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  • Mary Quant

    My Autobiography

    by Mary Quant ...
    MARY QUANT IS FASHION.Not many names epitomise an era, but Mary Quant is one such name. Her life, her ideas and her style touched everyone.Most people connect Mary with one thing - the mini skirt - that ground-breaking design that is as potent now as it was when it first appeared in the early sixties. But her influence carried way beyond those early, frenetic black-and-white years. This, Mary ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Quant by Quant: The Autobiography of Mary Quant

    The Autobiography of Mary Quant

    by Mary Quant ...
    Series series V&A Fashion Perspectives
    The autobiography of Mary Quant―the inventor of the miniskirt―was originally published in 1966 at the height of Swinging London. After opening her groundbreaking boutique Bazaar on London’s King’s Road in 1955, Quant soared to international fame with her brand of witty style that fitted perfectly with modern city life. She was at the forefront of fashion’s democratization―seeking to eliminate ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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    The Autobiography of Barbara Hulanicki

    by Barbara Hulanicki ...
    Series series V&A Fashion Perspectives
    Barbara Hulanicki tells the story of the rise and fall of the tiny, energetic boutique that grew into a vast emporium and epitomised Swinging London. The Biba store became an icon of hip 1960s and 1970s London and a hangout for artists, film stars and musicians, including the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Twiggy, Brigitte Bardot and Marianne Faithfull. But in the early 1970s Hulanicki and her ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Still Standing

    The Savage Years

    by Paul O'Grady ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Funny, forthright and sharp as a knife . . . O'Grady writes just as he speaks.' Daily MirrorLilian Maeve Veronica Savage, international sex kitten, was born on the steps of The Legs of Man public house, Lime Street, Liverpool on a policeman's overcoat. Her mother, the lady wrestler Hell Cat Savage, had no such luxuries as gas and air. She just bit down on the policeman ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge

    by Lindy Woodhead ...
    If you lived at Downton Abbey, you shopped at Selfridge’s.Harry Gordon Selfridge was a charismatic American who, in twenty-five years working at Marshall Field’s in Chicago, rose from lowly stockboy to a partner in the business which his visionary skills had helped to create. At the turn of the twentieth century he brought his own American dream to London’s Oxford Street where, in 1909, with a ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World

    A Christmas gift for all quiz fans by presenters of the hit BBC 1 TV show

    by Alexander Armstrong, Richard Osman ...
    Series Book 1 - Pointless Books
    The world is full of pointless things. From rail replacement bus services to chip forks. From war to windchimes. From people who put cushions on beds to people who read the bit they write about the book on amazon. Look around you right now. Just about the only thing that isn't pointless is you. You look amazing. Join Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, the hosts of BBC1 quiz show Pointless as ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Mrs Fry's Diary

    The hilarious diary by Mrs Stephen Fry - the wife you never knew he had . . .

    by Mrs Stephen Fry ...
    THE HILARIOUS DIARY BY MRS STEPHEN FRY - THE WIFE YOU NEVER KNEW HE HAD'Hilarious' - Daily Express'Buy the wife's book or I'll never hear the end of it' Stephen FryStephen Fry's secret wife speaks out at last...Enjoyed a nice cuppa this morning with a HobNob and Jeremy Kyle. There was a woman on there who'd been married 16 years without realising her husband was gay. Extraordinary! Which reminds.. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Happy Hoofer

    THE MUST-READ MEMOIR FROM BELOVED NATIONAL TREASURE AND STAR OF CELEBRITY TRAITORS CELIA IMRIE

    by Celia Imrie ...
    THE ENTERTAINING, UPLIFTING STORY OF CELEBRITY TRAITORS STAR CELIA IMRIE'S ACTING LIFE: A MUST-READ FOR AUTUMN 2025Readers LOVE The Happy Hoofer:'Very interesting book from the beginning to the end, witty, funny, entertaining' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Full of pieces that make you giggle out loud . . . hard to put down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A highly interesting read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐-------'I've always been wilful... I've always been stubborn ... Read more

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  • The Chain Of Curiosity

    by Sandi Toksvig ...
    From the author of BETWEEN THE STOPS and TOKSVIG'S ALMANACSandi Toksvig - broadcaster, writer, actor and seeker of all things whimsical - has turned her probing mind to many of the most intriguing questions of our times in the pages of the Sunday Telegraph for many years. Now, for the very first time, these musings have been collected in one hilarious collection.In The Chain of Curiosity, Sandi ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Baggage: My Childhood

    by Janet Street-Porter ...
    Brilliant, brave, controversial, combative, intellectual - just how do you become Janet Street-Porter? In this mesmerising account of growing up in post-war London there is poignancy, mystery - and a trademark black humour. BAGGAGE will touch readers at many levels; it is as edgy and fearless as Janet Street-Porter herself. ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Clothes... and other things that matter

    A beguiling and revealing memoir from the former Editor of British Vogue

    by Alexandra Shulman ...
    'Clothes is the perfect isolation read - clever, emotionally intelligent, revelling in style without making us yearn to shop' - Hannah Betts, The Times**'Self-deprecating and stylish, this is sure to become a classic.' - Vanity Fair'A life beyond Moss, mwahs and Manolo Blahniks - by the fashionista that really knows [...] a wry and candid part-memoir, part-fashion history, part-social commentary.' ... Read more

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  • HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY FASHION

    by Elizabeth Ewing, Alice Mackrell ...
    The first edition of this book established itself as required reading for all those interested in the development of the fashion business. There are other books on contemporary dress, but this account gives particular weight to the commercial organization of the industry; from designer and textile manufacturer right through to the consumer. This completely revised edition brings the story up to ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD