The second volume in the Boutiques series, beautifully produced - as always - by The Mainstone Press. With an essay by a fairground supremo and Sorbonne professor Pascal Jacob; captions by A... read more
400 shoes that changed the world? Glossy and immense, with lavish images of the collection at the Fashion Institute of Technology, this weighs in at over 4 kilos: steel toecaps advised, wit... read more
The authors took Madame de Pompadour's maiden name for their design company, inspired by their restoration projects and their recreation of C18th domino papers. Their work is enchanting and ... read more
Iridescent, funny, subversive, endlessly surprising, sharp as a wind cutting in from the North Sea: many will know Barker's startlingly good writing from her only novel O Caledonia. Here are... read more