The sourcebook of contemporary fashion design: (E) - Tapa dura

"The Sourcebook of Contemporary Fashion Design" is a cutting-edge design anthology featuring more than 300 established and emerging fashion designers around the world. Included here in in impressive 650 pages are the world's most notable contemporary fashion designers - master couturiers and up-and-coming designers alike, showcasing their work in graphic full-color photographs and illustrations. For ease of reference, fashion design illustrations, photographs, and explanations of these lovely designs are categorized according to design type, purpose, and style. Also included is a visual index for quick reference and designers' contact information. This impressive fashion design book is the first large-scale book of its kind to showcase a complete and diverse range of contemporary fashion designers notable for their work in couture and ready-to-wear clothing. The case studies incorporate every type of design project possible - from the t-shirt to the evening dress, from shoes to handbags, hats to jewellery - making this lushly illustrated, information-rich book an invaluable resource that consumers, designers, design students, fashion retailers, merchandisers, and stylists will turn to again and again.

Marta R. Hidalgo is the fashion editor for Vogue Spain and editor-in-chief of Woman Magazine. Her book credits include Vogue's 100 Years of Fashion and Young Fashion Designers.