Know It All Fashion

The 50 Key Modes, Garments, and Designers, Each Explained in Under a Minute

Rebecca Arnold

• Publisher: Wellfleet Press
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9780760361207
• Topic: Design
• Subtopic: Fashion Design

Most of us have some feeling for fashion and have a vague idea of what's in and what's out. Less familiar to most, however, is the way fashion works as a global business. Know-It-All Fashion looks beyond the surface of this billion-dollar industry. Each entry is summarized in under a minute–using nothing more than two pages, 300 words, and one picture. Leading fashion experts provide an engrossing crash course in how the style world works today, alongside an engaging look at the founding fathers (and mothers) of fashion who set it up that way. Every aspect of the modern fashion industry is explored, from haute couture to high street, from catwalk to street style, and from glossy magazine to online blog. Some of the recurring themes behind fashion design are also explored, such as the influence of art, music and sport. Know-It-All Fashion includes everything you need to get style savvy.
The Know It All series takes a revolutionary approach tolearning about the subjects you really feelyou should understand but have never gotten around to studying.Each book selects a popular topic and dissects it into the50 mostsignificant ideasat its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, isexplained in 300 words and one picture, all digestible in under a minute. Other titles in this series include: Know It All Anthropology, Know It All Chemistry, Know It All Classical Music, Know It All Energy, Know It All Great Inventions, Know It All Jazz, Know It All Medicine, Know It All Shakespeare, Know It All Whiskey, Know It All Wine, Space In 30 Seconds, Sports in 30 Seconds.

INDEX

A

Abe, Chitose 66

accessories 108

Adidas 44

Adrian, Gilbert 42

advertising 124

Alaïa, Azzedine 36, 41, 48, 58

Aldridge, Jane 132

Alt, Emmanuelle 58

Amies, Hardy 100, 104

androgyny 46

Armani, Giorgio 62, 104

art and fashion 38

ateliers 96, 98

Avedon, Richard 122, 142

B

b-boys 136

Bailey, Christopher 104

Balenciaga, Cristóbal 22

Battelle, Kenneth 90

beauty lines 108

Benetton, Luciano 110

Bergé, Pierre 24

bespoke garments 96

bias cut 12, 16, 36

blogs 118, 130, 132, 142

Blow, Isabella 26, 27, 128

Boateng, Ozwald 100

bouclé wool 12, 18

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Designers
• Themes & Inspirations
• Fashion Cities & Centers
• The Fashion Calendar
• From Couture to Main Street
• The Media
• Street Style
• Appendices
• Notes on Contributors
• Index
• Acknowledgments
• Copyright