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Available viaSubscriptionFairchild Books understands the needs of fashion students and instructors.With Bloomsbury Fashion Central, Fairchild Books goes digital, providing both an institutionalsubscription product – the Fairchild Books Library – and a go-to resource for instructors and students.For students: Over 130 textbooks available digitallyfor rental or purchase, at a variety ofaffordable price points Free STUDIO access with purchase ofbook STUDIO bundleFor Instructors: Request and access print and digital exam copies Instant access to instructor materials like Test Banks,PowerPoint presentations, and Instructor's Guides Digital STUDIO media and assessment ancillaries areavailable free of charge with or sold separately fromour best-selling classic textbooksOur online STUDIOs are specially developed to complementour best-selling fashion and textiles textbooks with rich mediaancillaries that students can adapt to their visual learning styles.STUDIOs can include:* Self-quizzes with scored results Personalized study tips Flashcards with definitions and image identification Downloadable files and exercises Videos exploring chapters topics Maps and timelinesSUBSCRIPTIONINFORMATION:Contact us for a freeinstitutional trial:Outside Australia/NZ:OnlineSalesUK@bloomsbury.comAustralia and New Zealand:OnlineSalesANZ@bloomsbury.comFairchild Books Library is available outsideNorth America only* For more information about what is included in abook's STUDIO, see the book listing in this catalogor on www.bloomsburyfashioncentral.com.w w w. b l o o m s b u r y f a s h i o n c e n t r a l . c o m7

General InterestThe SilhouetteFrom the 18thCentury to thePresent DayGeorges Vigarello“Original, lively andabundantly illustrated, TheSilhouette bridges the gapbetween the erudite essayand the beautiful book.”Quinzaine des Réalisateurs“Lively prose and gorgeousillustrations make thissplendid translationof Georges Vigarello'shistory of the silhouettean absorbing read. Tracingthe history of this art formfrom its eighteenth-centuryorigins to today, this historytells us a great deal abouthow bodies have beenperceived, manipulated andsignified over time.” PhilippaLevine, Professor of History,University of Texas at Austin,USASeptember 2016192 pages120 colour illus285 x 260mm /11.2 x 10.2 inchesHB 9781474244657 30.00 / 45.00World EnglishBloomsbury Visual ArtsThis engrossing book takes thereader on a journey through 250years of a cultural obsession.From the crinoline to the Diorsuit and the early bathingcostume, The Silhouette revealshow the shape of the body hasbecome an eloquent symbolof status, sexuality and theaspirational quest for physicaland moral “perfection.”Drawing on numerous textualand visual resources, leadingscholar Georges Vigarelloanatomizes a fixation with thehuman form which has shapednot just our bodies but our veryidentities.Georges Vigarello is ResearchDirector at the École des hautesétudes en sciences sociales inParis, France.ContentsIntroduction1. A New Word, A New LineThe Invention of the Word“Silhouette” (18th century)The Art of “Silhouetting”From Shaded Faces toShaded Figures2. F rom The Mezzotint tothe Romantic AestheticThe Enlightenment and theEmergence of MorphologyBefore the “Silhouette”:Early IncarnationsThe Quest for Detail: theTriumph of the “Full-Length”Profile PortraitThe Complex and CuriousRealm of the ShadowThe Romantic Perspective83.I nnovations in Graphic ArtA Process Expands: Pressand ImageA Word Expands: Physicaland Moral SignificanceThe Silhouette: a Social“Museum” in the 19thcenturyThe “Invention” ofMorphologyThe Silhouette: anAcademic ApproachThe Silhouette and Fashionin the Romantic EraA Wealth of Creativity inGraphic ArtFrom the Press to thePoster4. The Art Of ExpressionPhotography and Figures inMotionThe Female Contour: fromSlender to EroticThe Nude Becomes“Commonplace”The Honing of the FemaleForm A Growing PersonalImperativeThe Honing of the Male FormThe Theme of DeclineThe Quest to ClassifyThe Tragic Danger of “Race”The Realms of Expressionand InformationBetween Curves and MusclesThe Emergence ofPsychology – the Dawn ofa Cult?5. The ContemporarySilhouetteRadical Changes in theFigureThe Challenge of IdentityThe Silhouette: the Masteryand Weakness of the BodyConclusionNotesPhotographic credits

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General InterestFashion GameChangersReinventing the20th-CenturySilhouetteEdited by Karen VanGodtsenhoven, Miren Arzalluzand Kaat Debo“Let the dynamic and brightphotographs in FashionGame Changers guide youthrough the world of the20th-century silhouette Awhistlestop tour through 100years of fashion.” Daily Mail“A great resource forthose who are inspired bythe experimental side offashion.” The Independent“Fashion GameChangers is the kindof book I relish: bothacademic and captivatingin its observations. Itcontextualises fashion andits designers, and illustratesjust how significant clothinghas been in documentingsocial history.” The Hon.Daphne Guinness“Fashion Game Changers isan innovative and importantbook with extraordinaryimages and intelligentessays devoted to thedesigners who have radicallytransformed fashion'srelationship with the body.”Valerie Steele, Director andChief Curator, The Museum atFIT, New YorkFashion Game Changers tracesradical innovations in fashiondesign from the beginning ofthe 20th century to the present,covering the work of designerssuch as Madeleine Vionnet,Cristóbal Balenciaga, ReiKawakubo and Martin Margiela.Contents1. Fashion Game Changers:Reinventing the 20thCentury Silhouette - AnIntroduction, Kaat Debo2. Iconoclastic Visions ofthe Silhouette: CristóbalBalenciaga, Miren Arzalluz3. Self-Taught andExperimental: A NewApproach to the Body,Karen Van Godtsenhoven4. Kindred Spirits: The RadicalPoetry of Japanese andBelgian Designers, AnabelaBecho5. The Discovery of Abstractionin Twentieth-CenturyFashion, Akiko Fukai6. Shadows of the Body,Olivier Saillard107. Cultural Liberation Springingfrom Physical Liberation:Reception Study of the1980s Avant-Garde, HettieJudah8. More Game Changers:Louise Boulanger, AndréCourrèges, Pierre Cardin,Paco Rabanne, GeorginaGodley, Miren Arzalluz,Karen Van Godtsenhovenand Alexandre SamsonEndnotesBibliographyNotes on ContributorsPhoto CreditsIndexAcknowledgements2016292 pages200 colour illus280 x 210mm / 8.2 x 11 inchesHB 9781474279048 25.00 / 40.00World EnglishBloomsbury Visual Arts

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General InterestFabric of VisionDress andDrapery inPaintingAnne Hollander“Reading this book is likehaving Hollander walk withus through our favorite artmuseum, helping us reallysee and understand theworks of art through closeattention to dress, drapery,and the depiction of thebody, whether clothed ornude.” From the Foreword byValerie Steele, Director andChief Curator, The Museum atFIT, New York“Hollander brings newinsight into the fields of bothart and costume history.”Library JournalDrawing on works by artistsover a period of six centuries,from Giotto to El Greco, Matisseto Cindy Sherman, the authorreveals through paintings,fashion plates, photographsand film stills how drapery inart evolved from Renaissanceextravagance to Neoclassicalsimplicity at the end of the 18thcentury, and has extended toinfinite uses in all genres ofModern art.First published in 2002 toaccompany an exhibition ofthe same name at the NationalGallery, London, this beautifullyillustrated — and beautifullywritten — book by pioneeringart historian and critic AnneHollander, is reissued with a newForeword by Valerie Steele.Anne Hollander was anindependent art historian, criticand historian of dress.ContentsAuthor's AcknowledgementsForewordIntroduction1. Cloth of Honour2. Liberated Draperies3. Sensuality, Sanctity, Zeal4. High Artifice5. Romantic Simplicity:Women126. Romantic Simplicity: Men7. Restraint and Display8. Nude and Mode9. Woman as Dress10. Form and FeelingList of IllustrationsBibliographyIndexSeptember 2016208 pages144 colour illus276 x 219mm /8.6 x 10.7 inchesPB 9781474251648 25.00 / 39.95Bloomsbury Visual Arts

General InterestSex and SuitsThe Evolution ofModern DressAnne Hollander“Entrancing, vivacious [a]dazzling, whirlwind accountof Western costume.” JohnUpdike, The New Yorker“To fully appreciate thesuit’s aesthetic and eroticsuccess, Hollander treats usto an unfailingly insightful,creative and provocativehistory of modern fashion.She maintains a rich culturalcontext while pondering theinterplay between sex andthe imagination, idealizedgender roles and clothing,fashion’s unreliabilityand irony, and the crucialroles the printing pressand camera have played inWestern fashion’s globaldominance.“ Booklist2016176 pages45 bw illus246 x 189mm / 7.4 x 9.7 inchesPB 9781474250658 19.99 / 29.95Bloomsbury Academic“Hollander rides her theorieslike a surfer, and her wittiestprose retains the note ofgenerosity that gives humancuriosity its moral weight.”The Los Angeles Times"Iconoclastic, continuallystimulating.” PublishersWeeklyIn Sex and Suits, brilliantessayist and art criticAnne Hollander charts thedevelopment of men’s andwomen’s fashion from theirdivergence in the medievalperiod to their convergencethrough to the late 20th century.Challenging the idea that thesuit’s success is merely downto its practicality, this trailblazingbook argues that men have beenfashion’s true style-setters andthat as women’s fashion hastaken on elements of men’s stylethrough tailoring, so men havereclaimed the embellishmentand colour of past eras. Firstpublished in 1994 to greatacclaim, this classic text is asfresh and provocative as ever.ContentsList of Illustrations1. IntroductionSex and the Modern FormWhat Fashion Is2. The Work of FashionFashion, Non-fashion andAnti-fashionMeaning in FashionForm and SexualityEarly Fashion HistoryLater ChangesFemale Invention3. The Genesis of The SuitThe Great DivideReason and FantasySobriety and SimplicityAntique Natural NudityHeroes in WoolNeo-classic EroticsReady-made MenThe Once and Future Suit4. ModernityWorth and His EffectsReforming WomenStays Redesigning WomenModern TransformationsRecent Revolutions5. esPerceptionsSelect BibliographyIndex13

General InterestFashion VictimsThe Dangers ofDress Past andPresentAlison Matthews David“This is an earnest andimportant book, generouslyillustrated and full of interestretrieving heart-sinking horrorfrom the historical record,and signposting a future thatremains immensely troubling.”Times Higher Education“An innovative take on"killer style" . Fascinatinglymacabre.” Financial Times“Carefully researched andbeautifully illustrated.” DailyMail (Book of the Week)“The book's breezy narrativeand lavish design make ita delight for any reader .With its shocking revelationsand entertaining stories,all illustrated in gloriousTechnicolor, Fashion Victimsis a history to die for.” LiteraryReviewFashion Victims takes the readeron a gruesome journey throughthe toxic history of dress, inmyth and reality. Drawing uponnumerous visual and textualsources, from mad hatters to thefiery deaths of Oscar Wilde’shalf-sisters, the book exploreshow garments have tormentedthose who made and wore them.Matthews David puts everydayapparel under the microscope andunpicks the dark side of fashion.Alison Matthews David isAssociate Professor in the Schoolof Fashion, Ryerson University,Toronto, Canada.ContentsIntroduction: Death by Fashionin Fact and Fiction1. Diseased Dress: GermWarfare2. Toxic Techniques: MercurialHats3. Poisonous Pigments:Arsenical Greens4. Dangerous Dyes: A Pretty,Deadly Rainbow5. Entangled and Strangled:Caught in the Machine6. Inflammatory Fabrics:Flaming Tutus andCombustible Crinolines7. Explosive Fakes: PlasticCombs and Artificial SilkConclusion: The Afterlife ofFashion VictimsBibliographyIndex142015256 pages129 colour illus246 x 189mm / 7.4 x 9.7 inchesHB 9781845204495 25.00 / 40.00Bloomsbury Visual Arts

General InterestFashion’sFront LineFashion ShowPhotography fromthe Runway toBackstage“Really captures the excitement of theshows!” Vivienne WestwoodNilgin YusufPhotographs by Niall McInerney“Fashion’s Front Line absolutely crackleswith the excitement, drama and thrills thatmake a great catwalk show. The models,designers, celebrities, and great fashionmoments are all here captured superbly bythe lens of Niall McInerney and Nilgin Yusuf’sdazzling and informed writing.” Marcelled'Argy Smith, former Editor of Cosmopolitan, UK“This book gives a fascinating insight intothe history of the 'show' from all angles– the early supermodels, famous FROWcharacters past and present, and the secretsof production, with an archive of pictures thatbeautifully illustrates the rise of this modernfashion phenomena.” Trish Halpin, Editor-inChief, Marie Claire, UK2016196 pages200 colour illus276 x 219mm /8.6 x 10.7 inchesHB 9781472596598 25.00 / 40.00Bloomsbury Visual ArtsNiall McInerney is an international runwayphotographer whose work spans over three decades.Nilgin Yusuf is currently Programme Director for theMedia and Communications Programme within theLondon College of Fashion’s Graduate School, UK.The First Bookof FashionThe Book ofClothes ofMatthäus andVeit KonradSchwarz ofAugsburgEdited by Ulinka Rublack andMaria Hayward“It’s quite simply the most fascinating recordof a ‘[fashion] victim’ one could hope for.Never has the mould of form been reflectedin the glass of fashion so entertainingly as inthis scholarly work.” The Spectator“Long before the likes of Tavi Gevinsonand Bryanboy made careers of takingfashion selfies, a German accountant wasbusy documenting his outfits: for 40 yearsin the 16th century, Matthaus Schwarzcommissioned watercolour portraits toshowcase his daily ensembles, leavingus with the most extraordinary record ofRenaissance style, gathered together in hisTrachtenbuch (literally, ‘book of clothes’).”The Independent2015432 pages187 colour illus276 x 219mm /8.6 x 10.7 inchesHB 9780857857682 30.00 / 45.00Bloomsbury Academic“[T]he story of a life in clothes . [Rublackand Hayward's] historical observations,especially on colour coding, are valuablekeys to unlocking the period.” Times LiterarySupplement“A proto-Kardashian book of selfies.”The AtlanticUlinka Rublack is Professor of Early ModernEuropean History at Cambridge University, UK.Maria Hayward is Professor in Early Modern EuropeanHistory at the University of Southampton, UK.15

Introduction to Fashionand Fashion Careerswww / Textbook3rd Edition / www.bloomsburyfashioncentral.comIn FashionElaine Stone andSheryl A. Farnan"A concisely written textthat provides an overviewof the key components ofour industry along withthe relationship to theenvironmental marketplace.I consider it the best textfor our community collegestudents." Marilyn Sullivan,El Centro College, USAThe third edition of this bestselling introduction to the fashionindustry is completely updated tocover the latest industry trends.UK October 2016US September 2016352 pages250 color illus280 x 215mm / 8.5 x 11 inchesBook STUDIO Bundle9781501315152 74.00 / 110.00STUDIO Access Card9781501315138Fairchild Books Teaching Resources: updatedInstructor’s Guide, Test Bank,PowerPoint presentation, andFirst Day of Class materialsavailableElaine Stone was ProfessorEmerita, Fashion Institute ofTechnology (FIT), USA, whereshe taught for more than 25years.Sheryl A. Farnan is Professorat Metropolitan CommunityCollege, USA.New to this editionS P O T L I G H T O N I N N O VAT O R S Over 250 color images of current designers, fashion collections,retailers, and moreColor Covers digital and social media, updated textile trends andinnovations, and current omni-channel practices in retailing Emphasizes global aspects of the fashion industry, changingdemographics, and the effects of economics and politics onconsumer choices New "Spotlight on Careers" feature includes information andexamples of different career areas in the fashion industry andcorresponds to new STUDIO interviews that tell the story behinddifferent career pathsFigure 1.6. Colorpalettes are updatedseasonally to reflectcurrent fashion trends.Color has always been a major consideration in women’s clothing. Since World War II,color in men’s clothing has been regaining the importance it had in previous centuries.Today, color is a key factor in apparel selection for both genders. Color is important inadvertising, packaging, and store decor as well.Historically, colors have been used to denote rank and profession. Purple, forinstance, was associated with royalty, and in some periods, could be worn only by thoseof noble birth. Black became customary for the apparel of the clergy and for membersof the judiciary.Today, a fashion designer’s color palette changes with consumers’ preferences. Insome seasons, all is brightness and sharp contrast, and no color is too powerful to beworn. In other seasons, only subdued colors appeal. Fashion merchants must developan eye for color—not only for the specific hues and values popular in a given season butalso

Fairchild Books understands the needs of fashion students and instructors. With Bloomsbury Fashion Central, Fairchild Books goes digital, providing both an institutional subscription product - the Fairchild Books Library - and a go-to resource for instructors and students. For Instructors: Request and access print and digital exam copies