The possibilities for three-dimensional manipulation of fabric - gathering, pleating, tucking, shirring, and quilting woven materials - are seemingly endless. To describe them all would be to describe the entire history of sewing. In The Art of manipulating Fabric, Colette Wolff has set herself just this task, and she succeeds brilliantly. Working from the simplest possible for...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking work, edited by Germano Celant in collaboration with the artist and her New York studio, which enriches our knowledge of Louise Bourgeois. Over a long career she worked through most of the twentieth century's avant-garde artistic movements from abstraction to realism, yet always remained uniquely individual, powerfully inventive, and often at the forefront of ...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking work, edited by Germano Celant in collaboration with the artist and her New York studio, which enriches our knowledge of Louise Bourgeois. Over a long career she worked through most of the twentieth century's avant-garde artistic movements from abstraction to realism, yet always remained uniquely individual, powerfully inventive, and often at the forefront of ...(展开全部)

Today's world textile and garment trade is valued at a staggering $425 billion. We are told that under the pressure of increasing globalisation, it is India and China that are the new world manufacturing powerhouses. However, this is not a new phenomenon: until the industrial revolution, Asia manufactured great quantities of colourful printed cottons that were sold to places as...(展开全部)

Today's world textile and garment trade is valued at a staggering $425 billion. We are told that under the pressure of increasing globalisation, it is India and China that are the new world manufacturing powerhouses. However, this is not a new phenomenon: until the industrial revolution, Asia manufactured great quantities of colourful printed cottons that were sold to places as...(展开全部)

安妮·霍兰德：艺术史学家、评论家和服装历史学家。她以大胆研究服装的演变而闻名，她是纽约人文学院的研究员和美国笔会中心的前主席，著有多本关于艺术中服装和织物主题的图书，如《透过衣服观看》《性与套装》等，对服饰研究有非常大的影响。

安妮·霍兰德：艺术史学家、评论家和服装历史学家。她以大胆研究服装的演变而闻名，她是纽约人文学院的研究员和美国笔会中心的前主席，著有多本关于艺术中服装和织物主题的图书，如《透过衣服观看》《性与套装》等，对服饰研究有非常大的影响。

卡西亚·圣克莱尔（Kassia St Clair） 英国作家、文化史学家，热销书《色彩的秘密生活》作者。 在牛津和布里斯托尔学习女性服装史和化妆史，毕业后长期为《经济学人》《家园与花园》《新政治家》撰写文章，也在英国广播公司（BBC）、美国国家公共电台（NPR）等电台做节目，在达拉斯艺术博物馆、维多利亚和艾伯特博物馆等博物馆开设讲座，所述均有关色彩、设计、织物与文化史。 马博 译者，北京外国语大学英美文学方向硕士毕业，担任文学编辑的同时喜爱翻译，译有《很高兴遇见你，小猫比利》并养有两猫，现居北京。

A new history of ingenuity from the author of The Secret Lives of Colour. From the mummies of Ancient Egypt; via the silken dragon robes of Imperial China and the woollen sails of Viking longboats to the Indian calicoes and chintzes that powered the Industrial Revolution (and sparked more than one war); arriving finally at the lab-blended fibres that have allowed astronauts to ...(展开全部)

弗吉尼亚·波斯特雷尔（Virgi Postrel），美国记者、独立学者、《彭博·观点》专栏作家，在此之前曾担任《华尔街日报》和《纽约时报》专刊作家。她的研究涵盖从社会科学到时尚的广泛主题，尤其关注文化、商业和技术等交叉领域。著有两部备受赞誉的作品《风格的实质，魅力的力量》（The Substance of Style,The Power of Glamour）和《未来及其敌人》（The Future and lts Enemies）。 张洁，本科毕业于复旦大学历史学系，获历史学学士学位。研究生就读于复旦大学国际关系与公共事务学院国际关系专业，研究方向为中美关系，获法学硕士学位。现任职于复旦大学。译作有《少数给中国的飞机》、《行走的柠檬》等。