Fashion & society books

"“I adored this book and can’t recommend it highly enough” – Cathy Horyn ""Beautifully executed” – Norma Kamali...  Read More >>

It concentrates on new mass developments in the design and manufacture of lightweight day dresses styled for younger...  Read More >>

Victorian Dress in Contemporary Historical Fiction is the first full-length study to investigate and attend to the...  Read More >>

The Sunday Times bestselling broadcaster takes us on a global exploration of ancestral beauty practices. Discover...  Read More >>

A History of Maternity Wear: Design, Patterns, and Construction explores pregnancy clothing worn throughout the...  Read More >>

A History of Maternity Wear: Design, Patterns, and Construction explores pregnancy clothing worn throughout the...  Read More >>

"In 1921, New York newspapers declared artist Ethel Wallace (1886-1968) a pioneer a batik portraits, the ""newest...  Read More >>

Discover the extraordinary stories of the Jewish people who designed, made and sold fashion in 20th-century London,...  Read More >>

This book explores the evolving relationship between fashion and transnational capitalism.  Read More >>

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This book explores the thinking behind casuals and their cons-umption of brands then and now, explained from a female...  Read More >>

From Megan Hess comes the glamorous life of Grace Kelly, stunningly rendered in illustration.  Read More >>

Throughout his life, clothes have provided an outlet through which journalist Teo van den Broeke understands both...  Read More >>

In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing ‘an art without a history’. ‘No-one’, it went on, ‘has...  Read More >>

Throughout his life, clothes have provided an outlet through which journalist Teo van den Broeke understands both...  Read More >>

Beginning with Alexander McQueen’s infamous attempt to live stream his 2009 Plato’s Atlantis collection on SHOWStudio,...  Read More >>

"Starting with the liaison between Coco and a Russian prince and ending with today, this book tells the story of...  Read More >>

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'Everything you could ever want for any age of woman. This book will change your life.' – Davina McCall  Read More >>

"""Drawing from the oral histories of gay men and analysis of popular gay press, the author presents a ground-breaking...  Read More >>

"""Drawing from the oral histories of gay men and analysis of popular gay press, the author presents a ground-breaking...  Read More >>

An anarchic, intimate, lushly illustrated look at the clothes and lives of the Bloomsbury Group Why do we wear...  Read More >>

The sari has remained an essential part of culture, tradition and fashion in South Asia and India through many centuries....  Read More >>

The sari has remained an essential part of culture, tradition and fashion in South Asia and India through many centuries....  Read More >>

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