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Fashion, Desire and Anxiety by Rebecca Arnold
Examples from a diverse range of designers and photographers in cultural and historical context of feelings, desire and the anxiety they provoke.
Fashion Brands: Branding Style from Armani to Zara by Mark Tungate
High street brands such as Zara, Topshop and H&M have put fashion within the reach of anyone, media attention turned designers such as Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney.
Fashion Retailing by Koumbis, Dimitri
Covers front-of-house functions, including merchandising product analysis, fixture sales tracking visual merchandising
Sourcing Ideas by Josephine Steed; Frances Stevenson
Researching five key themes - colour, surface, structure, texture and pattern will help textile designers to achieve the most from their designs.

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