Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry (Historical Dictionaries of Professions and Industries)
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.; Scarecrow Press
Published: December 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780810854543
Subjects: Textile And Clothing Industries (Economic Aspects); Art; Art & Art Instruction; Fashion; Art / Fashion; Industries - Fashion & Textile Industry; Reference; Clothing and dress; Clothing trade; Dictionaries; History
Description: Sterlacci (fashion design, Academy of Art U. San Francisco) and Arbuckle (dean of the School of Art and Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York) present alphabetically arranged, cross- referenced entries on the major designers, companies, movements, materials, and events in fashion's history. Other entries address significant magazines and writers, photographers, fashion shows, and hallmarks in labor practices and regulation.