James Robinson Planché 
British Costume [PDF ebook] 
A Complete History of the Dress of the Inhabitants of the British Islands

This book shows how the people carrying out industrial commercial development perform the vital functions and deals with the organization and structure of commercial development. It describes the cha …

In Victorian England, women”s accessories were always much more than incidental finishing touches to their elaborate dress. Accessories helped women to fashion their identities.Victorian Fashion Acc …

A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Autobiographical Comics helps readers explore the increasingly popular genre of graphic life writing. In an accessible and easy-to-nav …

Applicable to a wide spectrum of design activity, this book offers an ideal first step, clearly explaining fundamental concepts and methods to apply when designing for the user experience. Covering e …

The Dress Detective is the first practical guide to analyzing fashion objects, clearly demonstrating how their close analysis can enhance and enrich interdisciplinary research. This accessible book p …

For the first time since its invention over 500 years ago, the print medium is being challenged as the primary means of recording and communicating ideas. Indeed, within the printing industry itself …

Design, Ecology, Politics links social and ecological theory to design theory and practice, critiquing the ways in which the design industry perpetuates unsustainable development. Boehnert argues tha …

What”s the best book ever written? What would happen if we all stopped eating meat? What”s the secret to living past 110? And what actually is the best thing since sliced bread? In An Answer For Ev …

From rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century woman”s wardrobe. They not only created her shape, but expressed her character …

English dress in the second half of the sixteenth century has been studied in depth, yet remarkably little has been written on the earlier years, or indeed on male clothing for the whole century. The …