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Junky Styling: Wardrobe Surgery

Junky Styling: Wardrobe Surgery

by Annika Sanders (Author), Kerry Seager (Author)

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    Illustrated 2009

    $5.78
Synopsis

This book records the rise and rise of Junky Styling, the fashion label and at the same time shows readers how to recycle their own good quality second-hand clothing, deconstructing, re-cutting and completely transforming it into a new product that belies the former identity of the raw material. Junky Styling: Wardrobe Surgery is a beautifully designed and illustrated publication, designed to show fashion students, hobby-sewers, textiles fanatics and anyone with an interest in ecological and recycling issues how to reconstruct stylish, individual clothing from things they no longer wear, and how two women with a passion for fabrics and a flair for stylish design built a thriving and successful business doing just that. This book will inspire everyone who reads it to look at their discarded clothes with fresh eyes and a resourceful frame of mind.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 160
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 30 Jul 2009
ISBN 10: 0713688335
ISBN 13: 9780713688337
Book Overview: Projects include deconstructing an old suit, and reconstructing tops, dresses and trousers. It covers the potential and pitfalls of working with recycled fabrics. It should be snapped up by fashion students, who are often set research projects on the company and their methods and collections. The company also features on the GCSE and A-level syllabus. Junky Styling has a high profile in the fashion and textiles world, is frequently mentioned in the press, features in international fashion shows, is sold at Topshop, and has a huge mailing list. The authors will be promoting the book alongside all their other promotions and press features, and the book will also be sold through Brother, one of their sponsors. Junky Styling was featured on the most recent series of The Apprentice, in the fashion episode.

Media Reviews
' Junky Styling is a unique brand of sustainable fashion and the book aims to explore the concept of the brand and offer step-by-step projects encouraging readers to perform a little wardrobe surgery of their own ' Womenswear Buyer (July 2009) 'Doctors' Orders' Telegraph Magazine (August 2009) 'It's inspirational to see what you could do with an old suit and a bit of imagination.' Independent online (August 2009) 'shows the best of their efforts to combine the avant-garde with a make-do-and-mend spirit' The Ecologist (August 2009) 'Fab read...those of us who can't stop into London's Junky Styling boutique should try the next best thing: the new book, Junky Styling: Wardrobe Surgery' Fabsugar.com (October 20009) 'This is an inspiring book for fashion students, designers and anyone with an interest in ecological issues.' Sewing World 'There are dozens of projects to get you started!' Cutoutandkeep.net
Author Bio
Anni Sanders and Kerry Seager are best friends, and co-directors of the successful fashion label Junky Styling, which was officially launched in 1997. They began buying old men's suits from secondhand shops and reconstructing them into experimental creations to wear out clubbing in London in the early 1990s - these attracted so much interest that they opened a stall in Kensington Market, and then a studio and retail shop in East London. High-profile Junky Styling clients include Kate Moss, Sadie Frost, Sienna Miller, Gwen Stefani and Russell Brand. Junky Styling featured in the most recent London and Paris Fashion Weeks.