Casting a new light on one of the best-loved chapters in fashion history, Karl Lagerfeld Unseen: The Chanel Years illuminates key Chanel collections and creations from behind the scenes.
Przygotowana przez Dariusza Piechotę monografia jest fascynującą opowieścią o popkulturze, którą mam zamiar postawić na półce pomiędzy Understanding Popular Culture Johna Fiske’...
A festival of Indian folk rituals and costumes bursting with colour, captured by renowned photographer Charles Fréger, the creator of a distinctive and powerful new genre of portrait photogr...
Today - from haute couture to ready-to-wear - parkas, puffer coats and backpacks, as well as garments made of neoprene and Mylar are everywhere. But the roots of these ubiquitous items of dress and...
Według nazistów, „kultura” była pierwotnie prostym odwzorowaniem natury: ludzie oddawali cześć drzewom i rzekom, spółkowali, żywili się i walczyli tak jak inne zwierzęta, ...
If all the portable artifacts of Ancient Rome were in a single location, the lives of students, historians, and connoisseurs would be immeasurably simpler. But the masterpieces are in museums all o...
Sneakers: The Complete Collectors' Guide was a phenomenal success and a key influence in the transformation of sneaker collecting from an underground subculture into a mainstream, multi-billion dol...
With the assistance of her close friend Mark Bego, founding member Mary Wilson tells the complete story of The Supremes, both on- and off-stage, from their beginnings as The Primettes in June 1959 ...
Ambitious and wide-ranging, this is the first single volume to tell the story of the library as a distinct building type, all around the world and from the beginnings of writing to the present day....
Szymon Skalski – prawnik i orientalista, zainteresowany przede wszystkim Afganistanem i sufizmem. Naukowe poszukiwania autora skupiają się na muzułmańskim mistycyzmie, ze szczególnym u...
This is the perfect book for the man who has everything. It celebrates the gentleman’s search for the perfect sartorial detail, the ideal accessory, or beautiful gift for a loved one.
Chcemy coraz więcej wiedzieć na temat świata, który nas otacza. Jesteśmy w tym zamiarze niezwykle zachłanni i łapczywi – to powód do dumy, bo świat oddaje nam swoje tajemnice ja...
Examining the body language displayed in works of art is a whole new way of looking at art. The gestures portrayed can reflect the mores of a particular period in history, the customs of a certain ...
Stosunek kina czechosłowackiego do męskiej nagości i seksualności – w tym zwłaszcza sposób, w jaki przenoszono na ekran (i sublimowano) fantazmaty homoseksualne – nieintencjonaln...
From the turn-of-the-century S-bend silhouette to celebrity couture of the new millennium and the evolution of streetwear, this comprehensive survey explores the significant developments in fashion...
One of only seven editors-in-chief in American Vogue’s history, Jessica Daves has remained one of fashion’s most enigmatic figures—until now. Diana Vreeland’s direct predece...
A major retrospective of the life and work of Coco ChanelGabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel is an icon of fashion, and can lay claim to having invented the look of the 20th century. At...
Czy francuska literatura dla dzieci i młodzieży to tylko Charles Perrault, Jules Verne i Mały książę? Na czym polega jej wyjątkowość i dlaczego tak niewiele wiadomo o niej w Polsce? Kto decydował o...
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) was undoubtedly the most influential fashion designer of the 20th century. Her clothes and accessories have remained perennially chic, and her ...
Finnish for ‘Mary’s dress’, Marimekko was founded in 1951 by Armi Ratia. Going against the restrictive fashion of the period, it produced flowing dresses in abstract patterns and ...