The Fashion Chronicles

Amber Butchart, Mitchell, Beazley, £20 BBC TV and radio presenter Butchart – who also happens to be an associate lecturer at the London College of Fashion – takes a look at how people across cultures and over centuries have used clothing to signify power and status, and to even change the world. From Cleopatra to Beyonce, it’s a good read.

OUR VERDICT 7/10