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)

Today only about a thousand giant pandas survive in the wild. Dependent on a shrinking supply of bamboo on the one hand and threatened by human greed on the other, the panda is at extreme risk. Here, acclaimed naturalist George B. Schaller uses his evocative powers and the insight gained by four years in the forests of the Wolong and Tangjiahe panda reserves to document the pli...(展开全部)

Adults and children the world over have fallen in love with Beagle's timeless classic, The Last Unicorn. Now, in this historic publication, Beagle's richly inventive novel springs to life in beautifully rendered illustrations that perfectly evoke the mystery and magic of one of man's favorite myths.

Adults and children the world over have fallen in love with Beagle's timeless classic, The Last Unicorn. Now, in this historic publication, Beagle's richly inventive novel springs to life in beautifully rendered illustrations that perfectly evoke the mystery and magic of one of man's favorite myths.

在线阅读本书 "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." --Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled " The Last Lecture ." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was o...(展开全部)

Illuminating the dark side of the American century, "The Monster Show" uncovers the surprising links between horror entertainment and the great social crises of our time, as well as horror's function as a pop analogue to surrealism and other artistic movements. With penetrating analyses and revealing anecdotes, David J. Skal chronicles one of our most popular and pervasive mode...(展开全部)