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• Jung Ha-Brookshire, author of Global Sourcing in the Textile and Apparel Industry, wins 2017 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence

  Jung Ha-Brookshire, Associate Professor of Textile and Apparel Management at the University of Missouri was recently awarded the 2017 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, a highly esteemed award for instructors. Ha-Brookshire’s book, Global Sourcing in the Textile and Apparel Industry, dives into the global nature of the textile industry. Today, over 95% of textile and […]

• Valerie Steele discusses Fashion Photography Archive and the early years of contemporary fashion

  Dr. Valerie Steele is Chief Curator and Editor-in-Chief of the Fashion Photography Archive. She is an internationally renowned scholar and Director and Chief Curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Watch her introduce the Fashion Photography Archive and discuss the significance of the era covering the 1970s through 2000 […]

• Newly published: editions to some of our favorite texts in fashion and interior design

  Apparel Production Terms and Processes + STUDIO defines materials and terms relating to the mass production of raw materials, design and product development, garment details and component parts, fit, patternmaking, pre-production operations, assembly, production and manufacturing, labeling regulations, testing and quality control, inspection, finishing and packaging. In this revised edition, parts have been introduced to clarify […]

• Peter Fine blogs about the creative process of writing Sustainable Graphic Design

  I began writing Sustainable Graphic Design: Principles and Practice as a way to develop how to teach sustainable design. It is really a case study of that process, but far less messy. I think you’ll find it is written to both you, the instructor, and your students. I wanted to write something that would speak […]

• Bloomsbury Fashion Central’s Award-Winning Year!

  Bloomsbury Fashion Central, the leading hub for fashion research that includes Berg Fashion Library, Fairchild Books textbooks +STUDIO and the new Fashion Photography Archive, is already winning awards in its first year of launch. We are delighted to announce the following: Bloomsbury Fashion Central has been awarded Platform of the Year in the Reference/Education category […]