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Fashion A to Z: An Illustrated Dictionary

Alexander Newman, Zakee Shariff

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Aimed at fashion and textile students, the Fashion A to Z fills a gap in the market for an affordable, accessible, and up-to-date guide to fashion terminology. Bringing together all the key words commonly used in colleges and in industry, this fashion reference book is beautifully illustrated with diagrams and drawings of fashion details and costumes that bring the subject to life. The book contains over 2,000 entries, arranged alphabetically. Illustrated by renowned fashion illustrator and designer Zakee Shariff, this unique fashion dictionary will be quirky and fun, but will provide invaluable definitions of all the words a fashion and textile student needs to know but might be afraid to ask.

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Aimed at fashion and textile students, the Fashion A to Z fills a gap in the market for an affordable, accessible, and up-to-date guide to fashion terminology. Bringing together all the key words commonly used in colleges and in industry, this fashion reference book is beautifully illustrated with diagrams and drawings of fashion details and costumes that bring the subject to life. The book contains over 2,000 entries, arranged alphabetically. Illustrated by renowned fashion illustrator and designer Zakee Shariff, this unique fashion dictionary will be quirky and fun, but will provide invaluable definitions of all the words a fashion and textile student needs to know but might be afraid to ask.

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Aimed at fashion and textile students, the Fashion A to Z fills a gap in the market for an affordable, accessible, and up-to-date guide to fashion terminology. Bringing together all the key words commonly used in colleges and in industry, this fashion reference book is beautifully illustrated with diagrams and drawings of fashion details and costumes that bring the subject to life. The book contains over 2,000 entries, arranged alphabetically. Illustrated by renowned fashion illustrator and designer Zakee Shariff, this unique fashion dictionary will be quirky and fun, but will provide invaluable definitions of all the words a fashion and textile student needs to know but might be afraid to ask.

Key concepts: Terminology, Textile, Key (lock), Fashion industry, Subject (documents), Visual arts, Fashion design, Computer science

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