The history of clothing begins with the origin of man; and fashionable dress can be traced as far back as 25;000 years ago. Recent scientific explorations have uncovered graves in northern Russia with skeletons covered in beads made of mammoth ivory that once adorned clothing made of animal skin. The Ancient Egyptians; Greeks; and Romans each made major contributions to fashions legacy from their textile innovations; unique clothing designs and their early use of accessories; cosmetics; and jewelry. During the Middle Ages; fashion trends emerged as trade and commerce thrived allowing the merchant class to afford to emulate the fashions worn by royals. However; it is widely believed that fashion didnt became an industry until the industrial and commercial revolution during the latter part of the 18th century. Since then; the industry has grown exponentially. Today; fashion is one of the biggest businesses in the world; with hundreds of billions of dollars in turnover and employing tens of millions of workers. It is both a profession; an industry; and in the eyes of many; an art. The A to Z of the Fashion Industry examines the origins and history of this billion-dollar industry. This is done through a chronology; an introductory essay; a bibliography; and hundreds of cross-referenced entries on designers; models; couture houses; significant articles of apparel and fabrics; trade unions; and the international trade organizations.
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful. My Personal ThoughtsBy StregeThis was not what I had anticipated after hearing the authors NPR interview. I suppose for some. it might be interesting. but I had expected much more and not as much of a biographical work from the author.9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Bug MusicBy Alan R. DrengsonIn Bug Music Rothenberg explores the storied. sonic and acoustic relationships between insects and humans. As a jazz musician and philosopher of nature and technology. he recounts extensive journeys in scholarship and the comparative study of nature and song from a variety of artistic. cultural and natural settings. He listens to bug music and experiments playing along with his own instruments for bugs like katydids and crickets. Bug Music is a delight. It is natural inquiry practice of the highest and deepest kind: A summit achievement! Rothenberg shows how much joy there is in this deep. complex approach to understanding ourselves and the natural world. This valuable project gives us Rothenbergs energetic performance of jazz with beings in Nature. The book is enhanced by excellent formulas. charts. illustrations and pictures to help us appreciate the complexity and beauty of this music and noise. We are led to a deeper. more unified connection with the natural world and its diverse beings. The available CD is a challenging. provocative and creative engagement.This is the final volume of a Rothenberg trilogy which includes Why Birds Sing: A Journey into the Mystery of Bird Song (2006 Basic Books) and Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound (2010 Basic Books).Alan Drengson.May 11. 20131 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A great addition to studies of the Insect World and Relationship between Human and Insect CulturesBy Kathleen OConnorIngenious reflection on the natural rhythms/sounds/calls of insects and human musical rhythms written by a musician. Im currently writing a book on animal emotion and sentience in world religions and this aspect will surely be added to my examination of animal sentience. We often dismiss the insect world (when we not trying to exterminate it wholesale). but there have been significant scientific and cultural treatments of the megasocieties of insects recently. Im thinking of the great naturalist philosopher E. O. Wilsons works on world ecology such as Biophilia and his own specialty on Ant societies. This discussion of "Bug Music" is part of that wider discourse.
