"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.Hardback | 600 pages238 x 296 x 46mm | 3?279.46g40735HarperCollins Publishers IncNew York? United StatesEnglish