Savile Row bespoke tailoring.

Throughout the 1960s and 70s, John Bates dominated the British fashion scene with a unique brand of style and innovation. No other designer had such a comprehensive influence on what the UK wore. This title is based on detailed interviews with John Bates, covering his entire career in fashion.

A handy pocket guide to the most influential fashion designers and fashion trends from the 19th century up to the present.

From its origins in the eighteenth-century literature of terror to its contemporary manifestations in vampire fiction, cinema and art, the gothic has embraced the powers of horror and the erotic macabre. This book suggests that gothic fashion has deep cultural roots that give it an enduring potency.

Style in Sun-Drenched Climates.

Chanel went everywhere and knew everyone and, as this sumptuously illustrated volume clearly shows, her life and accomplishment - even her chronic failure in love - constitute one of the great stories of the modern age.

Following up on the success of A Year in Fashion and presenting a century of the best fashion in a dynamic format, this book includes 365 all new images sure to appeal to the inner fashionista in everyone.

Takes as its starting point a definition of 'fashion' as the cultural construction of the embodied identity. This title provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the analysis of cultural phenomena ranging from foot binding to fashion advertising.

The colour forecasting process is a major driving force in the fashion and textile industries but is complex, highly intuitive and little understood. This textbook for students of fashion and design discusses the development of the various driving forces of fashion, when colour forecasting began and how it has developed to its present day state.

This history of fashion reflects the popularity of the V&A Museum's world famous dress collection. It tells the story of men's and women's fashionable dress through the ages, covering clothes for all occasions and including a wide range of accessories such as shoes, fans and hats.

A thoroughly entertaining account of the fashion frenzy at the Oscars

This work looks at Gabrielle Chanel's career, her workroom, her customers and her rivals. It focuses on Chanel the couturiere, her innovations and her influence on the way women choose to look in the modern world. The story is brought up to 1994 based on an interview with Karl Lagerfeld.

Recounts over 100 years of shoe history, from Andre Perugia's designs for society women in the 1920s to the red-soled shoes from Christian Louboutin favoured by celebrities. This book explores the key designers, technical developments and cultural influences that shaped shoe fashions.

It's What Separates Fashion Victims from Fashion Victors.

From hippie to disco to punk, this look book relives 1970s fashion via clothing advertisements from the decade. It features bell-bottoms and feathered hair mingling with platform shoes, Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dresses and endless amounts of polyester.

First published to accompany an exhibition at the V&A, this book looks at the three main trends which are currently dominating international fashion: the arrival of the British superstar designers; the European conceptual, minimalist movement; and the influential Japanese designers.

A step-by-step guide to Lectra System's three related software programs, it gives students and professionals working in apparel design and product development the technical know-how they need to succeed. It features glossary of key terms; sample pattern pieces for students to manipulate and analyze; and, appendices with shortcuts and macros.

Takes us on a journey through a hundred years of fashion and style, both on the London catwalks and on the streets of ordinary towns.

Tired of how you look? Style experts Trinny & Susannah show you how to get out of the rut of dressing the same way...

Blahnik by Boman is a brilliant photographic collaboration between shoe designer extraordinaire Manolo Blahnik and his close friend, photographer Eric Boman.