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Fashionable Selby

Balance bookshelf by Cush Design Studio.

History of publisher logos courtesy of World Book Night!  Can you guess which one we’re partial to? 

Image and text courtesy NYPL Digital Gallery.

Balance bookshelf by Cush Design Studio.

Thorburn’s miniature portrays the contrast between the Queen’s professional and personal life: wearing the ribbon and star of the Garter whilst reading a letter simply attired in black wearing a miniature bracelet on her wrist and the treasured crystal locket that had been an engagement present from Queen Louise of the Belgians.

A fashion muse with her simple and feminine outfits in the 1970s, Jane Birkin has also given her name to an iconic Hermès handbag that perfectly suits the woman who once declared: ‘My mother was right: when you’ve got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.’ 

postcards (by delgrosso)