The Fashion Designer's Textile Directory: The Creative Use Of Fabrics In Design by Gail Baugh

Here is the fabric and textile directory that dressmakers and fashion designers everywhere have been waiting for. This book is like having your own personal shopper able to recommend fabrics to suit the effects you want to achieve, show you how the fabric will perform, and tell you the best ways of using it. Organized by function do you want a fabric for structure, fluidity and movement, added volume, definition or decoration. This book works in such a way that you can view the fabric as the medium from which the garment design can be achieved right from the beginning.