Fashion and textiles : an overview /

Gale, Colin.

Fashion and textiles : an overview / Colin Gale and Jasbir Kaur. - Oxford : Berg, 2004. - xiv, 210 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliography (p. [193]-206) and index.

The interrelationship - Materials - Cultural roles - Business and industry - Consumers - Future wear.

Textiles and fashion share a close and complicated relationship. They have, however, traditionally been considered separately. This is surprising given that fashion is dependent, and to some extent, shaped by the type of raw materials that are available.This text provides an overview of this symbolic relationship.

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Textile fabrics.
Fashion.

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