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Metric Pattern Cutting for Children's Wear and Babywear
Wiley 2012; US$ 52.99This fourth edition of Metric Pattern Cutting for Children’s Wear and Babywear remains the standard text book but has three majorimprovements. First, the sections have been re-organised to reflect changes in producing and marketing children’s clothes. Today’s popularity of easy-fitting styles and knitted fabrics means that basic... more...
Handbook of Textiles
Abhishek Publications 2009; US$ 95.00In the following pages practically the whole range of Textiles comes under review, one can hardly expect that such a wide field can be satisfactorily covered in the single volume of the book, yes, great bulk of work on the subject which is discussed very rarely is now in your hand, which is completed with the help of some recognised authorities on... more...
The Art of Textile Designing
Book Enclave 2008; US$ 45.00It has been hard to attempt to sustain a global view while writing this book. Whatever the failings, we feel confident that the condensing of the subject into one useful set of references will provide something that has not been available before. Probably more a book to dip into than one to read end-to-end, we hope also that the diversity of materials... more...
Cooklin's Garment Technology for Fashion Designers
Wiley 2011; US$ 45.00Build the knowledge and understanding of garment technology essential to any designer In today's competitive fashion industry, it is essential that designers have a working understanding of garment technology. This 2nd edition has been comprehensively updated, with in-depth information on stitches, guides and attachments and sewing techniques, all... more...
Clothing appearance and fit
Woodhead Publishing Limited 2004; US$ 245.00This comprehensive book provides a critical appreciation of the technological developments and scientific understanding related to clothing appearance and fit. It bridges recent active research and development in beauty and fashion design, with garment evaluation technology, drape and human anthropometrics and sizing. It includes many industrial standards,... more...
Fashion Marketing Communications
Wiley 2012; US$ 39.99Fashion is all about image. Consequently, fashion marketing communications – encompassing image management and public relations, branding, visual merchandising, publicity campaigns, handling the media, celebrity endorsement and sponsorship, crisis management etc. – have become increasingly important in the fashion business. This textbook... more...
Clothing biosensory engineering
Woodhead Publishing Limited 2006; US$ 270.00Clothing biosensory engineering is a systematic and integrative way of translating consumers? biological and sensory responses and psychological feelings and preferences about clothing into the perceptual elements of design. It is a link between scientific experimentation and commercial application to develop economic solutions to practical technical... more...
Biomechanical engineering of textiles and clothing
Woodhead Publishing Limited 2006; US$ 280.00Biomechanical engineering of textiles and clothing addresses the issues of designing and producing textiles and clothing for optimum interaction with the body. It covers fundamental theories, principles and models behind design and engineering for the body?s biomechanics. Contact problems arising between textiles/clothing and the body are discussed... more...
Intelligent textiles and clothing
Woodhead Publishing Limited 2006; US$ 290.00Intelligent textiles and clothing can be defined as those which react to exterior or physiological stimuli. This important book brings together recent research in the area. The book is divided into parts, each one containing an overview chapter followed by specific research and applications. Its main focus is on phase change materials, shape memory... more...
Last Nightshift in Savar
McNidder and Grace Limited 2012; US$ 14.57In April 2005 a factory making sweaters for the European market collapsed like a pack of cards during the nightshift in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The circumstances of this disaster, which caused the deaths of 64 clothing workers and injured a further 84, proved to be a final straw for trade unionists and NGO activists who had long been concerned... more...









