Audience demand: More than one hundred annual furry conventions worldwide receive hundreds of thousands of devoted guests each year and the subculture is swiftly growing-an ever-increasing part of the cosplay audience who flood comi-cons (which receive 150,000+ attendees at the NYC one alone)-and there are hundreds of social media groups uniting furries. Akin to Harajuku-styled subcultures (Lolita, gothic Lolita, etc.), steampunk subcultures, and...

Extend the life of well-worn, beloved pieces using these creative techniques. Mending With Love shows you how to apply embroidery, patching, darning, felting, stamping and a little crochet to worn pieces of clothing or household items. Instead of stowing or throwing away damaged pieces that hold happy memories, you can employ these beautiful and sustainable ideas to give them a new life. With this book, you'll learn how to: • Repair knitted and...

Woven coverlets have appeared in several guises within the history of folk textiles. Created on four-harness looms, coverlets made in the nineteenth-century American South typically featured colored wool and cotton threads woven into striking geometric patterns. Although they are not as well-known as other textiles and domestic objects, "overshot" coverlets were, and continue to be, significant examples of material culture that require tremendous...

Mend, rethink, transform, recreate! Mending your favorite fabric items-from jeans to sweaters to sofa covers-becomes a true art form in Creative Mending. In this book, mending guru Hikaru Noguchi shows you her entire range of valuable techniques-from embroidery and patching to darning and felting-that are just challenging enough for experienced menders. Noguchi's basic rules of mending are that the repair should suit the fabric and its user, and...

Are you tired of constantly buying new clothes when you become bored with your old garments, or when they become damaged? Have you recently noticed that your favorite sweater or dress has started to show some signs of wear and tear, but you are reluctant to just throw it out? Do you have a particular affinity to certain items of your wardrobe, and you'll do anything to try and fix them or keep them looking sharp? Are you looking to become more environmentally...

La aparición de este libro -el primero de origen Latinoamericano- en abordar esta temática, es fundamental para entender qué es, realmente, el desarrollo sustentable, y cómo influye en la industria textil, de la confección y de la Moda. El profundo y completo trabajo del autor, nos invita a revisar una serie de conceptos que, desde una mirada sistémica y de la complejidad, impulsen a promover las necesarias transformaciones, conectando y haciendo...

Examples of using "kintsugi," a Japanese decorative mending technique, to extend the life of clothes and other fabric goods.

As one of the Canada's oldest custom tailors, Walter Beauchamp Tailors has nurtured a unique civilian and military tailoring business for over a century. Owned and operated by three generations of the Beauchamp family since 1908, the company appeared on the brink of permanent closure in 2014, but its renaissance was ensured by a bold business move. Now the story behind the success of this iconic brand is captured in an engaging book that takes us...

"The subject of woman, that is to say, the modern woman, with her varying instincts, pursuits, and peculiarities alone would fill many large volumes. I feel bound, therefore, to confine myself to the discussion of one particular side of her nature, one for which personally I have most sympathy, and one which perhaps can best be described by the epithet 'womanly.'" Originally published in 1902, this extremely rare volume offers a remarkable snapshot...

With dozens of photographs and expertly written text, this Japanese clothing book is the authoritative guide on the kimono. Japanese Costume invites the reader to explore the world of Japan's textile arts and costume decoration--from its origins in legendary times, through its brilliant development in the intervening centuries, to its emergence into the modern era. The book which is the first in English to present the full sweep of Japanese achievement...