The growing need for a more sustainable fashion industry, in combination with technological developments in textiles and production, is causing radical alterations in contemporary fashion. Although change is just beginning, traditional processes and materials are already under enormous pressure. This book tackles relevant themes in the sustainability dialogue today. What possibilities lie within new technologies, and how do public initiatives like reuse and recycling impact progress? Finally,...

This book is a manual on draping or, as it is known in France, moulage. Draping is a three-dimensional design and production technique that generates a considerable degree of freedom. From time immemorial, draping has been a technique frequently used in couture. Specialists Annette Duburg and Rixt van der Tol used their extensive collection of practical manuscripts to provide this book with a clear set of instructions for draping. There are only a limited number of people who are still able t...

Tot 1900 was er maar

Koos van den Akker is vooral bekend geworden doordat hij de truien ontwierp die Bill Cosby in The Cosby Show droeg. Maar zijn verdiensten reiken veel verder dan dat. In 1968 sluit Van den Akker zijn Haagse couturesalon om met 168 dollar op zak en zijn naaimachine onder de arm zijn geluk in Amerika te beproeven. In 1970 opent hij zijn eerste winkel, om uiteindelijk in 1975 op de 'Gold Coast of Shopping' terecht te komen: Madison Avenue. Daarna volgen veel pieken en dalen, zowel zakelijk als pr...

Over one hundred tried, tested, and speculative exercises

that expand the way we look at fashion, how we are part of its

system, and how we can practice fashion otherwise.

Radical Fashion Exercises contains a copious collection of

bottom-up activities, prompts, and workshops designed by

contributors (from all around the globe), who explore fashion

in an extended field. Designers, curators, artists, educators,

fashion practitioners, DIY home sewers, students, and other

creatives responded to t...

The growing need for a more sustainable fashion industry, in combination with technological developments in textiles and production, is causing radical alterations in contemporary fashion. Although change is just beginning, traditional processes and materials are already under enormous pressure. This book tackles relevant themes in the sustainability dialogue today. What possibilities lie within new technologies, and how do public initiatives like reuse and recycling impact progress? Finally,...

Dans le présent ouvrage, Nathalie raconte son histoire de Top Model qui a été célébré pour sa beauté physique saisissante. Elle a réalisé des tournages pour plusieurs prestigieux magazines et posé pour de nombreux photographes. Elle a été retenue pour d'importants salons de mode et de joaillerie et pour les plus grands catalogues de mode du monde entier.

Nathalie a participé à des spectacles pour Dior, Cartier, Issey Miyake, Chanel, Kenzo, Comme des Garçon et pour de nom-br...

An esteemed Dutch fashion illustrator, Piet Paris has been active in the international fashion world for more than two decades. His impressive client list includes Saks Fifth Avenue, 'Vogue', 'ELLE' and many other magazines. His style of bright colours, minimal lines, silhouetted female forms and clear-cut divisions of surface is readily recognisable. In this intimate monograph, author Hanka van der Voet traces how his technique has evolved over the years and pinpoints his influences, followi...