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Making Latex Clothes
A unique book on the secrets of making latex clothes. Ever increasing in popularity with fashion designers and film and theatre costumiers as well as the fetish market, latex clothing is a growing industry. This is the first practical book that shows dressmakers how to make the most of this innovative material by a leading maker of latex clothes. The book covers all the basic tools and materials as well as preparation and techniques, including darting, pleating, gathering, hemming and full health and safety advice. This is followed by full details of openings and closings: zips, buttons, studs, ties and lacings as well as embellishments and special finishes. Full instructions are given for key items, including a simple skirt, trousers, T-shirt, dress and jacket. and there are is also essential advice on what can go wrong and how to prevent it. The book concludes with advice on wearing and storing latex garments.
Skin
A companion to an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution from May to September 2002 illustrates designs relating to coverings that resemble, in some way or another human skin. Organics, artificial and digital skin, vessels and membranes, padding and protection, and warps and folds are among the dimensions explored. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Not Just Any Dress
If dresses could talk, what stories might they tell? This compelling collection of short stories, essays, and poems features dress as the structural grounding for autobiographical accounts from women's lives in Western society. Often personal in nature, these «dress stories» point unfailingly to matters of social and cultural import. Some of the dresses described inhabit the popular imagination: the little girl dress, the communion dress, the school uniform, the prom dress, the wedding dress, the little black dress, and the burial dress. Beyond the semiotic, tactile, and visual aspects of the dresses themselves, the narratives delve into what dresses reveal about fundamental aspects of human experience: identity, embodiment, relationship, and mortality. Bought or made, then worn, forgotten, remembered, re-constructed, and re-interpreted, each dress offers a new glimpse into how we construct meaning in our daily lives, and how dresses serve to reinforce or resist social structures and cultural expectations.
The Style Bible
The guide no woman can do without ... ‘Whereas fashion comes and goes, style is forever.’ So says Simon Rademan, one of South Africa’s foremost couturiers and author of The Style Bible, every woman’s guide to achieving effortless style. Having dressed some of South Africa’s richest and most famous women, and as the compiler of South Africa’s annual best- and worst-dressed list, Simon’s 24 years in the fashion industry afford him a unique and expert perspective on what does and doesn’t work when it comes to clothes. The Style Bible reflects Simon’s forthright and frank opinions on fashion, style and beauty. Topics covered include: - definitions of style and fashion and their influences - basic wardrobe planning - figure analysis - how to accessorise - haute couture - etiquette and dress codes - a look at the most stylish South African women of all time Chock-full of pearls of wisdom, wit and invaluable advice, The Style Bible is for women of all ages who are interested in fashion but who need just a little bit of help to look their best.
Natural Rubber Materials
A comprehensive two volume set covering the synthesis, characterization and applications of natural rubber based blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, composites and nanocomposites.
Pediatric Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Easy to understand and easy to use, this essential book reflects the rapid progress in one of the most intriguing fields of medicine. It offers state-of-the-art information on basic immunology, fetal-neonatal immunology, and many more fascinating areas.
