Fashion & Accessories

Megan Hess: The Little Black Dress is an illustrated love story about fashion's most enduring and chic uniform, celebrating the designers, the women and of course the dresses. A piece of fashion is so much more than an object. To the designer who created...

A unique monograph of over 50 collections created by the fashion designer Marc Jacobs in the past 25 years and illustrated by Grace Coddington In 2016, internationally acclaimed designer Marc Jacobs commissioned his friend and talented illustrator Grace...

Jewelry was worn by ancient Egyptians at every level of society and, like their modern descendants, they prized it for its aesthetic value, as a way to adorn and beautify the body. It was also a conspicuous signifier of wealth, status, and power. But...

The history of men's needlework has long been considered a taboo subject. This is the first book ever published to document and critically interrogate a range of needlework made by men. It reveals that since medieval times men have threaded their own...

In Fluid, revolutionary fashion designer Harris Reed introduces the world to a new era in fluid fashion. At the centre of Harris Reed's sartorial journey has always been his desire to change the way people express their identities through clothing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941815403Author KinfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint KinfolkPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 832g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953940721Author Delisia HowardFormat HardbackPage Count 155Imprint Hazard BooksPublisher Hazard Books

A Financial Times Book of the Year 2022A glamorous tribute to Karl Lagerfeld's highly influential creations for Chanel captured behind the scenes by US Vogue photographer Robert Fairer in beautiful, never-before-seen images. Casting a new light on one...

From Ms Hepburn's elegant black shift to Lady Gaga's meat gown, The Dress relives the marvellous and unforgettable dresses of fashion: think Liz Hurley's safety-pin ensemble, Princess Di's never- ending wedding dress, or that unforgettable white halter...

Known as the founding tailor of Savile Row, Henry Poole & Co. has been dressing the world's most important men and women for over two centuries. Their craft of bespoke tailoring has been meticulously documented through the generations in a complete set...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941815410Author KinfolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint KinfolkPublisher Simon & Schuster

Design your own original 2D patterns and use 3D prototyping to test your designs, achieve the perfect fit and make quick alterations. Pattern Cutting For Fashion with Lectra Modaris (R) will guide you from the basics of pattern modification through to 3D...

Just as the clothes we wear can communicate our personality and how we want to be perceived, so fashion can reflect the politics and preoccupations of the society that produced it. A Cultural History of Western Fashion guides you through the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780789318244Author Carol ClerkFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Universe PublishingPublisher Universe PublishingWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

A style icon, a trendsetter, a princess: Lady Diana epitomised 80s and 90s style.With a well-earned place in the fashion hall of fame, Diana's style choices have influenced decades of style. From her ultimate 80s wedding dress to her off-duty sporty...

For over a century, the name of Chanel has been inextricably linked to elegance, modernity and fashion innovation. It was Chanel who single-handedly made striped jerseys and loose trousers chic, costume jewellery desirable, the little black dress the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080202246Author Franco CologniFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 2680g

Munnu: Vision & Passion traces the creativity and vivacity of the late Munnu Kasliwal. Kasliwal's magical designs put The Gem Palace, his family's jewellery house, and India on the fashion map of the jewellery world. The book follows the design...

The term 'tailored' has changed as methods of manufacture and the retailing of clothes have evolved. This book demonstrates the wide range of cutting methods used to produce garments which are described as 'tailored' jackets. Although the main focus is...

Emotionally Durable Design presents counterpoints to our 'throwaway society' by developing powerful design tools, methods and frameworks that build resilience into relationships between people and things. The book takes us beyond the sustainable design...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576875780Author Bill ButterworthFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 990g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576879382Author Byron HawesFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080243713Author Patrick HourcadeFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 940g

The first and only comprehensive overview of Givenchy's collections, presented through catwalk photography and published in collaboration with the celebrated fashion house. Founded by the dashing Hubert de Givenchy in 1952, the house would go on to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865653733Author Patricia MearsFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Vendome PressPublisher Vendome PressWeight(grams) 1620g

In 2016, social media users in Thailand called out the Paris-based luxury fashion house Balenciaga for copying the popular Thai "rainbow bag," using Balenciaga's hashtags to circulate memes revealing the source of the bags' design. In Why We Can't Have...

The Swiss artist Otto Kunzli has revolutionised modern art jewellery. In the 45-odd years in which he has been addressing the topic of jewellery, Kunzli has carved out for himself a unique position of far-reaching international influence, not only as an...

Good Morning Mr. Lagerfeld showcases in an oversized format measuring 17 x 12 inches and with an exquisite French fold jacket ten years of Chanel s most influential fashion shows shot by English photographer and artist Simon Procter. Over the past decade...

This volume is an unprecedented history of Louis Vuitton's women's bags, the most coveted line of accessories in women's fashion. At the heart of Louis Vuitton are its City Bags, a range of women's bags that dates back to the turn of the twentieth...

A wildly entertaining biography of the British fashion designer who set the trends for rock royalty from the Beatles to Mick Jagger to Elton John.Tommy Nutter was a visionary tailor in the bespoke tradition who dressed everybody from Lord Montagu of...

Have you ever hankered to dress like a Tudor lord or lady, or perhaps you prefer the status of goodwife, or costermonger, or even a bawd? For beginner historical reenactors, the path to authenticity can be bewildering and sometimes intimidating. Judith...

A giftable illustrated guide to wearing socks, packed with history, upkeep and maintenance tips, and style advice Socks, a bare necessity in anyone's wardrobe, are often a one-and-done, wear-it-if-it's-clean kind of garment. You put them on, pull...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953238989Author Ami BouhassaneFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Lee Miller Archives PublishingPublisher Lee Miller Archives PublishingDimensions(mm)...

The technical Become a Pattern Drafter series presents garment construction bases for the different sectors of ready-to-wear : Men, Women and Children. Using a simple, clear, logical, precise method, these books are conceived through a rational...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. We think we know the trench coat, but where does it come from and where will it take us? From its origins in the trenches of WW1, this military...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967041187Author Lucia BondarFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899555523Author Patrick GrantFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

From the ashes of the Second World War came forward-thinking fashions, the likes of which had never been seen before. The early Forties were defined by thriftiness and practicality, a make-do-and-mend attitude in a time of war. However, the latter half...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998707044Author Wade MotawiFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Wade MotawiPublisher Wade MotawiWeight(grams) 635g

The sweeping crinolines, corsets, bustles, bonnets and parasols of Victorian Britain are indispensable to our period dramas, and their influences can still be seen within burlesque and steampunk fashions. This is no surprise, as nineteenth-century...