Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Industries - Fashion & Textile Industry

Volume 1 deals with the principles of dyeing and techniques used in the dyeing process, and looks at the different types of dyes currently...

Fashion Fibers: Designing for Sustainability is an accessible reference tool for fashion students and designers who want to learn how to make decisions to enhance the sustainability potential in common fibers used in the fashion industry. Drawing upon industry expertise, the book introduces readers to the fundamentals of fiber production and the product lifecycle. It features a fiber-by-fiber guide to natural fibers including cotton, hemp, silk, manufactured fibers including polyester, modal, azlon, then covers processing and promoting recycled fibers that are designed to be...

This book sheds light on the hidden history of one of the driving forces in the business of fashion - trend forecasting. Exploring the inner workings of color and trend prediction for fashion over the past two centuries, from Europe to America to Asia, it offers the first historical treatment of the rise and growth of the industry within the global fashion system.

The enigmatic information system of forecasting is often shrouded in mystery, yet it has been gathering and analyzing intelligence about colors, fabrics, silhouettes, and styles since the 18th century. Exploring where the...

This book sheds light on the hidden history of one of the driving forces in the business of fashion - trend forecasting. Exploring the inner workings of color and trend prediction for fashion over the past two centuries, from Europe to America to Asia, it offers the first historical treatment of the rise and growth of the industry within the global fashion system.

The enigmatic information system of forecasting is often shrouded in mystery, yet it has been gathering and analyzing intelligence about colors, fabrics, silhouettes, and styles since the 18th century. Exploring where the...

Blue jeans are globally beloved and quintessentially American. They symbolize everything from the Old West to the hippie counter-culture; everyone from car mechanics to high-fashion models wears jeans. And no name is more associated with blue jeans than Levi Strauss & Co., the creator of this classic American garment.

As a young man Levi Strauss left his home in Germany and immigrated to America. He made his way to San Francisco and by 1853 had started his company. Soon he was a leading businessman in a growing commercial city that was beginning to influence the rest of the nation....