Crafts & Textiles

A valuable book for costume designers, dressmakers and those involved in historical re-enactments, this book contains all you need to create authentic menswear from the Victorian period.

Vintage styles have never been more popular with everyone from Madonna to Dita Von Teese indulging in retro glamour. Whether you want to style your hair for a special event, a night out, or just for fun, this must-have book has all you'll need to recreate the decadence and fun of vintage styles.

The world of fashion illustration has had a sensational renaissance in the last five years, but the art form goes back to the beginning of the 20th century and today’s exponents are still benefiting from some of the styles, shapes and colours of fashion illustrators from decades ago.

A sourcebook of 1950s fashion print, this book covers the heyday of postwar design where an analytical approach to design, with a lightness and freshness, combined with whimsical imagery and idiosyncratic subject matter.

Working from surviving garments and contemporary tailoring books and patterns, Anne Tyrrell has put together a pattern book of key 20th-century costumes with fascinating historical details on dress.