Product Description: The V&A’s renowned Fashion in Detail series has become essential reading for historians, costumers, designers, and fashion students alike. This impressive volume brings together for the first time highlights from all the titles in the series...read more

Product Description: “Features everything from the early-day drawstring purses to the latest Chanel bag.” —Marie ClaireExploring the changing styles and uses of bags from the Middle Ages to the present day, this gorgeous book—featuring specially commissioned photography of bags from the Victoria & Albert’s world-famous collections—includes everything from delicate drawstring purses to must-have designer handbags by the likes of Chanel, Moschino, and Prada...read more

'You have a much better life if you wear impressive clothes', according to Vivienne Westwood. A global icon, Vivienne Westwood's career has spanned three decades from the early days of punk to the successful establishment of her own fashion house. This book is a study of her work as a ground-breaking fashion designer.

Product Description: This book provides a glittering retrospective of the work of Gianni Versace, one of the 20th century's most innovative and enigmatic designers. Always flamboyant and outrageous, Versace's imaginative and intelligent collections drew inspiration from pop culture and the street, as well as from his impressive knowledge of art and fashion...read more

Product Description: Three major trends currently dominate international fashion: the invasion of Paris couture houses by hip British designers; the creation of highly conceptual collections by austere European minimalists; and the near-architectural construction of contemporary Japanese clothes...read more

Looks at fashion details, including seams, gathers, tucks, pleats, collars, cuffs, pockets, buttons, bows, beads and sequins, and applied decorations (view table of contents)

A photographic history of a wide array of handbags and purses ranges from the elegant to the eccentric and includes a captivating account of the various functions of the handbag throughout the twentieth century.