J.J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science, 9th Edition Now Available!
With the increasing emphasis on textiles as a major global industry, J.J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science, 9th Edition, continues the long tradition of meeting the needs of both students and professionals in the textile, fashion, and related industries. The best-selling introductory text is for students and professionals who need a solid understanding of basic textiles.


J.J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science Swatch Kit, 9th Edition Now Available! Designed to accompany the 9th Edition of Fabric Science, this Swatch Kit supplements the study of textiles for students in fashion design, merchandising, product development as well as home furnishings. Swatches represent the types of fabrics currently available in the textile industry and sold to apparel, home furnishings and industrial designers.

Social Responsibility in the Global Apparel Industry Now Available! This text combines a broad analysis of apparel manufacturing with a discussion of how social responsibility can influence corporate strategy and decisions made throughout the global supply chain.


Ethics in the Fashion Industry Now Available! Focusing on ethical behavior for professionals in the fashion industry, this text will expose students to the types of controversial issues they may face within the industry and make them aware of the potential consequences or benefits of their actions as they work through the decision-making process.

Fashion Law: A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives, and Attorneys Publishing in October, 2009! This text provides a practical working knowledge of legal issues related to the fashion business, from intellectual property and counterfeiting to agreements in franchising and distribution.

Survey of Historic Costume, 5h Edition Now Available! Updated and redesigned with full-color illustrations, this authoritative text on costume history provides a complete chronology of Western dress that discusses the fashion of each era within its historical, cultural, and economic contexts.


Fashioning Society: A Hundred Years of Haute Couture by Six Designers Now Available! This text tells the story of the period from the 1860s to the 1970s, a time when a succession of haute couture designers—most notably, Charles Worth, Paul Poiret, Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent—were the arbiters of fashion, and their creations were the weapon of choice for power-seeking members of the aristocracy and upper classes.

Uncovering Fashion: Fashion Communications Across the Media Now Available! Focusing on the four key areas of manufacturing, business, sales, and advertising, this book takes a systematic approach to examining the industry's underlying network of communication.


Research Methods for the Fashion Industry Now Available! Both a textbook and manual for undergraduate and graduate students studying research methods used in the fashion industry, it can also serve as a reference for industry professionals.

Your Personal Style Now Available! Unlike other image management books that begin by dictating general rules about body type and coloring, this book uses personality and lifestyle assessment as a point of departure for guiding readers towards establishing a style that is truly their own.

Who's Who in Fashion, 5th Edition — Publishing in October, 2009!
This new edition captures the energy, drama, and excitement of the luminaries who make up the world of fashion. Alphabetical listing of profiles includes useful design philosophies, as well as mentors and sources of inspiration.

Principles of Flat Pattern Design, 4th Edition Now Available! This beginning-level patternmaking text features step-by-step patternmaking lessons for skirts, bodices, necklines, collars, sleeves, pants and pockets, among others. Each lesson is fully-illustrated and features a technical flat of the completed pattern. The new edition has been expanded to include instructions for drafting slopers and more information related to patternmaking's place in the apparel industry.


Basic Pattern Skills for Fashion Design, 2nd Edition Now Available! This basic patternmaking text introduces the techniques of flat patternmaking, from the most basic dart manipulations to advanced design variations. Simple illustrations demystify the patternmaking process for the beginner student, showing how a few basic techniques can lead to endless design possibilities.

The Art of Couture Sewing Now Available! This text is a practical guide to the fine construction practices used in couture workrooms. Beginning with a brief history of couture, the text provides fully-illustrated instructions on constructing a couture dress from start to finish.

Professional Sewing Techniques for Designers This text is a modern, colorful, and up-to-date sewing guide that teaches fashion design students the construction skills they'll need to execute their original designs in a professional environment.

Sample Workbook to Accompany Professional Sewing Techniques for Designers This workbook allows students the opportunity to put into practice many of the techniques outlined in the accompanying textbook, Professional Sewing Techniques for Designers.

Tailoring Techniques for Fashion Now Available! This text offers a thorough presentation of the techniques of tailoring from a professional point of view, covering traditional and contemporary design and construction methods for tailored garments from ready-to-wear to couture details.

Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach, 2nd Edition Now Available! This textbook teaches students how to recognize, evaluate, and correct fit for over 100 figure variations by utilizing a multi-method approach that is logical and easy-to-follow.

Technical Designer's Sourcebook Now Available! This text provide students with essential techniques, principles, and terminology related to current apparel production technology and manufacturing practices. It fully integrates the fundamental knowledge that students have gained in their design courses with the technical design skills they'll need to demonstrate in an apparel manufacturing firm.

Technical Designer's Sourcebook Now Available! This text provide students with essential techniques, principles, and terminology related to current apparel production technology and manufacturing practices. It fully integrates the fundamental knowledge that students have gained in their design courses with the technical design skills they'll need to demonstrate in an apparel manufacturing firm.

Complete Guide to Size Specification, 2nd Edition Now Available! The Second Edition of this guide equips students with everything they need to know about measuring sample garments, creating fully-graded spec sheets, and fitting garments for production. Over 450 technical flats are clearly labeled with measurement points and instructions for taking measurements.

Designer's Guide to Girls' and Junior Apparel Publishing in September, 2009! This book explains the process putting together a line together specifically for the girls and junior markets, following a sequence similar to the schedule of an actual working designer.

Research Methods for the Fashion Industry Now Available! Combining the features of a textbook and working manual, this book introduces the principles of research methods and applies them to the fashion business.

Fashion Brand Merchandising Now Available! This text introduces the concepts and practices that will help students build, develop, and work with fashion brands. The book comprises four parts, each exploring an important facet of fashion brands and the fashion brand process.


Brand/Story: Ralph, Vera, Johnny, Billy, and Other Adventures in Fashion Branding Now Available! This book presents students and scholars with a better understanding of fashion branding through a dedicated examination of fashion and apparel in an applied, academic, and scholarly style.

Essentials of Exporting and Importing: U.S.Trade Policies, Procedures and Practices Publishing in November, 2009! Calling upon the knowledge and expertise of industry professionals and government officials, this text focus on the policies, procedures, and practices essential for success in the dynamic and expanding field of international trade.

Social Responsibility in the Global Apparel Industry Now Available! This text combines a broad analysis of apparel manufacturing with a discussion of how social responsibility can influence corporate strategy and decisions made throughout the global supply chain.

Merchandising: Theory, Principles, and Practice, 3rd Edition Now Available! With full-color photographs and expanded discussion of sourcing throughout the book, the 3rd Edition focuses on the process of merchandising and the principles applied to the planning, development, and presentation of product lines in both the manufacturing and retailing sectors.

A Practical Approach to Merchandising Mathematics Now Available! Merchandising math is a multifaceted topic that involves many levels of the retail process, including assortment planning, vendor analysis, mark-up and pricing, and terms of sale. This text brings each of these areas together into one comprehensive text to meet the needs of students who will be involved with the activities of merchandising and buying at the retail level.

A Buyer's Life: Planning & Forecasting 365 Publishing in October, 2009! This text gives students a step-by-step approach to understanding the mechanics of a six-month merchandising plan. Each chapter in the book layers upon the previous chapter, highlighting how each step impacts the next until a six-month plan is complete.

Concepts and Cases in Retail and Merchandise Management, 2nd Edition Now Available! Over 75 case studies present a broad range of management issues that retail or merchandising professionals encounter.