Authors:Michele Wesen Bryant, Diane Demers,
Publisher: Fairchild Pubns
Keywords: manual, spec
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2006-02-28
List price: $83.00
ISBN-10: 1563673738
ISBN-13: 9781563673733

The second edition of The Spec Manual provides fashion professionals and students with acomprehensive guide for measuring garments using standard industry practices. This textbook/workbook contains front and back view croquis for women, off sizes, men, juniors,and children; spec sheet templates; illustrated measurement points; tables with measurementpoints; and a CD-ROM. Users with either beginning or advanced digital skills willlearn how to create computer-generated spec sheets.

Author: Bette K. Tepper
Publisher: Fairchild Pubns
Keywords: cdrom, buying, retail, mathematics
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $98.00
ISBN-10: 1563675889
ISBN-13: 9781563675881

This popular textbook/workbook meets the needs of students who will be directly orindirectly involved in the activities of merchandising and buying at the retail level. Teppercontinues to explain the essential concepts, practices, procedures, calculations, and interpretationsof figures that relate to the many factors that produce profit.

Author: Connie Amaden-Crawford
Publisher: Fairchild Pubns
Keywords: draping, fashion, art
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2005-12-06
List price: $101.50
ISBN-10: 1563672774
ISBN-13: 9781563672774

This revision of an easy-to-follow bestseller teaches the different methods and principlesinvolved in draping fabric on the dress form. The Art of Fashion Draping, 3rd Edition is organizedfrom basic to more advanced topics and includes a wide variety of styles. New andrevised illustrations and updated instructions keep the book up to date with a younger andmore fashionable look. This beautifully illustrated book is an invaluable teaching tool forfashion design, clothing, and dressmaking students and professionals.

Author: Mary Ellen Roach-Higgins
Publisher: Fairchild Pubns
Keywords: identity, dress
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 1995-01-03
List price: $41.50
ISBN-10: 1563670577
ISBN-13: 9781563670572

This valuable collection of readings discusses the relationship between dress and identity. Selections from many disciplines present a thorough examination of subjects, such as textiles and clothing, anthropology, sociology, social psychology and womens studies. Some writings are classic statements, others are contributions from recently published books and journals. Each of the books five parts features an introduction that puts entries into context.

Authors:Leslie Davis Burns, Nancy O. Bryant,
Publisher: Fairchild Pubns
Keywords: marketing, manufacturing, designing, fashion, business
Number of Pages: 656
Published: 2007-10-31
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 1563675706
ISBN-13: 9781563675706

The third edition of this authoritative text focuses on the organization and operationof the U.S. textiles and fashion industry how fashion apparel and accessories aredesigned, manufactured, marketed, and distributed and examines the role of theseindustries within a global context. Since the publication of the first edition, the textileand apparel industries have continued to undergo tremendous change. Quick Responsestrategies have evolved into supply-chain management, Web-based business-to-businessand business-to-consumer communications and commerce have grown, andmass customization is a real

Author: Lanie Denslow
Publisher: Fairchild Pubns
Keywords: wise, world
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-05-31
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 1563673592
ISBN-13: 9781563673597

For business travelers, from the newcomer to the global business scene to the seasonedprofessional wanting to sharpen skills, World Wise offers advice on establishing effectiveworking relationships with businesspeople in all regions of the world. This savvy travelingcompanion is a handy reference for information ranging from the level of communicationtechnology available in a particular country to proper etiquette for hosts and guestsat business meals and other meetings. Based on the author s years of worldwide businesstravel, the book supplements what she has learned along the way with the sh

Author: Susan M. Winchip
Publisher: Fairchild Pubns
Keywords: lighting, fundamentals
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-10-15
List price: $98.50
ISBN-10: 1563675285
ISBN-13: 9781563675287

Fundamentals of Lighting serves as a primary text in introductory lighting courses oras a supplementary reference for such courses as commercial and residential designstudios. Focusing on the basics of lighting, this book explains the fundamentals ofdesigning quality lighting environments within the context of the design process.Students will learn the principles of lighting, effects on color, elements of lightingsystems, and styles of luminaires. They ll then learn how to apply these conceptswithin specific interior design contexts, including residential and commercial spaces,with a focus on