The multi-talented Forquet, who worked with Balenciaga and went on to dress Sophia Loren and Diana Vreeland in the 1960s and '70s, was also a decorator, collector, and garden designer.
The authors spend large parts of the year in Svalbard; their focus is the highly adapted wildlife of the Arctic and the effect of climate change on their environment. Fabulous photographs.
A welcome re-issue, by a lion among garden designers, about another. Caruncho's style is about light and line, space and verticality; he snakes rows of vines over an Italian hillside, breaks... read more
For old rockers and die-hards who simply refuse to gather moss... and, no doubt, for hipsters: an illustrated history of contemporary culture, through the prism of Rolling Stone magazine's c... read more
Lulu Lytle’s love of this palm prompted her to buy Britain’s last rattan workshop in 2010 when it was facing bankruptcy. This book celebrates all things rattan, from the Titanic’s cafÃ... read more
Fascinating study on the convergence of the technical and the transcendent - a heightened "atmospheric pressure" was the restorers' lofty aim. The Chapel contains fourteen enormous Rothko pa... read more