Savile Row is the home of hand tailoring. This short street is home to many of the world's finest tailoring houses, a street where for over 200 years royals, rock stars, and giants of the business and political worlds have come to have their clothes cut, sewn and fitted. Patrick Grant, co-owner of Savile Row tailors Norton & Sons, describes the long-standing traditions of craftsmanship that are maintained in the workrooms of this quiet corner of London's Mayfair - a fascinating and uniquely storied world. He celebrates the extraordinary ecosystem, from the British weavers and cloth houses to the trimmings merchants, that allows Savile Row to flourish.
Grant shines a light on the captivating story of Savile Row, the painstaking processes required to create a bespoke garment, and the story of his personal experiences on this most famous thoroughfare. This book details, for the first time, the complete tailoring methods of several of Savile Row's finest sewing tailors, providing a detail
From running 1,000km across a mountain range to bikepacking across a continent, the longest journeys have the power to change us in ways that we can scarcely imagine at the start. Voyages will take us around the world through a series of long-distance, human-powered journeys that inspire. The stories in this book may involve mountains, deserts, water, polar regions, cultural discoveries, personal growth or a combination of the above, but the common thread is that these journeys are meaningful, and ambitious in scope.
The book will tell the story of Claudia Schiffer's cat Chip. The Book shall be an illustrated gift book which appeals to a lifestyle savvy audience and will relate how Chip became a movie star and what it is like to be Claudia Schiffer's cat and meet the people in her creative and celebrity worlds.
From Anime covered vehicles and hotrodders, to cosplayers and rockabillies, The Obsessed will introduce readers to the phenomenon of obsessive subculture enthusiasts in Japan.
The book will delve into the world of Japanese subcultures and the obsessive approach that many people take to their hobbies, passions and lifestyle choices. Japanese Subcultures will contain photos and texts - such as potentially profiles, essays or features - of a diverse range of Otaku and other fans and followers of different subcultures, and will unveil what is behind these obsessions and what makes these people tick.
What makes a great city? What are the world's most livable cities? In this book, Monocle reveals what makes a metropolis tick.
Ever since its launch in 2007, Monocle has been passionate about improving our cities.
Each year it compiles a Quality of Life Survey, which names the top 25 cities to call home, and across the issues it has interviewed the most productive mayors, looked at the metropolises putting pedestrians first, and met the people making room for parks, both pocket-sized and plush. In this important new book the magazine's editors unpack what makes a great city and how to fix one that's flagging. How do you fashion your own High Line, create the most covetable housing, or transform a grimy river into a glistening asset? Beautifully shot and illustrated, this is a book that takes the urbanism debate away from city hall and explains what's needed in ways that will inspire us all.
Les cartographes contemporains les plus originaux et les plus sollicités nous font partager leur travail pour nous aider à mieux comprendre le monde qui nous entoure dans cette édition revue de l'un de nos bestsellers. Pendant des siècles, nous avons utilisé les ressources de la cartographie pour représenter notre environ- nement immédiat et le reste du monde, puis le léguer à d'autres. À notre époque des systèmes de navigation par satellite et de Google Maps, les interprétations personnelles de la géographie qui nous entoure deviennent encore plus pertinentes. A Map of the World dresse un panorama fascinant du travail de toute une génération montante de graphistes, d'illustrateurs et de cartographes qui s'est découvert une passion pour une nouvelle forme de cartographie illustrée. Cette édition mise à jour et augmentée contient encore plus d'exemples de leur production, depuis des représentations rigoureuses à des interprétations perso, naïves et contemporain
Pour voyager branché, Tyler Brulé, rédacteur en chef de la revue The Monocle, propose, en 10 chapitres, un tour du monde de ce qu'il y a de mieux à voir.
