Fashion & Textiles

Journalist Jan Kedves isn't afraid to ask a pointed question and his subjects certainly aren't afraid to answer. Whether it's Bruce Weber discussing nudity, dogs and Clint Eastwood; Juergen Teller talking about daring shoots with Charlotte Rampling, Victoria Beckham and the one time he...

Tartan is so much more than just a cloth. From its clan origins in the Scottish Highlands to the catwalks of Milan, London and New York, from its regimental history to its anti-establishment status, tartan has not only shaped a nation but has become...

Camo Mania explores the how artists and designers redefine and reify the impacts of camouflage. Through experimentation with visual contrasts, imagery, composition, colour and shape, the once limited function of these patterns become artistic tools. Originally discovered in the fabric of wartime uniforms and intended to abstract...

A visual history of tea towel design, from the 1950s to today. Both practical and beautiful, the tea towel has over the last century established itself firmly as an essential piece of domestic design. This lavishly illustrated book explores 100 of the best tea...

SONG, a legendary fashion, art, and interiors concept store in Vienna was founded in the 1990s by Myung-il Song. As an early outpost of edgy design and emerging artists, it quickly became the city's most popular platform for avant-garde fashion. This book presents a...

Text in English with a summary in Italian In Fashion by Chance Italian fashion designer Cleonice Capece provides a vivid and richly documented account of how creativity, entrepreneurial courage and institutional support played a key role in the success of 'Made in Italy'. Capece...

A tie reveals a lot about its wearer - social position, aesthetic tastes or political stance. From the early 17th until the beginning of the 20th century, a diverse combination of fabrics, colours and knots adorned the male - and occasionally also the female...

In the 1960s and 1970s, a generation of young Americans rejected the promise of prosperity and the suburban dream embraced by their parents. Furious about the war in Vietnam, fighting for civil rights at home, and eagerly exploring the effects of psychedelic drugs, the...

This pocket-sized visual history of the ground-breaking and ground-shaking street style brand presents the story of Dr. Martens, from its beginnings in 1901 as a producer of sturdy work boots to its position as a cultural icon synonymous with individuality and self-expression. Packed with photographs...

This book features Karl Lagerfeld's most beautiful photographs of haute-couture garments shot for French fashion magazine Numéro, published to celebrate its 15 years of collaboration with the famous fashion designer. Lagerfeld's spectacular stagings visualise our most daring fantasies of female archetypes, from fairytale princesses...

The representation of the body, and particularly the female body, provides a common thread through the activities of the Surrealists. In fashion photography and illustration, the body was manipulated, fetishised and irrecoverably changed. Ghislaine Wood surveys the manifold ways in which Surrealism influenced fashion,from...

The first visually led exploration of androgyny, the combination of female and male characteristics, from representations in antiquity to its current prevalence in the fashion world and beyond.‘This ad is gender neutral’, proclaimed a recent poster for Diesel; ‘I resist definitions’, announced a Calvin...

Known for erotica and romantic fashion illustration and for blending them to highlight the eroticism he considers inherent in fashion, François Berthoud is recognised as one of the most original illustrators of his time. His painstakingly produced, meticulously arranged linocuts and his expressive drip...

The Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric is a comprehensive handbook covering everything there is to know about designing and printing fabric. The book is full of advice from established fabric designers with clear, easy to follow step-by-step tutorials. The reader is taken...

Featuring easy-to-follow instructions on all the main basic and intermediate skills required to sew garments from a pattern, Fashion Sewing: Introductory Techniques is an excellent resource for fashion design students who want to improve their sewing skills.The book includes advice on setting up the home sewing...

Patternmaking for Dress Design guides you through the history of 9 iconic dress designs to show how they continue to inspire contemporary designers and the patternmaking techniques you'll need to create your own take on these classic silhouettes. Each project includes illustrated step-by-step instructions to guide you through drafting...

Annoyed? Upset? Distraught? Want to stab a sharp object into something? Then this book is for you. Inspired by the banners and signs at marches around the world, Really Cross Stitch takes all that anger, outrage and protest and puts it inside a pretty, decorative border....

The Measure is a unique publication that offers a fascinating insight into the thoughts and working lives of an eclectic and prolific cross-section of fashion and design practitioners, academics and historians, commissioned by the London College of Fashion during its centenary year.  Contributors were...

Sometime around the beginning of the 1960’s, a number of stars aligned. A small but fanatical group of young men and women, mostly no more than teenagers, created their own elite club of stylists. The old world was cracking up, and they were looking...

Considered the world's most popular cult novelist, Haruki Murakami has written books that have galvanised millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000-vinyl-record collection, and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more...