A supplementary handbook for teachers of children ages 0-8, this text is widely used in early childhood education methods and curriculum courses, as well as in classroom settings.

Product Description: Long before the latest trends grace September issues or department store mannequins, their antecedents are swirling in the zeitgeist, and it's the fashion forecaster's mission to identify them. Fashion Forward demystifies this exciting career and fosters skills and instincts that will benefit any design professional...read more

Product Description: A smart and stylish fashion and beauty guide from the creators of the popular website WhoWhatWear.com. Now, the creators share their tricks of the trade, translating high fashion in a low-fuss, accessible way. Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power, two former Elle magazine editors, are the fashionable duo behind the booming website...read more

The colour forecasting process is a major driving force in the fashion and textile industries but is complex, highly intuitive and little understood. This textbook for students of fashion and design discusses the development of the various driving forces of fashion, when colour forecasting began and how it has developed to its present day state. Colour terminology and some of the more subjective tools used by colour forecasters are explained, and their strengths and weaknesses are compared. Also, a model is given of the colour forecasting process and this is discussed in detail. Finally, readers are shown how forecasting methodologies are used to develop ‘colour stories’.

A textbook for fashion professionals interested in improving forecasting abilities, thisunique book combines the theories of fashion changes with the process of organizing andanalyzing the information for presenting and implementing the forecast. It integrates traditionaland electronic approaches to the process of forecasting at each stage of research,organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation.

A supplementary handbook for teachers of children ages 0-8, this text is widely used in early childhood education methods and curriculum courses, as well as in classroom settings.