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Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 52 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color.
Language
English
Description
An entrepreneur at heart from the Stanford faculty benches, Knight stumbled upon the very first pairs of sneakers in Japan. Those cheap and resistant shoes were manufactured by a certain Mr Onistuka to whom Knight purchased a few samples that he not only sold back in the USA but also duplicated. He invented then the sportswear: from the brand, Nike inspired by the Greek goddess, to the logo, designed by an art student for only 35 dollars, and the...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 28 min., 45 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
What is fair trade? How does it work in practice? What difference is it making to people in the developing world? This is the story of fair trade fashion company People Tree. Sweatshop labour: The UK fashion business is worth over {dollar}40 billion annually. But beneath the industry's glamorous facade, there's an inconvenient truth: most of the clothes are made in the developing world using sweatshop labour. People Tree set out to make a difference,...
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
203 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For conscious consumers, buying clothes has never been more complicated. Even as fashion brands tout their sustainability, the industry is plagued by pollution, waste, and poor working conditions. In fact, fashion may account for as much as 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions. If our clothes reflect our values, is it possible to be truly well-dressed? Sustainable fashion consultant Lucianne Tonti answers with a resounding yes. Beautiful clothes made...
Author
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
vii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Minh-Ha T. Pham provides a critical discussion of social media's unacknowledged importance to the development of global fashion. In particular, Pham examines the informal and extralegal work social media users do to monitor and regulate the fashion market against an array of "fake" fashion. Practices of "crowdsourced IP regulation" are undertaken in the name of ethical fashion but as Why We Can't Have Nice Things...
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Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 73 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using a variety of cinematographic techniques, the personal world of high- profile fashion designer Issac Mizrahi is portrayed as he designs his fall 1994 collection. Features Mizrahi and several famous supermodels.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
207 pages ' 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Scouted by a modeling agent when she was just sixteen years old, Cameron Russell first approached her job with some reservations: She was a precocious and serious student with her sights set on college-not the runway. But it was a job, and modeling seemed to offer young women like herself access to wealth, fame, and influence. Besides, as she was often reminded, "there are a million girls in line" who would eagerly replace her. A ferocious, visceral...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson [distributor]
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
239 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Shares tips for style and beauty, offers advice on how to dress like a Parisian, and includes a guide to hotels and restaurants and unusual places to visit in Paris.
Publisher
Syndicado
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A quintessential New York story. For over 70 years, the influential Fashion Calendar with its iconic pink pages laid out every fashion event in New York City, including New York Fashion Week. Behind it was founder Ruth Finley. In 2014, Ruth returned at 95 and sold the Fashion Calendar to the Council of Fashion Designers of America. This documentary examines this momentous transition, and reflects on the life, work, and legacy of this trailblazer and...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
271 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
From Life is Good founders and brothers Bert and John Jacobs, this inspiring book of wisdom outlines the ten key superpowers readers need to live their best lives. Based on the brothers' personal and professional journey, this whimsically illustrated guide captures the unique voice and profound optimism that is the foundation of their beloved T-shirt and apparel company, now worth more than $100 million. Life Is Good: The Owner's Manual will inspire...
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
viii, 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Part memoir, part business manual, and 100% juicy-the inside story of Juicy Couture, one of the most iconic brands of our times While working together at a Los Angeles boutique, Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor became fast and furious friends over the impossibility of finding the perfect T-shirt. Following their vision of comfortable, fitted T-shirts, they set up shop in Gela's one-bedroom Hollywood apartment with $200 and one rule: Whatever...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 70 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Made in L.A. is an Emmy award-winning feature documentary that follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy clothing retailer Forever 21. In intimate observational style, Made in L.A. reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman's life as they are gradually transformed by the experience. Compelling, humorous, deeply...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
From Cat Marnell, 'New York's enfant terrible' (The Telegraph), a candid and darkly humorous memoir of prescription drug addiction and self-sabotage, set in the glamorous world of fashion magazines and downtown nightclubs. At twenty-six, Cat Marnell was an associate beauty editor at Lucky, one of the top fashion magazines in America--and that's all most people knew about her. But she hid a secret life. She was a prescription drug addict. She was also...
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