The Hat Book
The Hat Book: A playful compendium of the most fashionable, fascinating and intriguing hats the world has ever seen. Available to order now. Click here for further information.
Giant Silkmoths
Giant Silkmoths by Philip Howse and Kirby Wolfe: An exploration of the fascinating history, behaviour, ecology and evolution of the extraordinary giant silkmoths, their colourful mastery of disguise and mimicry. The giant silkmoths include some of the world’s largest and most beautiful insects, which are mainly inhabitants of tropical and subtropical forests and are rarely seen except by those that take the trouble to breed them. Their magnificence is illustrated by many outstanding photographs of the live insects by Kirby Wolfe. The size of the giant silkmoths is a big disadvantage for their survival: being cold-blooded they can fly away ...
The Stocking Book
The Stocking Book is a charming, witty and saucy little gift book that reveals the history of stockings! When a woman takes all her clothes off, she can be depicted as a pure, Classical nude. If, however, she keeps her stockings on, she suddenly becomes naked, an erotic creation capable of arousing the viewer’s libido. This curious paradox has been observed and used by artists since the Middle Ages. Stockings range from extremely elaborate confections: multicoloured, embroidered, applied with sequins or precious stones, painted, striped or otherwise made into objects to be coveted, enabling the wearer to be desired. They range from ...
Fair World
Paul Greenhalgh's beautifully illustrated new book on the World's Fairs will be published in May this year. From the very first exhibition in London in 1851 right up to the Shanghai expo in 2010, Fair World explores the fascinating history of the fairs, focusing on the key countries and periods that formed the exposition tradition. In-depth academic research is accompanied by stunning historic images taken from the original catalogues and guidebooks, illuminating radical changes in exposition concepts and architectural design in 160 years of expo history. Fair World looks at the most important exhibitions, examining how they have reflected and even ...
