Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry

Francesca Sterlacci is an accomplished fashion designer, author and educator. She founded her own fashion label, Francesca Sterlacci LTD, in New York City, chaired the fashion department at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and in 2008, founded the first and largest online fashion design video lesson library in the world, University of Fashion (www.UniversityOfFashion.com).Joanne Arbuckle is dean of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s School of Art and Design. Currently she serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. She is actively engaged as a national and international visiting accreditation evaluator for the association.

The greatly expanded and revised second edition retains the basic organization and compact format of the well-received 2007 edition, featuring a chronology to 2017, a lengthy and informative introduction that traces the history of clothing and the fashion trade, more than 1,400 entries arranged alphabetically (about one-third more than in the first edition), useful appendixes, and a comprehensive bibliography—a significant component at 110 pages with 7 categories and 37 subcategories. The work's ambitious, wide-lens editors Sterlacci (fashion designer, founder of UniversityofFashion.com) and Arbuckle (Dean, Fashion Institute of Technology’s School of Art & Design) regard fashion as a profession, an industry, and an art. As teachers and practitioners, the authors are tuned into the latest fashion trends, merchandising, evolving job market, technological advances, fashion houses, and electronic and print resources. While minor entries include essentially the same wording as in the first edition, many major entries are new or revised and brought up to date. Cross-references and supplemental material will assist students new to the field. According to the preface, the global fashion industry generates $3 trillion per year, employs 75 million people, and serves an estimated 1.7 billion people. Fashion resources have been growing in many libraries over the past 10 to 15 years. Few collections supporting theater costume or fashion programs can do without this handy new dictionary.Summing Up: Highly recommended. All libraries. All levels.

• Editor’s Foreword (Jon Woronoff) Preface AcknowledgementsAcronyms and Abbreviations Chronology Introduction THE DICTIONARYAppendix 1: Fashion Magazines, Periodicals, Newsletters and Blogs Appendix 2: Trend and Forecasting Magazines & Services Appendix 3 Trade Periodicals, Newsletters & DirectoriesAppendix 4: Trade Shows Appendix 5: Major Trade Associations and OrganizationsAppendix 6: Fashion & Textile Museums Appendix 7: Top Fashion Schools Appendix 8: Size Ranges BibliographyAbout the Authors