with weave effect; title: Composite fabrics; title: Double knit fabrics; title: Velvet and similar fabrics; title: Knit fabrics; title: Heavy fabrics; title: Fabric with special structures; title: Fabrics made from special materials; title: Embroidered fabrics; title: Fabrics with finish; title: Nonwoven fabrics; title: Reinforcing fabrics; title: Fabrics for decorative effect.