Visual arts
Looking for Theophrastus
Laura Beatty
Format: Hard Cover
A strange, wild, brilliant personal journey - across land and through time - in which Laura Beatty travels back two thousand years to rescue from obscurity Aristotle's friend and Chaucer's inspiration, the forgotten philosopher who grandfathered botany and the English novel.
The Colour of Fashion
Caroline Young
Format: Hard Cover
Telling stories drawn from across history, The Colour of Fashion delves into the significance of colour in dress, and explores how the symbolism has shifted over time.
Vintage Jewellery
Caroline Cox, foreword by Gerda Flockinger
Format: Hard Cover
Vintage Jewellery recounts 120 years of history. The book explores the key designers and jewellery houses, technical developments and cultural influences that shaped jewellery design and shows you how to collect and wear vintage pieces.
Vintage Knitwear
Marnie Fogg, foreword by Kaffe Fassett
Format: Hard Cover
A visual journey through the decades, Vintage Knitwear takes a close look at the key periods, significant styles, iconic designers and cultural influences in fashion knitwear.
The Fashion Show
Iain R Webb, foreward by Anna Sui
Format: Hard Cover
The story of the haute couture catwalk, through an exclusive collection of VIP invitations. Spanning over 45 years and 300 shows, each invite opens a window into the key trends and ideas behind each collection.
Vintage Fashion
Emma Baxter-Wright, foreword by Zandra Rhodes
Format: Hard Cover
A visual journey through the fashion of the decades, showing you how to identify key designers and details and characteristics that define the most influential pieces of the twentieth century (up to and including the 1990s). The book concludes with a shopping guide.
Vintage Shoes
Caroline Cox, foreword by Christian Louboutin
Format: Hard Cover
Vintage Shoes recounts a century of shoe history. The book explores the key designers, technical developments and cultural influences that shaped shoe fashions, presenting exquisite footwear from key designers.
Vintage Handbags
Marnie Fogg, foreword by Anya Hindmarch
Format: Hard Cover
An illustrated reference, the book explores the key designers, technical developments and cultural influences that shaped handbag design, revealing exquisite and groundbreaking work from key designers.
Hogarth
Jacqueline Riding
Format: Paperback
A major new biography of one of Britain's best-loved artists.
Iconicon
John Grindrod
Format: Hard Cover
A captivating exploration of Britain's most iconic contemporary buildings, from the Barratt home to the Millennium Dome.
