Description
| Product ID: | 9780500294147 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Fashion Designer's Textile Directory |
| Subtitle: | The Creative Use of Fabrics in Design |
| Authors: | Author: Gail Baugh |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Fashion and textile design, Textile design & theory, Reference works, Reference works |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Here is the fabric and textile directory that dressmakers and fashion designers everywhere have been waiting for. This book is like having your own personal shopper – able to recommend fabrics to suit the effects you want to achieve, show you how the fabric will perform, and tell you the best ways of using it. - Organized by function: do you want a fabric for structure, fluidity and movement, added volume, definition or decoration? This book works in such a way that you can view the fabric as the medium from which the garment design can be achieved right from the beginning. - Each textile in the directory is accompanied by samples of the fabric presented so that its properties come alive, allowing you to really understand how a fabric might behave. - The chart section at the back of the book includes essential guides to fibre properties, fabric structure and weight, fabric characteristics and end use. |
| Imprint Name: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-03-29 |
