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Genre/Form: | Encyclopedia encyclopedias Encyclopedias Encyclopédies |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Gavenas, Mary Lisa. Fairchild encyclopedia of menswear. New York : Fairchild Publications, Inc., ©2008 (OCoLC)892054315 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mary Lisa Gavenas |
ISBN: | 9781563674655 1563674653 |
OCLC Number: | 148851371 |
Description: | x, 419 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
Contents: | A: abaca to awning stripes -- B: babouches to bycocket -- C: cabana stripes to Cutty Sark Awards -- D: Dacron to dye lot -- E: ear flaps to eyewear -- F: fabrications to fustian -- G: gabardine to gym bag -- H: H & M to hymo -- I: ice cream suit to Izod -- J: J. Press to justaucorps -- K: kafiyeh to Kuski suit -- L: lace-ups to Lytton, Lord -- M: M magazine to mutze -- N: nailhead to nylon -- O: Ocean Pacific to ozone wash -- P: pachuco to PVC -- Q: qiviut to quizzing glass -- R: rabbit hair to runway -- S: S-twist to synthetic -- T: T-400 to tyrian purple -- U: ulster to urban -- V: V-neck to vrille -- W: waist to wrap coat -- XYZ: XIA to Zuleika Dabson. |
Responsibility: | Mary Lisa Gavenas. |
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Abstract:
A guide for fashion students and professionals, this book features: over 2,800 entries covering definitions and terms, industry slang, pattern descriptions, tailor's talk, and technical jargon; how-to's demonstrating tying knots and more; biographical sketches from Beau Brummel to Yves St Laurant; and, charts, diagrams and facts.
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