Fashion & Society

What is the kimono? Everyday garment? Art object? Symbol of Japan? As Terry Satsuki Milhaupt explains in this book, the kimono has served all of th...

In the decades between its debut performance in Paris in 1909 and the death of impresario Sergei Diaghilev in 1929, the Ballets Russes was an unriv...

The book presents a portrait of Tirelli with the history of his apprenticeship and his passion not only for the painstaking reproduction of ancient...

Women are into fashion, men are into style, style is forever Domenico Dolce Womenswear progresses in leaps and bounds, fuelled by the readiness of...

Our old shoes embark on a new life in Africa. While many people believe that their used clothes donations are distributed free of charge to the nee...

Roland Barthes was one of the most widely influential thinkers of the 20th Century and his immensely popular and readable writings have covered top...

Spurred by an increasingly international and competitive market, the Renaissance saw the development of many new fabrics and the use of highly priz...

Lustrous, warm, lightweight, strong, silk has always been a symbol of wealth and status, beginning in prehistoric China. In Pomp and Poverty: A His...

The past 70 years have seen a 25-year-old Princess transform into a nonagenarian monarch who was respected and loved the world over. A woman who...

In this inclusive, illustrated history and guide to skin care and beauty, journalist and founder of Very Good Light David Yi teaches us that self-c...

Ideas about the Scottish Highlands which took hold around the turn of the 19th century remain to the present day - for many people across the world...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I've been waiting for this book all my life and everyone needs to read it' Claudia Winkleman Anya Hindmarch is a mot...

The ultimate glamorous, escapist blockbuster - perfect for fans of Melanie Blake, Jackie Collins and Shirley Conran's Lace.'Just the kind of glamor...

What if we took sex out of the box marked 'special', either the worst or best thing that a human person can experience, and considered it within th...

I have always been inspired by what was happening on the street and anyway, I couldn't afford the high fashion price tags. Caroline Baker Featurin...

*Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Prize, 2015* *Winner of the ICA Bookshop Book of the Year 2014* Stitched Up delves into the alluring wo...

From the Chanel suit to the Wonderbra, via Jackie Kennedy, Ziggy Stardust and Alexander McQueen, respected fashion journalist and editor Paula Reed...

Contains unseen ''candid'' and behind-the-scenes images from the world''s leading fetish photographer. Includes commentaries by the photographer ab...