Vintage Shops London

Author: Michelle Mason
Publisher: Pimpernel Press
ISBN: 9781910258996
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
An antidote to online retail and fast fashion, the enduring beauty of a vintage item, purchased with all its imperfections and age-worn beauty, is the inspiration behind this new series from Michelle Mason, stylist and founder of Mason & Painter. Vintage Shops London is the first in a series that spans three capital cities; London, Paris and New York. As well as highlighting some of the most inspiring vintage shops in each city, each book offers practical styling tips to show how the reader can recreate their own 'vintage look' capturing the spirit of each place. Over 30 vintage stores and markets from each city are profiled with a description, what it is best known for, and illustrated with sumptuous special photography, which tells the story of each store, its shopkeepers and their inspiration, including behind-the-scenes tips.

The Rough Guide to Vintage London

Author: Emily Bick
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
ISBN: 140933208X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 231

Book Description
The Rough Guide to Vintage London is your ultimate guide to London's burgeoning vintage scene, that is making the British capital a more exciting place to visit than ever before. Whether you're into fifties fashion or seventies furnishings, old-fashioned beauty parlours, Art Deco cafés or retro restaurants, The Rough Guide to Vintage London will show you where to find the best bargains and the hippest hang-outs. This authoritative illustrated guide casts a discerning eye over the entire city, highlighting the best of vintage London in each area. It covers over 200 budget and luxury attractions, from the East End hotspots of hyper-cool Hoxton and Shoreditch to the eccentric emporia of the West End, as well as the pick of London's markets and the classiest vintage outlets north and south of the centre, all marked on full-colour maps. Whatever your look or interest - blitz chic, beehive hairdo, forties screen idol, rockabilly, twenties flapper or Edwardian chap - The Rough Guide to Vintage London will tell you where you can enjoy them to the full. From Consultant-Editor Wayne Hemingway and written by Francis Ambler, Emily Bick, Samantha Cook, Nicholas Jones and Lara Kavanagh.Now available in ePub format.

Upcyclist

Author: Antonia Edwards
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 3791349503
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Upcycling goes upscale in this beautiful, elegant, and global collection that showcases what today’s designers are creating out of yesterday’s materials. Upcycling is the process of transforming seemingly low value items into something new. Today’s upcyclists are creating stunning furniture, lighting, and art objects that combine values of superb craftsmanship and design with ideas of how "waste" can be both inspiring and informing. While the environmental and financial benefits of upcycling are readily acknowledged in Upcyclist: Reclaimed and Remade Furniture, Lighting and Interiors, the designers and makers profiled show how the practice can result in pieces that are as aesthetically exciting as anything created using only raw materials. Based on the author’s popular website, this book features hundreds of creations from an international collection of today’s most exciting designers. It is organized by material, with chapters dedicated to wood, metal, glass and ceramics, textiles, plastic, paper, and mixed media. Reclaimed tree branches and barn doors are transformed into exquisite pieces of furniture; bicycle chains into chandeliers; t-shirts into rugs; saris into upholstery. Filled with an enormous range of materials and objects, this unique book will inspire any designer or design-conscious consumer to incorporate upcycling into their creative practice or interior design projects.

The Vintage Showroom

Author: Douglas Gunn
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781780676210
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Praised by Karl Lagerfeld as "the place for inspiration", The Vintage Showroom is a unique collection of men's vintage clothing, revered by collectors, fashion designers and stylists, who rent out its unique pieces as a source for new designs. plit into four chapters of Aviation & Motorsports. Tailoring and Dress Uniforms, Utility & Denim, Sportswear & Weatherwear, The Vintage Showroom provides a unique overview of the best pieces from the collection. Featuring everything from a bearskin bomber jacket and fur-lined flying trousers to the original US navy peacoat and waterproofs worn on the British Antarctic Survey, the book is a mine of ideas for designers and stylists. Lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned photography, showing the clothing details and highlighting the features that make each piece unique, this beautiful volume will be a must-have for designers and fashionistos everywhere.

Shopfronts of London

Author: Eleanor Crow
Publisher: Batsford Books
ISBN: 1849946329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
A collection of Eleanor Crow's beautiful watercolours of classic shopfronts. Published in partnership with Spitalfields Life Books, this timely volume celebrates the small neighbourhood shops of London. As our high streets decline into generic monotony, we cherish these independent shops and family businesses that enrich the city with their characterful frontages and distinctive typography. This collection includes more than 100 of Eleanor Crow's fine illustrations of the capital's bakers, cafes, butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers, chemists, launderettes, hardware stores, eel & pie shops, bookshops and stationers. The pictures are accompanied by the stories of the shops, their history and their shopkeepers – stretching all the way from Chelsea in the west to Bethnal Green, Clerkenwell and Walthamstow in the east. As well as beloved old and lost shopfronts, there are some recent examples of new shops that have been beautifully designed too – from cheesemongers to chippies. At a time of momentous change in the high street, this witty and fascinating personal survey champions the enduring culture of Britain's small shops.

The Rough Guide to London

Author: Rob Humphreys
Publisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781843530930
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 692

Book Description
This definitive insiders' handbook to London covers all the sights from the old favorites to new wonders such as the London Eye and Tate Modern Gallery at Bankside. Includes additions to listings for clubs, shopping, dining, and performing arts. 35 maps. color maps.

Faded Glamour

Author: Pearl Lowe
Publisher: CICO Books
ISBN: 9781782497912
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
“To me, an object that was once the height of elegance but is now a bit battered has far more allure than something brand new.” Pearl Lowe in The Daily Telegraph Pearl Lowe has a passion for vintage finds with character—jewel-toned velvet sofas, hand-dyed lace curtains, gleaming lacquer cabinets—and these are the essential ingredients of Faded Glamour, a gloriously decadent and perfectly lived-in decorating style. With evocative photography, Pearl’s beautiful Georgian home is revealed, showcasing her trademark blend of grandly romantic and cool rock ’n’ roll interiors. Take a tour through the colorful living rooms, intimate bedrooms, and plush bathrooms of her creative friends’ unique homes. There are hand-painted peacocks and an emerald silk bedspread in the charming house of a renowned British fashion designer; bright contemporary paintings on the perfectly rustic plaster walls of Hauser and Wirth in Somerset; a rainbow staircase and vivid embroidered wall hangings in the home of an eclectic jewelry designer, and so much more.

A Hedonist's Guide to London

Author: Fleur Britten
Publisher: A Hedonist's guide to...
ISBN: 1905428235
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
A Hedonist's Guide to London brings one of the world’s most exciting cities to life. Visiting the UK’s capital is not just about big red buses and Piccadilly Circus, but gourmet cooking, chic bars, underground clubs and some of the best shopping in Europe. London’s prominence on the fashion, food and design scene in recent years looks set to continue and this is just the guide to help the outsider become an insider.

Flower Market

Author: M. Mason
Publisher: Pimpernel Press
ISBN: 9781910258200
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book is brimming with texture, color, pattern and exciting and inspiring ways to group and display flowers, plants and succulents

Suzy Gershman's Born to Shop London

Author: Suzy Gershman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 047037098X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
"Gershman's may be the best guide for novice and pro shoppers alike." —The Washington Post For over twenty years, Suzy Gershman has been leading savvy shoppers to the world's best finds. Now Born to Shop London is easier to use and packed with more up-to-datelistings than ever before. Inside you'll find: The best of the shopping scene, from Knightsbridgefashions to Portobello Road antiques—plus colorfulmarkets, unique crafts, and more Excellent values, from designer shoes and handbags to vintage clothes and home furnishings Great gift ideas, even for a friend who has everything—plus the best gifts for less than $15 The best airfare, hotel, and dining values For a global shoppingexperience, check out Suzy Gershman'sWhere to Buy the Best of Everything. Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com