This beautifully illustrated book brings to life the greatest treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Fifty of the most important objects on display today are each accompanied by a short, accessibl...
Credited with creating some of the most luxurious and spectacular haute couture pieces of all time, Christian Dior became a fashion icon overnight in 1947 with the launch of his ‘New Look&rsq...
The world comes to us in colour. But colour lives as much in our imaginations as it does in our surroundings, as this scintillating book reveals. Each chapter immerses the reader in a single colour...
Karl Lagerfeld is a modern master of couture. He is also famously outspoken: his wise, surprising statements pop up like offbeat news flashes. This compact collection of quotations pays homage to t...
Having grown up in London’s East End, Alexander McQueen left school at fifteen to become a tailor’s apprentice on Mayfair’s Savile Row. At twenty-two, he joined the prestigious MA...
Founded by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in 1962, shortly after the young couturier left his post at the helm of Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent would soon become one of the most su...
Monumentalne dzieło z 400 wysokiej jakości fotografiami znakomitego artysty Adama Bujaka. Ukazuje światowej klasy polskie zabytki i unikatowe relikty pierwotnej przyrody. Prezentuje polskie obiekty...
Semiotics is the theory of signs, and reading signs is a part of everyday life: from road signs that point to a destination, to smoke that warns of fire, to the symbols buried within art and litera...
John Haywood presents a grand sweep of global history in an immediately accessible format via concise, insightful and engaging text summaries alongside timelines, maps and illustrations. There are ...
What happens to our behaviour when we live most of our lives online? What does it mean to ‘always be optimising’? And what is it about scams and the millennial generation?Of...
Typeface combinations don’t always work together naturally. For an experienced designer, the process becomes largely intuitive, but even seasoned professionals sometimes struggle to come up w...
For as long as she can remember, Kate Manne has wanted to be smaller. She can tell you what she weighed on any significant occasion: her wedding day, the day she became a professor, the day her dau...
We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world?The answer to that is one of the strange...
Bibliofilski album fotograficzny dokumentujący rejon historycznego Urzecza, rozpościerającego się po obydwu stronach Wisły od południowych rubieży Warszawy aż po Pilicę i Wilgę. Wiktor Strumiłło, w...
Foreword by Zandra RhodesA visual journey through the fashion of the decades, Vintage Fashion shows you how to identify key designers, shapes, textiles, stitching, and other details and...
Foreword by Gerda FloeckingerVintage Jewellery recounts 120 years of history, including Lalique's Art Nouveau enamelling at the turn of the twentieth century, Cartier's gemstones, Chris...
Whether woolly socks or high fashion, knitwear is one of the most dynamic of mediums, and has adapted and evolved continuously over the last 100 years. Featuring everything from the practical desig...
An invaluable and beautifully illustrated reference, Vintage Shoes chronicles the key designers, technical developments and cultural influences that have created the shoes we have today.Accom...
Foreword by Anya HindmarchDecade by decade, the lavishly illustrated Vintage Handbags recounts over 100 years of handbag history, from Elsa Schiaparelli's mesh bags for Whiting & Da...
The latest in the Essentials series from internationally prestigious fashion brand, Vogue, celebrating the ultimate fashion power symbol, the high heel.'You can never take too much care...