Fashion design & theory

  • The fashion yearbook 2023

    £55.00

    The Fashion Yearbook 2023 is a précis of the protagonists behind the scenes in an impressive illustrated book – a standard work for the fashion industry.

  • Little Book of Chanel by Lagerfeld

    £13.99

    The essential guide to Karl Lagerfeld’s tenure at Chanel from his early days in the 1980s, charting his constant reinvention of the fashion house that maintained Chanel as the most illustrious couture house in the world.

  • Little Book of Paris Style

    £12.99

    Following the evolution of a uniquely elegant capital – describing both the moments of ingenuity and enduring looks and icons that embody the city of light – this illustrated book is a guide to embracing Parisian fashion and the Parisian spirit itself.

  • Little Book of London Style

    £12.99

    Following the explosions of ingenuity and evolution of London style, this illustrated reference is the perfect guide to embrace the enthralling mix of chic, edgy and novel that is London fashion.

  • Little Book of Hermes

    £12.99

    A pocket-sized, illustrated book depicting the work and history of the House of Hermès.

  • The Colour of Fashion

    £14.99

    Telling stories drawn from across history, The Colour of Fashion delves into the significance of colour in dress, and explores how the symbolism has shifted over time.

  • The Fashion Show

    £30.00

    The story of the haute couture catwalk, through an exclusive collection of VIP invitations. Spanning over 45 years and 300 shows, each invite opens a window into the key trends and ideas behind each collection.

  • How to Make a Dress

    £10.99

    Jenny Packham is one of Britain’s leading designers and most in-demand couturiers, known for her exquisite dresses made for brides, celebrities and even royalty. In ‘How to Make a Dress’, she explores her creative journey in a brilliant meditation on life and style.

  • Glossy

    £12.99

    ‘Glossy’ is a story of more than a magazine. It is a story of passion and power, dizzying fortune and out-of-this-world fashion, of ingenuity and opportunism, frivolity and malice. This is the definitive story of Vogue.

  • Africa

    £55.00

    Fashion from the African continent has burst onto the world scene with effervescent vibrancy, inspiring creativity everywhere, from haute-couture to street style. From the runway in Lagos and the Afropunk festival in Johannesburg, to the ‘image makers’ of Marrakech and the influencers of Dakar or Accra, a new generation of African fashion designers, photographers, bloggers, and hair and make-up artists are redefining the aesthetic contours of the continent. Audacious, humorous, disruptive, and innovative are the bywords of these young creatives who, while drawing upon and revalorizing their heritage, offer an ultra-contemporary new perspective.

  • Patch Work

    £9.99

    Claire Wilcox has worked as a curator in fashion at the Victoria & Albert Museum for most of her working life. Down cool, dark corridors and in quiet store rooms, she and her colleagues care for, catalogue and conserve clothes centuries old, the inscrutable remnants of lives long lost to history; the commonplace or remarkable things that survive the bodies they once encircled or adorned. In ‘Patch Work’, Wilcox deftly stitches together her dedicated study of fashion with the story of her own life lived in and through clothes. From her mother’s black wedding suit to the swirling patterns of her own silk kimono, her memoir unfolds in luminous prose the spellbinding power of the things we wear.

  • How to Make a Dress

    £22.00

    Jenny Packham is one of Britain’s leading designers and most in-demand couturiers, known for her exquisite dresses made for brides, celebrities and even royalty. In ‘How to Make a Dress’, she explores her creative journey in a brilliant meditation on life and style.

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