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A rich, comprehensive collection of images covering the revolution in menswear over the last 100 years with text by fashion historian Cally Blackman.
Rare photography and illustrations reveal the elegant tailoring of Savile Row and tough khaki and denim of the uniform and workplace giving way to an exuberant array of styles and colors as the century progresses. Packed with images of Hollywood style icons, the artist personalities of the 1930s, and more, the evolution of menswear from practical to peacock is explored in an array of rarely seen photographs and illustrations.
The impact of Pierre Cardin, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, and other designers is contrasted with the street fashion of the 1960s, punk, and the club scene to bring together the story of the flourishing menswear market in one invaluable book.
A unique collection, 100 Years of Menswear will prove indispensable for all fashion students, historians of dress, and lovers of men’s clothes.
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Tailoring comprises the techniques applied for the development and construction of a
tailored outfit, ranging from the simplest techniques used in the industry for mass production
of tailored suits to the most refined techniques of haute couture. The aim of this text
is to present the techniques of tailoring from a professional point of view. It will cover
traditional and contemporary design and construction methods for tailored garments
from ready-to-wear to couture details. A history of tailoring as a profession as well as
profiles of contemporary designers known for their tailored garments will place the book
in a professional context. A supplementary CD-ROM will include live demonstrations of all
the tailoring techniques covered in the chapters. Students will learn that tailoring is more
than a skill of home sewers, but rather a design method they can benefit from throughout
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“Futurotextiel” shows the original, innovative and qualitative solutions of today’s rather traditional textile sector. Through various creations of designers, artists, companies, laboratories and high schools, we gain insight in the way in which these people fully employ the various possibilities and innovative materials of the current textile sector. Textiles can indeed be found in numerous applications, from clothing, carpets, curtains, bicycles and cars up to the medical sector. This is a perfect match of art, science, technology, design and architecture, reflecting the dynamism of this sector.
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This real-world resource offers proven solutions for implementing lean manufacturing in an enterprise environment, covering the engineering and production aspects as well as the business culture concerns. Filled with detailed examples, the book focuses on the rapid application of lean principles so that large, early financial gains can be made.
How to Implement Lean Manufacturing explains Toyota Production System (TPS) practices and specifies the distinct order in which lean techniques should be applied to achieve maximum gains. Global case studies illustrate successes and pitfalls of lean manufacturing initiatives. Discover how to:
* Rigorously test and retest the state of your “leanness” with unique evaluators
* Develop and deploy plant-wide strategies and goals
* Improve speed and quality and dramatically reduce costs
* Reduce variation in the manufacturing system in order to reduce inventory
* Reduce lead times to enable improved responsiveness and flexibility
*Synchronize production and supply to the customer
*Create flow and establish pull-demand systems
* Perform system-wide and specific value-stream evaluations
* Generate a comprehensive list of highly focused Kaizen activities
* Sustain process gains
* Manage constraints and reduce bottlenecks
* Implement cellular manufacturing-Amazon.com
Accompanying the Grey Art Gallery’s exhibition of the same name, The Poetics of Cloth: African Textiles/Recent Art brings some 60 contemporary paintings, sculptures, videos and photographs by artists living in Africa and abroad into dialogue with a selection of mid-twentieth-century and recent African textiles. Artists include El Anatsui, Samuel Cophie, Viye Diba, Sokari Douglas Camp, Groupe Bogolan Kasobane, Abdoulaye Konate, Rachid Koraichi, Atta Kwami, Grace Ndiritu, Nike Okundaye, Owusu-Ankomah, Yinka Shonibare, Malick Sidibe, Nontsikelelo “Lolo” Veleko, Rikki Wemega-Kwawu and Sue Williamson, while texts are by renowned Africanist scholar John Picton, Ghanaian poet Kofi Anyidoho and the Grey Art Gallery’s Lynn Gumpert, among others.
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For the first time ever the highlights of a world renowned private collection are bundled in a book: over 300 tapestries and textile related objects such as hairpins and jewellery are showcased in this beautifully illustrated book. Much of the focus is on Coptic textiles. Coptic art is a term used either for the art of Egypt produced in the early Christian era or for the art produced by the Coptic Christians themselves.
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‘What would happen if no cotton was furnished [by the southern states of America] for three years? …England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with …No, you dare not to make war on cotton …Cotton is King.’ So said Senator J. Hammond of South Carolina in 1858. Such was its reliance on Southern cotton, he reckoned, that Britain would have to side with the Confederates in the forthcoming American civil war. Fine speeches in Parliament in opposition to slavery was one matter; economic survival was quite another. Cotton was indeed vital for both nations: raw cotton accounted for around 60 per cent of America’s exports in the mid-nineteenth century, while for five generations woven cotton cloth was Britain’s most important export product.At the very centre of world trade in cotton, Manchester had been dubbed ‘Cottonopolis’, and in Lancashire as well as in the southern states the term ‘King Cotton’ came to be used frequently as a metaphor for the towering dominance of the cotton industry within the economy of southern Lancashire, north-east Cheshire and the Derwent valley of Derbyshire.
This region was the cotton cloth manufacturing centre of the world; it was also the epicentre of what had been a whole new and radical way of working and of living. For here it could well be argued – in the water-powered spinning mills of Arkwright at Cromford and of Strutt at Belper, as well as in the thousands of handloom weavers’ cottages throughout central and south Lancashire – began the industrial revolution itself, with cotton mills bringing together hundreds of workers under one roof, and with whole districts and towns springing up around sites of water power and water transport to house them.For Lancashire, cotton’s days of greatest, most dynamic growth came during the early part of Victoria’s reign; despite periodic downturns (and the Cotton Famine which Senator Hammond could not envisage the British ever allowing to happen), the industry continued to expand until its absolute peak in the years just before and after the First World War. In 1913, 7000 million English cotton cloths were exported. Cotton really was King.
And it would not be stretching the metaphor too far to claim that the ‘King of Cotton’ in terms of historical enquiry over the last half-century has been Professor Douglas A. Farnie.It is entirely fitting that a group of Douglas’ ardent admirers should contribute a series of essays on topics that he has shed light on in a highly distinguished career. Anyone who has ever come into contact with Professor Farnie will be well aware of his encyclopaedic knowledge of Lancashire’s industrial history, and specifically its greatest contribution to British wealth creation, the cotton textiles industry. His ability to produce either pertinent factual information or a reference to vital primary or secondary information has been a hallmark of the way in which he has supported fellow researchers, sharing his knowledge base as a means of generating fresh interpretations or projects.This collection of essays is based on Professor Farnie’s extensive research interests in Lancashire and textiles history. All of the chapters are original, having been written specifically for this volume as a tribute to Professor Farnie’s abiding contribution to these fields.
After an introductory chapter reviewing his life and work, the book is divided into four sections that accurately reflect his wide range of interests. Almost inevitably, Part 1 looks at the cotton industry, with six chapters assessing various debates and issues that have challenged historians for many decades. This is followed by another six essays on the international cotton textiles industry, indicating how Professor Farnie’s reputation has spread to many countries, but especially to Japan.Part 3 is devoted to the woollen industry, while Part 4 offers a diverse range of essays on Manchester and the regional economy, subjects that all benefited from contributions by Professor Farnie. The book finishes with a comprehensive listing of all his publications. This collection accurately reflects the enormous contribution Douglas Farnie made to each of these subjects. Historians will consequently benefit enormously from reading this new material, given that it both extends our knowledge of Lancashire and textile history, and provokes fresh debates about issues that will never be laid to rest.
This provides a fitting tribute to a man who relishes the search for knowledge creation as the driving force behind a life devoted to this pursuit.
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The American look : fashion, sportswear and the image of women in 1930s and 1940s New York
Arnold, Rebecca.Drawing on a wonderful array of sources, from fashion magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue to department store records and surviving garments, The American Look presents a rich and multi-faceted exploration of the development of a distinct New York fashion style in the 1930s and 1940s.
Tracing the growth of the sportswear fashion industry from its functional origins to its adoption as casual wear for all occasions by career women and housewives alike, author Rebecca Arnold shows how New York’s emergent style in the interwar period was both dynamic and modern–much like the city itself. She argues that its essence was expressive of the American ideal of athletic, long-limbed figures and related to theories of body image, gender and class; that its designers such as Claire McCardell, Clare Potter and Tina Leser, were themselves embodiments of the modern, active woman; and that its style was connected not just to ideals of patriotism and democracy, but to notions of cleanliness and hygiene.
Beautifully illustrated, The American Look offers a unique insight into fashion, modernity and ideas of Americanness in the twentieth century.
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Advanced polymer-based nanocomposite materials continue to become increasingly popular and important for a wide range of engineering applications, as evidenced by continued government initiatives involving R&D and commercialization of these substances. In the race to exploit the unique mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of nanocomposite materials, researchers must also address new challenges to predict, understand, and manage the potentially adverse effects they could have on human lives and the environment.
Nano- and Biocomposites focuses on the structural makeup of nanomaterials and their range of applications. It details the latest research in which biological applications of nanostructural resins have been conducted within in vitro and in vivo environments. Some of the applications explored in this book include:
* Tissue engineering and growth
* Mechanical and thermal stability enhancement of biocompatible polymers for artificial joints and scaffolding
* Thermal management for directed energy weapons, deicing, and electronics
* Structural performance for primary and secondary airframe structures, jet engines
* Electrical conductivity for lightning-strike protection, EMI, ESD, and energy storage
* Durability for chemical, wear, flame retardance, permeability
* Health monitoring for NDE certification, damage detection, and long-term degradationThis compilation of author contributions is divided into two sections—Nanostructured Polymer Composites and Nano-Bio Composites. It provides a basic understanding of nanomaterial and nanocomposite research to explain the fundamentals of how nanostructured fillers strengthen polymer-based materials. With an emphasis on how nano- and biocomposites are used to create new biomedical applications, the text also focuses on the crucial yet often-ignored potential toxicity impact of using nanostructured materials. It presents important guidelines and new insights to stimulate investigation of anticipated research in this fascinating new field. Researchers, scientists, and academics will appreciate this cutting-edge exploration of nanomaterials, biomaterials, and the ever-evolving world of nano-biomaterials.
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Lean manufacturing : implementation strategies that work : a roadmap to quick and lasting success
Davis, John W., 1938-* Provides readers with a clear path to inserting Lean in a manufacturing operation and a step by step approach to getting there.
* Includes numerous charts, graphs and window diagrams associated with the “how to” – along with specific training, schedules.
* Offers some unique insight into where Toyota placed a very important focus verses what is typically understood and/or accepted as the general path of implementation it took.
* Contains a list of important “Key Reflections” at the end of each chapter.-Amazon.com
