Interviews with leading contemporary designers, including Paul Smith, Stephen Jones, and Maria Cornejo and education professionals, including Willie Walters, Course Director at Central St Martins, Andrew Groves from the University of Westminster and a Foreword by Shelley Fox, the Donna Karan Professor of Fashion, Director of the MFA Fashion Design and Society Program at Parsons, New York, will enable all readers both to understand the vital role of research and to discover the techniques the designers have adapted for themselves, while a richly illustrated profile of the major themes of fashion is both a highly original resource and a mine of information about each theme for readers to draw on in their own research.
The Research Process Maison Martin Margiela Paul Smith Anna Sui Stephen Jones Studio M Maria Cornejo Hand & Lock Basso & Brooke Hannah Marshall Stylesight Rei Kawakubo Research and Inspiration: Historical Art as Inspiration Heritage World Architecture and Fashion Nature and Science Denim and Workwear Sportswear Zeitgeist Film Style Icons Street Style Concept-led Design Fabric Manipulation Colour Structure Designer Cast Studies: Visual Reviews Burberry Hussein Chayalan Chanel Commes des Garηons Christian Dior John Galliano John Paul Gaultier Marc Jacobs Ralph Lauren Alexander McQueen Prada Viktor & Rolf Junya Watanabe Vivienne Westwood Yohji Yamamoto
