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Language
English
Description
Running a successful fashion empire in Paris and New York that hides the pain of a failed marriage, Timmie O endures a sequence of meaningless relationships before a surprise bout of appendicitis places her under the care of alluring but married French doctor, Jean-Charles Vernier.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sea-to-Sea Publications
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
25 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Discusses the different fibers and textiles our clothing is made from, including cotton, wool, and other natural and synthetic fabrics"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Black Dog Bay volume 2
Language
English
Description
"After growing up in privilege and marrying into money, Lila Alders has gotten used to the good life. But when her happily-ever-after implodes, Lila must return to Black Dog Bay, the tiny seaside town where she grew up. She's desperate for a safe haven, but everything has changed over the past ten years. Her family's fortune is gone-and her mother is in total denial. It's up to Lila to take care of everything ... but she can barely take care of herself....
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xxi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Do you know where your favorite jeans really came from, how many thousands of miles they crossed, or the number of hands who picked, spun, wove, dyed, packaged, shipped, and sold them to get to you? Bédat follows the life of an American icon-- a pair of jeans. From a Texas cotton farm to dying and weaving factories in China, sewing floors in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, back to America where they're shipped out by Amazon warehouse workers. We follow...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An investigation into the lesser-known consequences of the mass-clothing industry by the author of Deluxe shares insights into the grassroots, global movement to reclaim traditional and sustainable means of clothing production.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A chemist creates a fiber that never wrinkles, wears out or gets dirty. When word of the creation leaks out, all the mill owners and workers want it, and the man that created it, destroyed.
Author
Publisher
Laurence King Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color
Language
English
Description
No matter how talented you are as a designer, if you are going to run a successful fashion label you also need to know about business-from marketing and PR to manufacturing your collection, and where to find the money to finance it all. In How to Set Up and Run a Fashion Label 2nd edition, Toby Meadows presents a no-nonsense guide to running your own business, whether it is within the clothing, accessories, or footwear sectors. Packed with tips, case...
Author
Publisher
Plume, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion's hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. The Conscious Closet shows exactly what we can do about it. Whether your goal is to build an effortless capsule wardrobe, keep up with trends without harming...
17) Zoolander 2
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Beloved model Derek Zoolander and his rival-turned-partner Hansel are facing a threat to their continued success.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
vii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Evaluates the costs of low-priced clothing while tracing the author's own transformation to a conscientious shopper, a journey during which she visited a garment factory, learned to resole shoes, and shopped for local, sustainable clothing.
19) Men's wear
Publisher
Fairchild Publications
Pub. Date
19uu
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 32-33 cm
Language
English
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Author
Series
Publisher
Wiley-ISTE
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxxiii, 195 pages ): illustrations.
Language
English
Description
The commoditization of goods, environmental pollution, relocation, the exploitation of cheap labor and encouragement to overconsume, these traits characterize the luxury fashion industry, whose economic growth continues to rise. This book examines the way in which the mediations of commercial luxury fashion allows this industry to present itself as something that is not exclusively commercial. These mediations are known as Re-presentation policies:...
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