Thames and Hudson

Why did Paul Poiret design a dress that resembled a lampshade?• Did Rudi Gernreich really think that both men and women would wear his topless monokini?• What prompted Jeremy Scott to include a shimmering leopard-print niqab in his womenswear collection?Many designers have pioneered cutting-edge garments throughout the evolution of fashion. Why You...

A kaleidoscopic adventure across the world's continents, city by city, in search of the best urban photographic artWith over 640 photographs!More people than ever before live in the city, which critic Susan Sontag once described as 'a landscape of voluptuous extremes'.The energetic, ever-changing pace of the metropolis has long lured photographers...

Over 300 of the most sought-after examples of poster art created between the wars are included in this definitive volume.This cavalcade of international poster design features rare and even unique examples by masters of the art form, including Nizzoli, Cassandre and Beall. Each poster - carefully re-photographed - is accompanied by an extended...

In a world where billions of snapshots are taken every year, why are some photographers and their works considered so significant?People have always tried to capture moments as images and over the centuries it was the task of artists to select subjects and set them down, but in 1839 a new medium appeared: photography. Originally messy and...

As our cities become more concentrated, there is an increasing desire to experience nature as directly as possible, and architects are making use of new technologies and materials to look again at the tried-and-true methods, with results that range from cosy retreats to glamorous hilltop villas.From the Highlands of Scotland to the breathtaking...

New in paperback, an unprecedented visual journey re-examining a series of moments from seventy-two films across 100 years  'David Thomson is the best writer on film in our time. He is our most argumentative and trustworthy historian of the screen' - Michael Ondaatje  'Probably the greatest living film critic and historian …...