| Description |
1 online resource (lxii, 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
A to Z guide series ; no. 96
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A to Z guides ; 96.
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| Note |
Hardcover 2008 ed. had title: Historical dictionary of the fashion industry. |
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"This book will trace the historical evolution of the fashion industry as well as the events, innovations, people and companies that helped shape the fashion industry as we know it today"--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-414). |
| Contents |
Series editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- Preface -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Chronology -- Introduction -- THE DICTIONARY -- Appendixes: 1. Fashion magazines; 2. Trend and forecasting magazines and services; 3. Periodicals, newsletters, and directories; 4. Trade shows; 5. Major trade associations and organizations; 6. Fashion and textile museums; 7. Top fashion schools; 8. Size ranges -- Bibliography -- About the authors. |
| Summary |
This reference volume examines the origins and history of the billion-dollar fashion industry. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced entries on designers, models, couture houses, significant articles of apparel and fabrics, trade unions, and the international trade organizations. Today, fashion is one of the biggest businesses in the world, with hundreds of billions of dollars in turnover and employing tens of millions of workers. It is both a profession, an industry, and in the eyes of many, an art. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Clothing and dress -- Dictionaries.
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Clothing and dress. |
| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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| Subject |
Clothing and dress -- History -- Dictionaries.
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History. |
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Clothing trade -- History -- Dictionaries.
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Clothing trade. |
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Fashion -- Dictionaries.
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Fashion. |
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Fashion designers -- Dictionaries.
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Fashion designers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Dictionaries.
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| Added Author |
Arbuckle, Joanne, 1954-
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Sterlacci, Francesca.
Historical dictionary of the fashion industry.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sterlacci, Francesca. A to Z of the fashion industry. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009 9780810868830 (OCoLC)435421490 |
| ISBN |
9780810870468 (electronic book) |
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0810870460 (electronic book) |
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9780810868830 |
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0810868830 |
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