The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery AllinghamThe Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham
Allingham, a contemporary of Agatha Christie, wrote highly detailed, stylish mysteries. Like Christie's Hercule Poirot, Allingham's Albert Campion became a dominant character in her many novels. In The Fashion in Shrouds, Campion finds himself caught up in a series of murders that surround the well-known actress Georgia Wells. As the story progresses, suspects abound. Even Campion's sister, Val, begins to look guilty. After all, Georgia's latest conquest had been Val's beau.
Twinkle Sews: 25 Handmade Fashions from the Runway to Your Wardrobe
Many Twinkle fans were first introduced to Wenlan Chia’s signature fresh, young, whimsical style through her knitting books. But before Wenlan knitted, she sewed. And the pieces in her fashion line, Twinkle by Wenlan, are seen not just on the fashion runways and in the pages of InStyle, Lucky, and Vogue, but in high-end stores with high-end prices such as Barneys and Saks Fifth Avenue. With the easy-to-follow instructions, keen advice, and 25 patterns in Twinkle Sews, you can create your own couture!
A superb reference book and an ideal instructional textbook for classroom use, this beautifully illustrated guide is organized into units that reflect required courses at leading design colleges. Twenty step-by-step exercises cover methods of finding inspiration, developing observation techniques, and creating fashion drawings in both color and black-and-white media. Separate sections are devoted to getting started and understanding figure proportions, planning and designing garments, and creating and assessing flat specification drawings.
This resource thoroughly equips students with the independent learning, problem-solving, and research skills that are essential to successfully meet the entrance requirements for university programs. Complex chemistry concepts are presented in a clear, understandable fashion and key concepts, such as thermodynamics, are treated in greater depth than specified in the curriculum.
