Intended for fashion students and fashion designers this fabric book is indispensable for
sourcing and selecting textiles for fashion. It will guide you to the perfect fabric for every
design helping you find the ideal material to achieve the desired effect and recommending
different ways to use it. With a revised and updated selection of photographs from fashion
shows that exemplify current fashion trends in which the collections of such renowned designers
as Givenchy Stella McCarthy Vuitton Vivian Westwood van Herpen Ralph Lauren and Calvin
Klein appeared the book shows you how some of the most emblematic names in fashion today use
fabrics to achieve the highest expression of their creativity. This updated and enlarged
edition also includes a detailed technical and historical introduction on the types of fabrics
and their classification the relationship between fabric and the fashion industry and the
aesthetic emotional commercial and social aspects involved. Stefanella Sposito shares her
in-depth technical knowledge as a trained industrial textile expert fashion and textile
designer and Professor of History of Textiles and Textile Trade in an extensive and detailed
text that teaches you what every serious fashion and textile designer needs to know to choose
the appropriate fabric for every garment or design. A comprehensive fabric guide ordered by
textile type with an explanation of its history behavior characteristics and uses along with
photographs that accompany each fabric discussed this veritable fabric bible is sure to become
essential reading for all aspiring and experienced dressmakers and fashion designers.
