Decorative Arts

These 10 classic fashion items are part of the universal language of style: the white t-shirt, miniskirt, hoodie, jeans, ballet flat, Breton top, biker jacket, little black dress, stiletto, trench. While trends may come and go, they remain symbols of perennial cool, part of a capsule collection of chic emblems that represent who we are, who we want to be and how we want to be seen. The Ten tells the story of each item's creation, its journey to popularity and why it matters today.

Modish Maxims is a style bible, written to give listeners a clear and simple understanding of how to build a basic, essential, and advanced wardrobe (based on personality and preference), with the long-term aim to achieve a tasteful and consistent personal style. It is a timely publication which gears towards de-centralizing the knowledge of styling whilst giving listeners the power to be stylish and establish the foundation they need to develop and hone a functional, memorable, aspirational, and unique personal brand.

Gnats in a Hat contains short interviews with stylish bugs. It describes a chance encounter with an insect, worm, or spider who is wearing something too fantastic to ignore.

Young Mary Newton, born into a large Irish family in a small Watford semi, is always getting into trouble. When she isn’t choking back fits of giggles at Holy Communion or eating Chappie dog food for a bet, she’s accidentally setting fire to the local school. Mary is a trouble magnet. And unlike her brothers, somehow she always gets caught.... Britain in the 1970s is a world where R. White's lemonade is drunk in secret, curry comes in a box marked "Vesta", and beanz meanz Heinz.

Was ist Mode? Was erzählen wir über uns, wenn wir uns anziehen? Und woher kommt die Lust an Inszenierung und Selbstausdruck? In ihren persönlichen, hellsichtigen Essays schreibt Katja Eichinger über Handtaschen, Hermès und Habermas. Sie denkt über Fast Fashion und Nachhaltigkeit nach, über die Träume und Hoffnungen, die wir mit unserem Äußeren verbinden, über die Sehnsucht nach Selbstwert und Einzigartigkeit im digitalen Zeitalter und über Mode als politische Geste. Ein radikal vergnügliches Buch, geschrieben mit wachem Blick und großem Gespür für die Sprache der Mode heute.

Behind the Button shares a look behind the scenes of the empowering story of Jill Strickland Brown's rise in the fashion industry, from small-town customer-service gal, to NYC seven-figure independent sales representative, to thriving retail-store owner, influencing and supporting thousands of women along the way.

In this audiobook, we will explore various resources that can provide inspiration and guidance for staying stylish this summer. Whether you are a man, woman, girl, boy, student, or young adult, these resources are tailored to help you find the perfect pieces to elevate your summer wardrobe.

Отправьтесь в захватывающее путешествие с книгой Истории самой знаменитой куклы мира и окунитесь в магию детства вместе с культовой куклой Барби и другими легендарными игрушками, чьи истории простираются через десятилетия и оставляют след в сердцах миллионов людей. Вы узнаете, какой уникальный путь к всеобщему признанию прошли самые известные игрушки и как они стали неотъемлемой частью детства нескольких поколений. Эта книга станет замечательным подарком не только для поклонников Барби, но для всех, кто хочет вспомнить детство и узнать интересные истории развития крупнейших брендов.

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.

For two and a half years, Amanda Czerniawski was a sociologist turned plus-size model. Journeying into a world where, as a size 10, she was not considered an average body type, but rather, for the fashion industry, "plus-sized", Czerniawski studied the standards of work and image production in the plus-sized model industry. Fashioning Fat takes us through a model's day-to-day activities, first at open calls at modeling agencies and then through the fashion shows and photo shoots.

Get Changed is for the countless women out there who are wondering whether they know who they are anymore. Loss of identity is an experience all too familiar to Instagram style guru and professional stylist Kat Farmer. In her own life, she found that fashion helped her regenerate herself and rediscover her confidence. In Get Changed, Kat's authentic down-to-earth voice, trademark humour and insights into some of her personal anxieties make you feel like she's right there in the room with you.

Balancing a busy social life, maintaining healthy friendships, managing the motherload, focusing on family, running a home and working on your career goals leaves little time for anything else. Finding the headspace to look and feel great while you are trying to do it all can be completely overwhelming. Beauty journalist Samantha Silver, and fashion stylist Gemma Rose Breger, founders of This is Mothership, have the perfectly honed hacks to make it feel effortless.

'Look' er en bog om tøj, tekstiler og mode. Om at læse og blive læst, og om den transformative kraft, der findes i at klæde sig på, klæde sig ud og skabe et look. Om stoffet mellem os og resten af verden. I 'Look' podes tøj og læsning på hinanden; i en række tekster, som spænder fra essayistik til lyrisk prosa, undersøger Ida Holmegaard tøj som sprog og materiale. Det er en bog om tøjets roller i litteraturen, i at skabe og omskabe køn, i politiske protester, i magtforhold, i sex, kærlighed og på det prekære arbejdsmarked.

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.

Vogue magazine started, like so many great things do, in the spare room of someone's house. But unlike other such makeshift projects that flare up then fizzle away, Vogue burnt itself into our cultural consciousness. Today, 125 years later, Vogue spans 22 countries, has an international print readership upwards of 12 million and nets over 67 million monthly online users. Uncontested market leader for a century, it is one of the most recognisable brands in the world and a multi-million dollar money-making machine. It is not just a fashion magazine, it is the establishment.

Do you want to be noticed by everyone? Do you like to be up and coming on the latest fashion trends? Do you struggle with what to wear or what not to wear and how to best accent your figure? Then this audiobook is for you! You'll be on your way to becoming your own fashionista as you listen to how to accent your body type, why choosing the right bra is important, and how shoes and other accessories can change a whole outfit.

I used to love the rattle and whoosh of my grandma's buttons as they scattered from their Quality Street tin. An inlaid wooden chest the size of a shoe box holds Lynn Knight's button collection. A collection that has been passed down through three generations of women: a chunky '60s-era toggle from a favourite coat, three tiny pearl buttons from her mother's first dress after she was adopted as a baby, a jet button from a time of Victorian mourning. Each button tells a story.

Do you love to buy new purses and handbags? Do you want to learn what type of fashion handbag matches your body type? Would you like to know how to tell an authentic designer handbag from a fake? If you've ever been told that you are addicted to handbags and purses, and want the answers to these questions, then listen to this audiobook to learn more!