Books for Introduction to Fashion Courses

Fashion Theory

A Reader

Edited by Malcolm Barnard

Series: Routledge Student Readers

From its beginnings in the fifteenth century, intensified interest in fashion and the study of fashion over the last thirty years has led to a vast and varied literature on the subject. This collection of essays surveys and contextualizes the ways in which a wide range of disciplines have used&...

Published May 2nd 2007 by Routledge

The Fashion Handbook

By Tim Jackson, David Shaw

Series: Media Practice

The Fashion Handbook is the indispensable guide to the fashion industry. It explores the varied and diverse aspects of the business, bringing together critical concepts with practical information about the industry’s structure and core skills, as well as offering advice on real working practices...

Published May 3rd 2006 by Routledge

Fashion as Communication

2nd Edition

By Malcolm Barnard

What kinds of things do fashion and clothing say about us? What does it mean to wear Gap or Gaultier, Milletts or Moschino? Are there any real differences between Hip-Hop style and Punk anti-styles? In this fully revised and updated edition, Malcolm Barnard introduces fashion and clothing as ways...

Published August 28th 2002 by Routledge