In a comprehensive survey of this highly pertinent subject, leading academic Sandy Black examines the way the fashion industry is changing to accommodate the environmental concerns of the twenty first century. She exposes the naked truth behind the clothes we wear, exploring alternate practices and assessing their feasibility.

New Directions in Jewellery II is an astonishing collection of the most exciting jewellery today, exploring the increasingly varied ways in which the boundaries of design are being extended and challenged by contemporary makers.

Fashioning Fabrics considers the work of fashion designers who put textile development at the centre of their practice. Taking in both flights of fancy gracing the most exclusive catwalks in the world and emerging designers working on a much smaller scale, this stunning book explores and pays homage to the experimental, the beautiful and the extravagant in textile design.

New Directions in Jewellery features over 80 makers who are pushing the boundaries of traditional jewellery design. Crossing over with textiles, sculpture, fine art and performance, this book explores the ways in which the field of jewellery has been expanding to encompass an exciting, beautiful and provocative array of work.

Underwear in the UK is suggestive of many things – unglamorous grey garments best hidden from view, cross-dressing pop stars and civil servants, Carry-On films and a sea of mass-produced Marks & Spencers’ knickers – but style may not instantly come to mind. This book explores the range of realities that constitute British people’s relationship with underwear, from the essentially practical to the fabulously fantastical.