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House of Lachasse
House of Lachasse documents the past seventy years of British fashion through the life of one designer. It tells the story of Peter Lewis-Crown as his life becomes entwined with the history of one of London's leading couture houses. It is a celebration of beautiful clothes, the talented people who design and make them and the lucky people who wear them. Peter Lewis-Crown shares insider stories from within the couture world. He recalls tales of high society fashion shows, confesses secrets of the fashion trade and explains what it is like to dress royalty. This book documents the end of an era of London fashion with the closing of Lachasse and the retirement of a great couture man. House of Lachasse consists of twenty chapters, each focusing on an aspect of Peter Lewis-Crown's life and its connection to fashion. Readers will learn how people kept up appearances during World War Two, experience a post-war London art school, see a couture house from the perspective of one of its employees and hear anecdotes about many well-known figures. The book includes photographs from Peter Lewis-Crown's own collection.
How Fashion Works
Fashion deals with a world of illusion on the one hand and a hard-bitten, multifaceted and multi-billion pound industry on the other. This stimulating book clarifies how fashion operates on all its levels: the mystery of haute couture is explained, the complexities of ready to wear are simplified, and the power of mass production assessed and evaluated. Fashion terms, their use and meaning are explained in plain words and the complicated stages of design, manufacture and distribution are described in detail. Also included are sections on bespoke tailoring, wholesale menswear, dressmaking, millinery and accessories, the fashion calendar and short biographies on the most influential designers. Every follower of fashion, whether at college or in big business, will welcome the information presented in this book.
I Still Miss You
This book is dedicated to those who have had to endure the departure of a beloved one. I want to share my experience that death does not mean life is over. Love is generosity of heart and mind, union of physical and spiritual harmony, the miracle of two in one. When my husband died, I ceased to function. I was lost, limbless, and lifeless. We had thirty three years of paradise on earth so it took two years and all of my strength to start living again. Through the unbearable pain of loss, I slowly came to remember that love, like art, never ends, both containing the seed of infinity. With will power, self discipline, altruism and faith, my love triumphed over death. Zouina Benhalla.
HC 307 - Crime Reduction Policies: A Co-Ordinated Approach?
The Justice Committee believes The Treasury should seriously question whether taxpayers' money is used in ways most likely to reduce future crime and victimisation and must develop a longer term strategy for the use of resources tied up currently in the criminal justice system. All parts of the criminal justice system have had to cope with significant spending cuts, yet it appears that the Government has shied away from using the need to make those cuts to re-evaluate how and where money is spent. The Committee welcomes the development of various cross-Government initiatives to deal with the sources of crime, such as the Troubled Families Programme. But resources committed are tiny compared ...
Bridal Fashions
Looks at the evolution of bridal adornment through the ages and the many quaint customs associated with the wedding ceremony, both in the church and after it. The author also looks at rings, cakes and trousseaux and what used to be called bottom drawers.
Anti-social Behaviour: Oral and additional written evidence
Anti-social Behaviour : Fifth report of session 2004-05, Vol. 3: Oral and additional written Evidence
Runaway
"MAY IS GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH... A WONDERFUL EXHIBITION OF JUST HOW GOOD MAY CAN BE." --The Daily Mail "Five of us had run away that fateful night just over a month before. Only three of us would be going home. And nothing, nothing would ever be the same again." Glasgow, 1965. Headstrong teenager Jack Mackay has just one destination on his mind--London--and successfully convinces his four friends, and fellow bandmates, to join him in abandoning their homes to pursue a goal of musical stardom. Glasgow, 2015. Jack Mackay, heavy-hearted sixty-seven-year-old is still haunted by what might have been. His recollections of the terrible events that befell him and his friends some fifty years earlier, and how he did not act when it mattered most is a memory he has tried to escape his entire adult life. London, 2015. A man lies dead in a one-room flat. His killer looks on, remorseless. What started with five teenagers following a dream five decades before has been transformed over the intervening decades into a waking nightmare that might just consume them all.
