In his consideration of the language of the fashion magazine--the structural analysis of descriptions of women's clothing by writers about fashion--Barthes gives us a brief history of semiology. At the same time, he identifies economics as the underlying reason for the luxuriant prose of the fashion magazine: "Calculating, industrial society is obliged to form consumers who don...(展开全部)

Hailed by Vogue as 'the fashion bible' and by Elle as 'the ultimate fashion reference book', The Fashion Book takes a fresh look at the fashion world and the people who created it. Now available in a pocket-sized mini format, this inspirational reference work covers the whole industry – from pioneering designers, including Coco Chanel and Issey Miyake, to influential photo...(展开全部)

The second volume in Prestel's Whole story series is a lavish, nicely priced, and authoritative book tracing the complete evolution of fashion, from togas to Tory Burch.This enthralling book takes readers through every major era of fashion history: classical Greece and Rome; the court dress of the Tang Dynasty; the emergence of the Japanese kimono; early Native American and Pre...(展开全部)

玛尼·弗格（Marnie Fogg），时尚专家、时尚媒体顾问，纺织业资深讲师，艺术设计理论与实践硕士。玛尼·弗格生于英国诺丁汉郡的伊斯特伍德。由于早年对服装有着极大的热情，16岁时，她进入诺丁汉艺术大学学习时尚。继为针织品奢侈品牌John Ashpool和印染工作室Sue Kemp工作后，她为不同等级的服装市场做了多年的设计。全方位的时尚与纺织行业工作经验让弗格成为高级讲师，她在威尔士设立了最高水平的时尚课程。移居德比郡后，玛尼成为诺丁汉和德比多所大学的客座讲师，同时攻读美术理论与实践硕士学位，还在德比、德国比勒费尔德和希腊雅典举行了作品展。从2003年开始，她成为时尚畅销书作家，出版了一系列有影响的时尚类著作，包括《时装店：20世纪60年代的文化现象》（2003）、《时装印花设计》（2006）、《时装店内部设计》（2007）、《古着针织衫》（201...(展开全部)

David Foster Wallace, who is twenty-four years old, is a 1985 graduate of Amherst College. He is currently studying for a MFA at the university of Arizona in Tucson.(物是人非啊……)

'A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian and as serious as it is possible to be without accidentally writing a religious text. He can do anything with a piece of prose, and it is a humbling experience to see him go to work on what has passed up till now as "modern fiction". He's so modern he's in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us. Goddamn him' Zadie Smith ...(展开全部)

Illustration permeates all areas of design, be it industrial design, interior design, or product design, but nowhere is its impact and influence felt more directly than in the world of fashion design. Hot fashion illustration commands attention and influences shoppers choices by allowing products to stand out boldly, and communicate directly, the feeling, vibe, and mission of a...(展开全部)

This lively survey of 150 years of fashion covers everything from Haute Couture to the High Street, and developing fabric technology from silk to fleece. From Coco Chanel to Armani and Alexander McQueen, Breward explores fashion as a cultural phenomenon. Breward examines the glamorous world of Vogue and advertising, the relationship between fashion and film, and fashion as a bu...(展开全部)

A cultural critique of the commodity in consumer society, The System of Objects is a tour de force—a theoretical letter-in-a-bottle tossed into the ocean in 1968, which brilliantly communicates to us all the live ideas of the day.