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Fashion

Retailing Principles: Global, Multichannel, and Managerial Viewpoints, 2nd Edition

Lynda Gamans Poloian

$100.00

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What is retailing today? Who are the players and how do they operate? And what will happen tomorrow? These are just some of the questions addressed by Retailing Principles: Global, Multichannel, and Managerial Viewpoints, 2nd Edition, which has been thoroughly updated to reflect current trends...

Draping for Apparel Design, 3rd Edition

Helen Joseph-Armstrong

$90.00

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The Third Edition of Draping for Apparel Design brings together Joseph-Armstrong’s classic step-by-step instructions in a user-friendly two-color format. Three draping principles and techniques are presented—manipulating dart excess, adding fullness, and contour draping—showing how to turn...

The World of Fashion, 5th Edition

Jay Diamond, Ellen Diamond

$105.00

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The World of Fashion, 5th Edition is the essential resource for students seeking to understand the fashion industry. Starting with an introduction to fashion’s history and its evolving role within the global marketplace, this book provides in-depth coverage of the design, manufacturing and...

Classic Tailoring Techniques: A Construction Guide for Men's Wear

Roberto Cabrera

$67.50

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Classic Tailoring Techniques is a detailed guide to the construction of men's wear; specifically, jackets, pants, and vests. A proven standard in its field, it examines patternmaking, from the taking of body measurements though muslin fittings and adjustment of the pattern. The authors cover...

Guide to Producing a Fashion Show, 3rd Edition

Judith C. Everett, Kristen K. Swanson

$85.00

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Guide to Producing a Fashion Show, 3rd Edition is the definitive source of information for anyone interested in fashion show production – from an informal affair to a large, complex event. The third edition brings the text up to date with current examples from the fashion industry and an overview...

Swatch Reference Guide for Fashion Fabrics, 2nd Edition

Deborah Young

$145.00

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Using simple, direct language, Swatch Reference Guide to Fashion Fabrics, 2nd Edition is intended for both students of textile science and for anyone in the fashion industry: product developers, stylists, buyers, designers, and more. Through the text and swatches, the user will learn the inherent...

Dynamics of Fashion, 4th Edition

Elaine Stone

Available Summer 2013 Fashion today is fastpaced,technologically savvy, and global—and this fourth edition of The Dynamics of Fashion has been updated to be on the cutting edge. Featuring the latest facts and figures, and the most current theories in fashion development, production,...

The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 8th Edition

Ingrid Johnson, Phyllis G. Tortora

$85.00

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Available Summer 2013 The eighth edition of this industry standard for textile terminology is fully revised and expanded featuring approximately 100 new entries and over 14,000 definitions of fibers, fabrics, laws and regulations affecting textile materials and processing, inventors...

CAD for Fashion Design and Merchandising

Stacy Stewart Smith

$90.00

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It takes more than raw talent and passion to make it in today's global apparel and accessories markets-excellent computer graphics presentation skills are a prerequisite. CAD for Fashion Design and Merchandising allows students to immediately begin creating digital fashion presentations using...

Style Wise: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Fashion Stylist

Shannon Burns-Tran

$65.00

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Style Wise: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Fashion Stylist is a comprehensive manual on establishing a successful career as a stylist. The book paints a realistic picture of the day-to-day activities of professional stylists and provides aspiring stylists with the tools and information needed to...

The Art of Fashion Draping, 4th Edition

Connie Amaden-Crawford

$101.50

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An invaluable teaching tool for fashion design, apparel, and patternmaking students and professionals, this user—friendly bestseller teaches the different methods of—and principles involved in—draping fabric on a dress form. The Art of Fashion Draping, 4th Edition, is organized...

Apparel Merchandising The Line Starts Here, 3rd Edition

Jeremy A. Rosenau, David L. Wilson

Available Winter 2013 Apparel Merchandising: The Line Starts Here is a comprehensive review of apparel merchandising. It describes today’s challenges for both apparel manufacturers and retailers in meeting the consumer’s demands for the right products at the right prices and at the right...

Beyond Design: The Synergy of Apparel Product Development, 3rd Edition

Myrna B. Garner, Sandra J. Keiser

$112.00

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This practical text takes students step-by-step through the pre-production processes of apparel product development: planning, forecasting, fabricating, line development, technical design, pricing, and sourcing. It demonstrates how these processes must be coordinated to get the right product to...

The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion, 4th Edition

Sandra J. Keiser, Phyllis G. Tortora

Available Autumn 2013 Dictionary of Fashion, 4th Edition builds on the success of previous editions with over 15,000 entries, including apparel, accessories, and their components, historical and textiles terms that relate to contemporary fashion and the language of the fashion industry....

The Meanings of Dress, 3rd Edition

Patricia Hunt-Hurst, Kimberly A. Miller-Spillman, Andrew Reilly

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This collection of articles and essays from magazines, newspapers, books, and academic journals is designed to expand the reader's awareness and understanding of the role dress plays in cultures and subcultures across the globe. The text, which represents the very best thinking and writing on the...

Designing Your Fashion Portfolio: From Concept to Presentation

Joanne Ciresi Barrett

$98.00

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For the fashion designer seeking employment, a well-prepared portfolio is an essential marketing tool. Designing Your Fashion Portfolio: From Concept to Presentation uses the design process to guide students through conceptualization and assembly of a fashion design portfolio that will...

Mathematics for Retail Buying, 7th Edition

Bette K. Tepper

$105.00

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Available Summer 2013 This best-selling textbook meets the needs of students who will be directly or indirectly involved in the activities of merchandising and buying at the retail level. Mathematics for Retail Buying explains the essential concepts, practices, procedures, calculations, and...

Retail Buying: From Basics to Fashion, 4th Edition

Richard Clodfelter

$104.00

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This comprehensive book provides students with the skills and savvy needed to become a successful buyer in any area of retail. Its simple and straightforward approach presents step-by-step instructions for typical buying tasks, such as identifying and understanding potential customers, creating...

Interior Design

Residential Kitchen and Bath Design

Anastasia Wilkening

$90.00

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Kitchen and Bath Design provides students with a core knowledge of this interior design sub-specialty and equips them with skills they can use to create residential kitchens and baths that are both functional and beautiful. The text begins with an overview of the kitchen and bath industries,...

Design Basics - Studio Companion Series (Book 1)

Donna Lynne Fullmer

$45.00

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The Studio Companion Series consists of four books, available separately or as a set, which provide a launch pad into the study of design and architecture. Clear instructions and a wealth of examples give students a comprehensive look at the entire design process, from concept to presentation....

Drafting Basics - Studio Companion Series (Book 2)

Donna Lynne Fullmer

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Drafting Basics offers an introduction to the art of hand drafting using lead and ink. Students will first learn how to communicate through fundamental two-dimensional drawings including lettering, plans, elevations, and sections. The book then covers the basics of technical drafting,...

Meanings of Designed Spaces

Tiiu Vaikla-Poldma

$68.00

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As society rapidly changes, so too does our relationship with design and the spaces of the designed world. Meanings of Designed Spaces is a collection of articles by -- and interviews with -- renowned design academics and professionals exploring how people make meaning using design today, and how...

Interior Design Series- 3D Design Basics

3D Design Basics - Studio Companion Series (Book 3)

Donna Lynne Fullmer

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3D Design Basics explores basic three-dimensional options for presenting design ideas, including models, paraline drawings, and perspective drawings. Students will be exposed to a variety of model-building tools and methods and learn how to start designing with quick rip-and-tear models.

Presentation Basics - Studio Companion Series (Book 4)

Donna Lynne Fullmer

Publishing Winter 2013 Presentation Basics helps students hone both of the critical aspects of successful presentation-visual and verbal skills. Writing from the viewpoint that an effective presentation requires much more than adept graphic representation, Fullmer helps students strengthen...

Human Factors in the Built Environment

Linda L. Nussbaumer

$75.00

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Available August 2013 Human Factors in the Built Environment is a comprehensive and up-to-date resource that integrates the relationship of the human body and space planning to the design process for designers involved with the physical planning and detailing of interiors. Key topics include...

Estimating and Costing for Interior Designers: A Step by Step Workbook

Diana Allison

$75.00

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Available Autumn 2013 Math is an essential component of the interior design profession. Estimating and Costing for Interior Designers teaches readers a logical process for calculating materials and estimating the costs of installed products based on their math calculations. Utilizing...

Historic Preservation for Designers

Peter B. Dedek

Available Autumn 2013 Historic Preservation for Designers offers a comprehensive overview of historic preservation with a focus on historic interiors, historic building materials, and the adaptive reuse of interiors. This text includes a brief history of preservation in the United States,...

Revit Architecture 2014 for Designers

Douglas R. Seidler

Available Autumn 2013 Building information modeling (BIM) is the new AutoCAD for architects and interior designers—and Revit Architecture is the leading software package in the BIM marketplace. Revit Architecture 2014 for Designers is written specifically for architects and interior...

Professional Practice for Interior Designers in the Global Marketplace

Susan M. Winchip

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The interior designers of tomorrow require a professional practice text that is contemporary and innovative enough to prepare them for the rapidly-evolving landscape of the 21st century workplace. Professional Practice for Interior Designers in a Global Marketplace arms students of the millennial...

Foundations of Interior Design, 2nd Edition

Susan J. Slotkis

$105.00

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Foundations of Interior Design, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive introduction to the creative, technical, and business knowledge required by the interior design profession. The book encompasses color theory, design history, architectural elements, finishing touches, trend forecasting and the basics...

Design Portfolios: Moving From Traditional to Digital, 2nd Edition

Diane M. Bender

$65.00

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Today's students of architecture, interior design and landscape design need to master the art of marketing themselves via both traditional handheld and digital portfolios. Design Portfolios: Moving from Traditional to Digital, 2nd Edition enables students to create portfolios that serve as both...

Space Planning for Commercial Interiors: Office Design

Space Planning for Commercial Office Interiors

Mary Lou Bakker

$88.50

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Space Planning for Commercial Office Interiors provides a thorough and engaging look at the entire process of space planning, from meeting the client for the first time to delivering a beautifully-rendered and creative space plan that addresses all of that client's needs. The author takes readers...

Illustrated Codes for Designers: Residential

Katherine S. Ankerson

$85.00

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Illustrated Codes for Designers: Residential is an interactive DVD that equips interior design students with the knowledge needed to work within the laws, codes, regulations and standards that apply to residential environments. It explains how codes related to safety, accessibility and more must...

Illustrated Codes for Designers: Non-Residential

Katherine S. Ankerson

Publishing Spring 2013 Illustrated Codes for Designers: Non-Residential is an interactive DVD that equips interior design students with the knowledge needed to work within the laws, codes, regulations and standards that apply to non-residential environments. It explains how codes related to...

Designing Sustainable Commercial interiors: Applying Concepts and Practices

Lisa M. Tucker

$95.00

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Available Winter 2013 Designing Sustainable Commercial Interiors: Applying Concepts and Practices is a core text for students and designers seeking to apply sustainability to all stages of the design process for commercial interiors. The book provides an overview of the types of commercial...

The Fairchild Books Dictionary of interior Design, 3rd Edition

Mark Hinchman

Available Autumn 2013 With over 700 illustrations visually aligned with concise definitions of alphabetized entries, Dictionary of Interior Design, 3rd Edition, consolidates historic and modern terminology that all interior designers should know for both the residential and commercial sides...

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Lynda Gamans Poloian

$100.00

Helen Joseph-Armstrong

$90.00

Jay Diamond, Ellen Diamond

$105.00

Roberto Cabrera

$67.50

Judith C. Everett, Kristen K. Swanson

$85.00

Deborah Young

$145.00

Elaine Stone

Ingrid Johnson, Phyllis G. Tortora

$85.00

Stacy Stewart Smith

$90.00

Shannon Burns-Tran

$65.00

Connie Amaden-Crawford

$101.50

Jeremy A. Rosenau, David L. Wilson

Myrna B. Garner, Sandra J. Keiser

$112.00

Sandra J. Keiser, Phyllis G. Tortora

Patricia Hunt-Hurst, Kimberly A. Miller-Spillman, Andrew Reilly

$85.00

Joanne Ciresi Barrett

$98.00

Bette K. Tepper

$105.00

Richard Clodfelter

$104.00

Interior Design

Anastasia Wilkening

$90.00

Donna Lynne Fullmer

$45.00

Donna Lynne Fullmer

$45.00

Tiiu Vaikla-Poldma

$68.00

Donna Lynne Fullmer

$45.00

Donna Lynne Fullmer

Linda L. Nussbaumer

$75.00

Diana Allison

$75.00

Peter B. Dedek

Douglas R. Seidler

Susan M. Winchip

$85.00

Susan J. Slotkis

$105.00

Diane M. Bender

$65.00

Mary Lou Bakker

$88.50

Katherine S. Ankerson

$85.00

Katherine S. Ankerson