Fashion and textile design

In this practical book, learn how to make beautiful, folk mobiles - also known as 'pajaki' - to decorate your home or event space in show-stopping style.

15 beautiful embroidery projects from the era of Jane Austen.

With this guide to mending and patching, you don't have to say goodbye to your worn favourite clothes.

What's a djibbah, how long has the old school tie been around and do yellow petticoats really repel vermin?

What's a djibbah, how long has the old school tie been around and do yellow petticoats really repel vermin?

'My only purpose is to write the kind of book that I would have liked to have read when I started.

Sir Norman Hartnell (1901-1979) dominated London couture during the inter-war years, gaining international fame as dressmaker to the British royal family.

Derided by the traditional fashion establishment for declaring Mick Jagger 'stylish', Janey Ironside's career in the fashion industry was inseparable from her identity.

First published a year after World War II ended, this fictional text was written for a generation of women starved by war rationing of both clothing and makeup.

'Deerstalker: Sherlock Holmes wore one.

Brought up to enter a learned profession, Henry Melton very successfully overcame his 'aversion to going into trade' and became hatter to the Prince of Wales.

The working life of a women in retail in the 1930s was tough, but not beyond the no-nonsense Ethyle Campbell.

Carmel Snow (1887 - 1961), the notorious publishing rival of Vogue editor Edna Woolman Chase, left Vogue in 1932 to become fashion editor, then editor of Harper's Bazaar.

Bettina Ballard, Paris-based correspondent and later Fashion Editor for US Vogue, was at the centre of the fashion world from the 1930s to the '50s and an intimate of Coco Chanel, Cristobal Balenciaga and Elsa Schiaparelli.

Vogue was a newly formed weekly society magazine when Edna Woolman Chase arrived on its staff in 1895 at the young age of 18.

Ginette Spanier discovered her talent for 'selling very expensive things to very rich people' at Fortnum and Mason in the 1930s.

Jean Dawnay, or 'Caroline' as she was known, was a house model for Dior during the years 1949-50.

Aage Thaarup left his job in a Copenhagen department store in his teens to conquer the world.

First published in 1954, Christian Dior reveals the secrets of style in his indispensable guide that covers everything from what to wear to a wedding and how to tie a scarf to how to walk with grace.

Paul Poiret's autobiography tells the extraordinary story of

Christian Dior (1905-1957) rocketed to fame with his first collection in 1947 when the 'New Look' took the world by storm.

Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973), one of the leading fashion designers of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, was known for her flair for the unusual.

Barbara Hulanicki tells the story of the rise and fall of the tiny, energetic boutique that grew into a vast emporium and epitomised Swinging London.

The autobiography of Mary Quant-the inventor of the miniskirt-was originally published in 1966 at the height of Swinging London.

In this gorgeous style guide from the 50s, American fashion designer Anne Fogarty reveals the secrets of 'wife-dressing' - the art of looking chic on all occasions, be it at a cocktail party, on the tennis pitch or in the boudoir.

How do we understand glamour?

How do we understand glamour?

The relationship between popular music and fashion has been a culturally significant one since the 1950s, and this book explores how music and musicians play a key role in the shaping of identity, taste and consumption.

- What is an earthquake gown?

When, how and why do clothes become fashion?

Changing trends in fashion have always reflected large-scale social and cultural changes.

Less than three decades ago, when the Chinese bought cloth or clothes, they would have had to use a government-issued coupon.

From products we use to clothes we wear, and spaces we inhabit, we rely on colour to provide visual appeal, data codes and meaning.

Taking cultural theorist Michel de Certeau's notion of 'the everyday' as a critical starting point, this book considers how fashion shapes and is shaped by everyday life.

In Gods and Kings Dana Thomas, author of Deluxe, tells the story of how John Galliano and Alexander McQueen changed the face of fashionIn the first decade of the 21st century the fashion world was dominated by two very different but equally successful and turbulent figures.

"e;I thought I knew almost everything about the history of fashion until I met Kerry Taylor.

Edith Head is probably the most iconic of all Hollywood costume designers.

The European Textile Forum was founded as an annual meeting for academics, craftspeople, re-enactors and enthusiasts to share their experiences and compare notes.

Wearing the Cloak contains nine stimulating chapters on Roman military textiles and equipment that take textile research to a new level.

Wearing the Cloak contains nine stimulating chapters on Roman military textiles and equipment that take textile research to a new level.

From the Chanel suit to the Wonderbra, via Jackie Kennedy, Ziggy Stardust and Alexander McQueen, respected fashion journalist and editor Paula Reed explores each of the styles and visionaries that have defined the way we dress.

'From silk slips to bondage bras and Kate Moss' barely-there vest top - the evolution of lingerie over 100 years of Vogue's history is revealed in a stunning new book.

'One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress'Karl LagerfeldNinety years after Vogue dubbed Coco Chanel's simple short black 'Ford' dress 'the frock that all the world will wear', Chloe Fox celebrates the best LBDs in Vogue Essentials: Little Black Dress.

The world of Orla Kiely is one where pattern reigns.

Painfully cool and instantly recognisable, the 50 style trailblazers in this collection used fashion to attract attention, gain influence, express themselves and make powerful statements.

Fashion is a powerful thing.

Over the course of its history the sneaker has undergone a complete transformation, taking it from functional sportswear to high fashion.

'Rolfe explores the fascinating link between heels and both physical and psychological power.

Ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers have always been extremely popular and there is large demand-whether in gardens or parks-for alpines, bedding plants, cacti, cut flowers, house plants and pot plants, as well as herbaceous plants, ornamental grasses, shrubs and trees.