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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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I discovered this book by accident because I saw it being cited in so many Wikipedia and other articles. My favorite part is the insert in the center where you can identify the fabrics without having to already know what they're called.
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excellent textile resource
Good basic fashion resource--most of the book applies to anything--not just menswear. Has color plates insertedne to identify fabric by pattern and visual appearance.
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best --and the only--standard reference on this subject
Most fashion writing is awful, but--thank God--this is not a fashion book. I found it to be extremely reliable, succinct, and witty. I recommend it to my students as a reference.
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excellent reference on fashion arcana
I came to this after getting her other book out of the library. Although it's totally different--it's an encyclopedia--it was a great reference. I double-checked it on the Internet and a lot of this stuff is NOT AVAILABLE on the Internet, which makes it worth having.
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An unexpected exception
This is an exception to those awful "how to dress" guides and "manuals of style" that purport to give the last word in menswear and are really just some boring garmento's opinion on which tie goes with which shirt collar. (Does anybody care about that anyway?) It covers absolutely everything....
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