Author: Tansy E. Hoskins
Publisher: Pluto Press
ISBN: 9780745332901
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Stitched Up delves into the exclusive and alluring world of fashion, to expose class division, gender stereotyping and wasteful consumption. Tansy Hoskins illuminates the political and sociological dimensions of an industry which promotes and supports the dominant values of our age: image, glamour, money and sex. Hoskins also provides a fascinating historical narrative, showing that the clothes we wear are as indicative of who we are as they were during the reign of Louis XIV. She tackles key contemporary issues, such as the controversy over 'size zero' and the impact of fashion in depleting the world's natural resources. In a provocative move, Stitched Up argues that fashion controls our aspirations and self worth through a set of impossible beauty standards. At a time when high spending on clothes persists despite economic recession, Stitched Up provides a unique critical examination of fashion in relation to contemporary culture and the distorting priorities of capitalism.
Stitched Up
Author: Tansy E. Hoskins
Publisher: Pluto Press
ISBN: 9780745332901
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Stitched Up delves into the exclusive and alluring world of fashion, to expose class division, gender stereotyping and wasteful consumption. Tansy Hoskins illuminates the political and sociological dimensions of an industry which promotes and supports the dominant values of our age: image, glamour, money and sex. Hoskins also provides a fascinating historical narrative, showing that the clothes we wear are as indicative of who we are as they were during the reign of Louis XIV. She tackles key contemporary issues, such as the controversy over 'size zero' and the impact of fashion in depleting the world's natural resources. In a provocative move, Stitched Up argues that fashion controls our aspirations and self worth through a set of impossible beauty standards. At a time when high spending on clothes persists despite economic recession, Stitched Up provides a unique critical examination of fashion in relation to contemporary culture and the distorting priorities of capitalism.
Publisher: Pluto Press
ISBN: 9780745332901
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Stitched Up delves into the exclusive and alluring world of fashion, to expose class division, gender stereotyping and wasteful consumption. Tansy Hoskins illuminates the political and sociological dimensions of an industry which promotes and supports the dominant values of our age: image, glamour, money and sex. Hoskins also provides a fascinating historical narrative, showing that the clothes we wear are as indicative of who we are as they were during the reign of Louis XIV. She tackles key contemporary issues, such as the controversy over 'size zero' and the impact of fashion in depleting the world's natural resources. In a provocative move, Stitched Up argues that fashion controls our aspirations and self worth through a set of impossible beauty standards. At a time when high spending on clothes persists despite economic recession, Stitched Up provides a unique critical examination of fashion in relation to contemporary culture and the distorting priorities of capitalism.
Stitched Up
Author: Shahed Yousaf
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9781529176841
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dr Shahed Yousaf spends his time running between emergencies - from overdoses to assaults, from cell fires to suicides - with one hand perpetually hovering over the panic button. Being a prison doctor is not for the faint-hearted. An outsider on the inside, in Stitched Up he introduces us to a cast of unforgettable characters, including killers, con men and auto-cannibals. To Dr Yousaf, they are patients first and prisoners second - because any one of us could end up on the wrong side of the law. Dedicated to caring for people on the margins of society, he tells us honestly and compassionately what it's like to be their doctor in a system that's chronically overcrowded, drastically under-resourced and all too easy to ignore. But while the system is failing, he and his colleagues are doing their very best to prop it up. In stories that are frequently harrowing, sometimes humorous and always hard-hitting, we discover how difficult it is to be locked up - but that there is still hope for all those who dare to care.
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9781529176841
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dr Shahed Yousaf spends his time running between emergencies - from overdoses to assaults, from cell fires to suicides - with one hand perpetually hovering over the panic button. Being a prison doctor is not for the faint-hearted. An outsider on the inside, in Stitched Up he introduces us to a cast of unforgettable characters, including killers, con men and auto-cannibals. To Dr Yousaf, they are patients first and prisoners second - because any one of us could end up on the wrong side of the law. Dedicated to caring for people on the margins of society, he tells us honestly and compassionately what it's like to be their doctor in a system that's chronically overcrowded, drastically under-resourced and all too easy to ignore. But while the system is failing, he and his colleagues are doing their very best to prop it up. In stories that are frequently harrowing, sometimes humorous and always hard-hitting, we discover how difficult it is to be locked up - but that there is still hope for all those who dare to care.
Jenny Q, Stitched Up!
Author: Pauline McLynn
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141341033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Right, here's how things are . . . My mother is pregnant. I shizz you not. My mum will be going around with a bump for all to see that she's still, well, shagging. Then there's Stevie Lee Bolton. Every time I see him I'm like a stunned goldfish, standing there with my mouth opening and closing. So, between my embarrassing family and a certain Stevie Lee, how will I be ready for Teen Factor X? Not even my friends know about my secret obsession with becoming a star . . . She's funny, frank and surprisingly good knitter, meet Jenny Q in the hilarious new series from Father Tedand Shamelessstar Pauline McLynn.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141341033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Right, here's how things are . . . My mother is pregnant. I shizz you not. My mum will be going around with a bump for all to see that she's still, well, shagging. Then there's Stevie Lee Bolton. Every time I see him I'm like a stunned goldfish, standing there with my mouth opening and closing. So, between my embarrassing family and a certain Stevie Lee, how will I be ready for Teen Factor X? Not even my friends know about my secret obsession with becoming a star . . . She's funny, frank and surprisingly good knitter, meet Jenny Q in the hilarious new series from Father Tedand Shamelessstar Pauline McLynn.
Sew Beautiful
Author: Kennis Wong
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
ISBN: 1645671372
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
8 Patterns, 18 Variations, 1 Stunning New Wardrobe Stitch your way to a stylish new wardrobe with this collection of beautiful, modern patterns. Whether you are a seasoned seamstress looking for fresh projects or just beginning your sewing journey, you’ll learn something new from prolific designer Kennis Wong’s expert advice and accessible pearls of sewing wisdom. In Sew Beautiful, elegance and simplicity go hand in hand as Kennis guides you through 8 different patterns, each a closet staple you’ll be proud to wear. Well known for helping her readers find their most flattering fit, Kennis carefully designed each pattern for sizes 00 through 20, guaranteeing a finished garment that suits your taste, style and body type. And with 18 variations spread across these designs, there are so many options to mix and match! Slip into the luxurious Castlepoint Faux-Wrap Skirt on a breezy summer day, or bundle up in the cozy Taktsang Dolman Sleeve Wrap for a cool autumn night. Going to a fancy event but can’t find anything to wear? Wow everyone when you tell them your Palermo Tiered Dress is 100 percent handmade. With Sew Beautiful in your crafting corner, a vibrant custom wardrobe is at your fingertips. If you are experiencing issues accessing or downloading the Sew Beautiful ebook pattern files, please contact [email protected] with proof of purchase for assistance.
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
ISBN: 1645671372
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
8 Patterns, 18 Variations, 1 Stunning New Wardrobe Stitch your way to a stylish new wardrobe with this collection of beautiful, modern patterns. Whether you are a seasoned seamstress looking for fresh projects or just beginning your sewing journey, you’ll learn something new from prolific designer Kennis Wong’s expert advice and accessible pearls of sewing wisdom. In Sew Beautiful, elegance and simplicity go hand in hand as Kennis guides you through 8 different patterns, each a closet staple you’ll be proud to wear. Well known for helping her readers find their most flattering fit, Kennis carefully designed each pattern for sizes 00 through 20, guaranteeing a finished garment that suits your taste, style and body type. And with 18 variations spread across these designs, there are so many options to mix and match! Slip into the luxurious Castlepoint Faux-Wrap Skirt on a breezy summer day, or bundle up in the cozy Taktsang Dolman Sleeve Wrap for a cool autumn night. Going to a fancy event but can’t find anything to wear? Wow everyone when you tell them your Palermo Tiered Dress is 100 percent handmade. With Sew Beautiful in your crafting corner, a vibrant custom wardrobe is at your fingertips. If you are experiencing issues accessing or downloading the Sew Beautiful ebook pattern files, please contact [email protected] with proof of purchase for assistance.
Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary
Author: Wendy Bernard
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1613127995
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
This “super useful book” includes step-by-step instructions for using each of the 150 patterns four different ways (Knitty). In the Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary, designer Wendy Bernard presents an innovative reference guide for knitters of all skill levels. This hefty collection, ranging from lace and cables to colorwork and fancy edgings, is loaded with beautifully photographed swatches of each pattern, plus charted and text instructions. Bernard also demonstrates how to work each of the 150 popular stitch patterns four different ways: top down, bottom up, back and forth, and in the round. And to showcase the stitch patterns in action, she includes instructions for eight garments as well as her famous formulas for knitting garments without a pattern.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1613127995
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
This “super useful book” includes step-by-step instructions for using each of the 150 patterns four different ways (Knitty). In the Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary, designer Wendy Bernard presents an innovative reference guide for knitters of all skill levels. This hefty collection, ranging from lace and cables to colorwork and fancy edgings, is loaded with beautifully photographed swatches of each pattern, plus charted and text instructions. Bernard also demonstrates how to work each of the 150 popular stitch patterns four different ways: top down, bottom up, back and forth, and in the round. And to showcase the stitch patterns in action, she includes instructions for eight garments as well as her famous formulas for knitting garments without a pattern.
How to Stitch an American Dream
Author: Jenny Doan
Publisher: Harper Horizon
ISBN: 078525305X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Faith, family, hard work, and second chances are at the core of every great American story. Jenny Doan has one of those great American stories. Over the last decade, the Doan family business has grown from Jenny's corner shop to become the largest supplier of pre-cut quilting fabric. In this memoir, Jenny reveals the full the behind-the-scenes story, from her humble beginnings as a homeschooling mom, to the remarkable success she's so well-known for today: the Missouri Star Quilt Company. In her heart-warming style, she invites you on her remarkable journey to overcome hardship and ignite the power of giving—all while revitalizing a small town along the way. You're about to find out: How she and her husband, Ron, raised seven children on a shoestring budget—and had fun doing it. How Jenny, Ron and their children worked side-by-side to patch together a family home out of a crumbling shell of a farmhouse. How their faith, hard work, and generosity not only carried them through the hard times, but led directly to the success of the Missouri Star Quilt Company. How to Stitch an American Dream will make you laugh, cry, and say, "bless your heart," as Jenny Doan invites you into her own American dream.
Publisher: Harper Horizon
ISBN: 078525305X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Faith, family, hard work, and second chances are at the core of every great American story. Jenny Doan has one of those great American stories. Over the last decade, the Doan family business has grown from Jenny's corner shop to become the largest supplier of pre-cut quilting fabric. In this memoir, Jenny reveals the full the behind-the-scenes story, from her humble beginnings as a homeschooling mom, to the remarkable success she's so well-known for today: the Missouri Star Quilt Company. In her heart-warming style, she invites you on her remarkable journey to overcome hardship and ignite the power of giving—all while revitalizing a small town along the way. You're about to find out: How she and her husband, Ron, raised seven children on a shoestring budget—and had fun doing it. How Jenny, Ron and their children worked side-by-side to patch together a family home out of a crumbling shell of a farmhouse. How their faith, hard work, and generosity not only carried them through the hard times, but led directly to the success of the Missouri Star Quilt Company. How to Stitch an American Dream will make you laugh, cry, and say, "bless your heart," as Jenny Doan invites you into her own American dream.
Stitched Up Scribbles Adult Coloring Book
Author: Kris Stepp
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781543996845
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Collection of risky, pin up, classic horror themed girls for coloring. Fresh new takes on old favorites, such as, the bride of Frankenstein, mummy, werewolf, demons, banshees and witches
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781543996845
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Collection of risky, pin up, classic horror themed girls for coloring. Fresh new takes on old favorites, such as, the bride of Frankenstein, mummy, werewolf, demons, banshees and witches
Stitched Up Heart
Author: Tarina Deaton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997885606
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
As an Air Force medic and Cultural Support Team member, Bree Marks saw the worst the War on Terror had to dish out. Now a physical therapist, she uses her experience to help other veterans heal from their physical wounds as she battles her own emotional damage. Jase, a former Army Ranger, retreated from life after his best friend's suicide. Blaming himself, he started an outdoor adventure company to help other veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - to honor of his best friend's memory and assuage his own guilt. Bree had better things to do than catch her cheating fiancé in bed with another woman. Jase is something better - for a night at least. When Bree flips the script and takes off the next morning, Jase is left floundering. For the first time in years, he felt a connection with another person. When he finds her again, he doesn't give her another chance to run.Two mistresses of Bree's ex-fiancé are murdered, another attacked; notes addressed to Bree, left by the killer. Jase's need to protect Bree clashes with her independent nature. As the bodies pile up, they must come to terms with their pasts and face their demons, before someone's obsession with Bree destroys any chance they have.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997885606
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
As an Air Force medic and Cultural Support Team member, Bree Marks saw the worst the War on Terror had to dish out. Now a physical therapist, she uses her experience to help other veterans heal from their physical wounds as she battles her own emotional damage. Jase, a former Army Ranger, retreated from life after his best friend's suicide. Blaming himself, he started an outdoor adventure company to help other veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - to honor of his best friend's memory and assuage his own guilt. Bree had better things to do than catch her cheating fiancé in bed with another woman. Jase is something better - for a night at least. When Bree flips the script and takes off the next morning, Jase is left floundering. For the first time in years, he felt a connection with another person. When he finds her again, he doesn't give her another chance to run.Two mistresses of Bree's ex-fiancé are murdered, another attacked; notes addressed to Bree, left by the killer. Jase's need to protect Bree clashes with her independent nature. As the bodies pile up, they must come to terms with their pasts and face their demons, before someone's obsession with Bree destroys any chance they have.
Stitched & Sewn
Author: Jody Savin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945551765
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A child survivor of the Holocaust, Trudie Strobel settled in California, raising a family and never discussing the horrors she witnessed. After her children grew up, the trauma of her youth caught up with her, triggering a paralyzing depression. A therapist suggested that Trudie attempt to draw the memories that haunted her, and she did--but with needle and thread instead of a pencil. Resurrecting the Yemenite stitches of her ancestors, and using the skills taught by her mother, whose master seamstress talent saved their lives in the camps, Trudie began by stitching vast tableaus of her dark and personal memories of the Holocaust. What began as therapy exploded into works of breathtaking art, from narrative tapestries of Jewish history rendered in exacting detail to portraits of remarkable likeness, and many of her works are now in public and private collections. InStitched & Sewn, Jody Savin tells the dramatic story of how a needle and thread saved Trudie Strobel's life twice, and Ann Elliott Cutting's photographs showcase Trudie's remarkable works of art. With a foreword by Michael Berenbaum, author of eighteen books, co-founder of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and co-producer of the Academy Award-winning documentaryOne Survivor Remembers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945551765
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A child survivor of the Holocaust, Trudie Strobel settled in California, raising a family and never discussing the horrors she witnessed. After her children grew up, the trauma of her youth caught up with her, triggering a paralyzing depression. A therapist suggested that Trudie attempt to draw the memories that haunted her, and she did--but with needle and thread instead of a pencil. Resurrecting the Yemenite stitches of her ancestors, and using the skills taught by her mother, whose master seamstress talent saved their lives in the camps, Trudie began by stitching vast tableaus of her dark and personal memories of the Holocaust. What began as therapy exploded into works of breathtaking art, from narrative tapestries of Jewish history rendered in exacting detail to portraits of remarkable likeness, and many of her works are now in public and private collections. InStitched & Sewn, Jody Savin tells the dramatic story of how a needle and thread saved Trudie Strobel's life twice, and Ann Elliott Cutting's photographs showcase Trudie's remarkable works of art. With a foreword by Michael Berenbaum, author of eighteen books, co-founder of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and co-producer of the Academy Award-winning documentaryOne Survivor Remembers.
Stitched-Up Scribbles II
Author: Kris Stepp
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781667807492
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
A Collection of risky, pin up, classic horror themed girls for coloring. Fresh new takes on old favorites, such as, the bride of Frankenstein, mummy, werewolf, demons, banshees and witches
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781667807492
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
A Collection of risky, pin up, classic horror themed girls for coloring. Fresh new takes on old favorites, such as, the bride of Frankenstein, mummy, werewolf, demons, banshees and witches