The history of the handbag--its design, how it has been made, used, and worn--reveals something essential about women's lives over the past 500 years. Perhaps the most universal item of fashionable adornment, it can also be elusive, an object of desire, secrecy, and even fear. Handbags explores these rich histories and multiple meanings.
This book features specially commissioned photographs of an extraordinary, newly formed collection of fashionable handbags that date from the 16th century to the present day. It has been acquired for exhibition in the first museum devoted to...
The history of the handbag--its design, how it has been made, used, and worn--reveals something essential about women's lives over the past 500 yea...
Clara loves hats, and when her older brother Ollie breaks her favourite, Mum takes them on a special hat day out. While visiting the Victoria & Albert Museum, Clara gets lost and embarks on an exciting journey of discovery.
Clara loves hats, and when her older brother Ollie breaks her favourite, Mum takes them on a special hat day out. While visiting the Victoria & Albert...
London Couture 1923-1975 is the first book to examine, in detail, the luxurious garments produced by the rarefied London couture industry--from lavish ball gowns to sharply tailored suits, by way of spectacular royal dress--as well as the designers who conceived them, their clients, and the prestigious publications that promoted the "London Look" to the world. Experts have delved into the archives of prestigious designers, textile suppliers, and fashionable journals to bring together this pioneering study of the London fashion houses of the early-to-mid 20th century, renowned...
London Couture 1923-1975 is the first book to examine, in detail, the luxurious garments produced by the rarefied London couture industr...
This revised and updated book celebrates Chanel as the couturiere who changed the way stylish women dress, then and now. It examines the creative output of this most famous of fashion houses, from its infancy in the 1920s through Karl Lagerfeld's incredibly successful tenure, and to the present day as it continues to prosper under Virginie Viard.
This revised and updated book celebrates Chanel as the couturiere who changed the way stylish women dress, then and now. It examines the creative outp...
