Textile Art

Creazione, business, cultura, comunicazione: sono fra le dimensioni costitutive della moda, che ne spiegano il carattere in perenne trasformazione. Se da una parte essa deve adeguarsi alle esigenze del mercato globale, dall'altra deve conservare quelle qualità e quegli immaginari che rendono ogni pezzo straordinario e desiderabile.

Mit dem Bestseller How to be Parisian entdecken Sie die Kunst, gleichzeitig organisiert und chaotisch, stolz und doch voller Selbstzweifel, loyal und doch untreu, mit anderen Worten: eine echte Pariserin zu sein! Millionen Frauen überall auf der Welt wollen so sein wie sie: die Pariserin. Denn nur sie schafft es, mit Stil, Charme und beneidenswerter Lässigkeit durchs Leben zu gehen.

Let the world's most celebrated drag queens transform and empower you with their sick'ning style, wit and wisdom. However you want to work it - out-there eleganza, easy-breezy realness, and everything in between - Serving Face is like the gentle hand of your drag mother guiding you toward a life more fabulous.

Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell's Skirts looks at the history of twentieth-century womenswear through the lens of game-changing styles like the little black dress, as well as more obscure innovations like the Taxi dress or the Pop-Over dress, which came with a matching potholder. These influential garments illuminate the times in which they were first worn—and the women who wore them. At once an authoritative work of history and a delightfully entertaining romp through decades of fashion, Skirts charts the changing fortunes, freedoms, and aspirations of women themselves.

Il 27 marzo 1995 Maurizio Gucci, erede della favolosa dinastia dell'alta moda, mentre sta per raggiungere il suo ufficio di Milano viene assassinato a colpi di pistola da uno sconosciuto. Nel 1998, l'ex moglie Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli - soprannominata la "Vedova nera" dalla stampa - viene condannata a 29 anni di prigione come mandante dell'omicidio.

Strategically Suited helps you grow your business or advance your career by making a great first impression - and as a bonus, looking your best can give you a new and powerful confidence. With advice that can work for men or women and an emphasis on staying true to your own style, longtime image and sales strategist Lee Heyward shows that when you up-level your look, you’ll feel great, have more fun - and close more business.

 Behind the Button shares a look behind the scenes of the empowering story of Jill Strickland Brown's rise in the fashion industry, from small-town customer-service gal, to NYC seven-figure independent sales representative, to thriving retail-store owner, influencing and supporting thousands of women along the way. 

Die Mode schreibt ihre ganz eigenen Geschichten. Und wer könnte sie besser erzählen als Guido Maria Kretschmer. Freuen Sie sich auf verschwundene Mäntel, sprechende Leggings, Dirndl im Exil, ein Kostüm mit Pferdeschweif, fliegende Röcke und angetrunkene Cocktailkleider. Dazu außerdem wichtige Mode-Basics: Erfahren Sie, welches Kleidungsstück Sie wie und wann am besten tragen und welcher Schnitt zu welcher Figur passt.

As a true fashion insider, Kirstie Clements has seen trends come and go, from the sublime to the ridiculous, but she knows real style when she sees it - like a classic loafer that makes you feel comfortable in your own skin or a beautiful winter coat to take you through more than one season. In Why Did I Buy That?, Kirstie shares personal stories, musings on fashion trends and thoughts on everything from how to successfully edit your wardrobe to how to spend your money more wisely.

Modish Maxims is a style bible, written to give listeners a clear and simple understanding of how to build a basic, essential, and advanced wardrobe (based on personality and preference), with the long-term aim to achieve a tasteful and consistent personal style. It is a timely publication which gears towards de-centralizing the knowledge of styling whilst giving listeners the power to be stylish and establish the foundation they need to develop and hone a functional, memorable, aspirational, and unique personal brand. 

Gnats in a Hat contains short interviews with stylish bugs. It describes a chance encounter with an insect, worm, or spider who is wearing something too fantastic to ignore.