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Makeovers & Style
Behind the Moment (American Vogue/YouTube)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Styling Hollywood (Netflix)
Fashion Schools
Dramas
The Collection (Amazon Studios/BBC Worldwide)
Films & Biopics
Coco before Chanel (Trailer)
Dior and I (Trailer)
Dries (Trailer)
Jeremy Scott: The People’s Designer (Trailer)
Manolo (Trailer)
McQueen (Trailer)
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (Trailer)
Halston (Netflix)
Iris (Trailer)
Jacky (Trailer)
The First Monday in May (Trailer)
The September Issue (Trailer)
Franca Chaos & Creation (Trailer)
Scatter my Ashes at Bergdorf’s (Trailer)
Mr. Selfridge (PBS/ITV & Netflix)
Girlboss (Netflix)
Life in Looks (American Vogue/YouTube)
Past in Style (InStyle25/YouTube)
Bill Cunningham New York (Trailer)
Competitions
House of DVF (Amazon)
Making the Cut (Netflix) – y Project Runway
Next in Fashion (Netflix)
The Fashion Fund (Amazon)
THINGS TO READ…
About the fashion industry
English for the Fashion Industry (Oxford)
Fashion Business Manual (Fashionary)
The Hidden Facts of Fashion (Fashionary)
Design
Fashion Design Course (Steven Faerm)
Fashion by Design (Janice Greenberg Ellinwood)
Knitwear Design (Carol Brown)
Bag Design (Fashionary)
Shoe Design (Fashionary)
Hats & Caps – Designing Fashion Accessories (Gianni Pucci)
Fashion History
The Dictionary of Fashion History (Valerie Cumming)
Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible
This is not Fashion – Streetwear past, present and future (King Adz y Wilma Stone)
The incomplete: Highsnobiety guide to street fashion and culture
Vocabulary
Fashion Business English en Pinterest
Fashionpedia (Fashionary)
The Fashion Designer’s Textile Directory by Gail Baugh
Patternmaking
Patternmaking for Fashion Design (Helen Joseph Armstrong)
Colours
The Secret Life of Colour (Claire Kassia St Claire)
Fabrics & Materials
Fabric for Fashion – The Complete Guide (Clive Hallett y Amanda Johnston)
+ Fabric to Fashion – The Swatch Book
Textilepedia (Fashionary)
Sustainable Fashion & Ethics
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles (Kate Fletcher)
A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion (Alison Gwilt)
The Sustainable Fashion Handbook (Sandy Black)
Zero Waste Fashion Design (Timo Rissanen y Holly McQuillan)
The Conscious Closet (Elizabeth L. Cline)