Fashion dictionary

This is the first English language edition of the Dizionario della Moda .

It is a collection of over 4500 entries from the fashion world - designers, fashion houses, brands, photographers, distributors - with particular attention to Italian designers.

The Dizionario was first published in 2004 and, due to its popularity, has been updated and translated into English, making this a rich and comprehensive manual, relevant for today, which is easy to use.

Attention is focused not only on the bright lights on the runways, but also on the minor players - The Fashion Dictionary is a journalistic tome which tells the stories of the men, women, and events of fashion.

There are roughly one hundred contributors to this encyclopedia and they range from fashion historians and writers to great names of lifestyle journalism and trade reporting.

This dictionary will have appeal to fashion specialists, those involved with fashion and art schools, fashion magazines, as well as fashion editors and curators with