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*24514$aThe fashion handbook  /$c[edited by] Tim Jackson and David Shaw
*260  $aLondon  :$bRoutledge ,$c2006
*300  $a224 s.  :$bill.
*440  $aMedia Practice
*505  $tTable of Contents; Introduction; 1) The nature of the clothing and textile industries: - structure, context and processes - Tony Hines; 2) Analysing Fashion - Pamela Church Gibson; 3) Fashion Design - Tim Jackson; 4) Global Luxury brands - Tim Jackson and Carmen Haid; 5) Fashion Clothing Manufacture - David Shaw; 6) Fashion Retailing - Bill Webb; 7) Fashion Buying & Merchandising - David Shaw; 8) Fashion Journalism - Brenda Polan; 9) Fashion PR and Styling - Carmen Haid, Tim Jackson and David Shaw; 10) Careers in Fashion Retailing - Tim Jackson and David Shaw; 11) The Future for Fashion - Matthew Jeatt.
*650 4$aFashion design.
*650 4$aFashion merchandising.
*650 4$aClothing trade.
*650 4$aFashion
*650 4$aVocational guidance.
*650 4$aModedesign
*650 4$aKläder
*650 4$ahandel
*650 4$aKonfektionsindustri
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The Fashion Handbook is the indispensable guide to the fashion industry. It explores the varied and diverse aspects of the business, bringing together critical concepts with practical information about the industry's structure and core skills, as well as offering advice on real working practices and providing information about careers and training.

Tracing the development of the fashion industry, this book looks at how fashion can be understood from both social and cultural perspectives. Each chapter contributes to the knowledge of a particular academic or vocational area either through building on existing research or through the dissemination of new research undertaken into specialist vocational disciplines.

The Fashion Handbook uses case studies, interviews and profiles and includes chapters written by recognised academics and fashion industry experts. Specialist topics include fashion culture, luxury brands, fashion journalism, fashion buying, design and manufacturing, retailing, PR and styling.

The Fashion Handbook includes:

a unique and wide overview of the fashion industry chapters on specialist topics contributions from recognised experts in both academia and the fashion industry expert advice on careers in fashion retailing.

A must for all students of the fashion world.

• List of figuresp. vii
• List of tablesp. viii
• List of boxesp. x
• Notes on contributorsp. xi
• Acknowledgementsp. xiv
• Abbreviationsp. xv
• Introductionp. 1
• The nature of the clothing and textiles industries: structure, context and processesp. 3
• Analysing fashionp. 20
• Fashion designp. 29
• Global luxury brandsp. 57
• Fashion clothing manufacturep. 83
• Fashion retailingp. 104
• Fashion buying and merchandisingp. 132
• Fashion journalismp. 154
• Fashion PR and stylingp. 172
• Careers in fashion retailingp. 188
• The future for fashionp. 206
• Bibliographyp. 209
• Indexp. 215