The book contains close to one hundred photographs that clarify and enrich the text ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ the book is a highly selective but stimulating and readable analysis of how social changes in particular areas of a major city‎,‎ refracted through the lens of creative talent‎,‎ transformed the character and meaning of fashionable appearance during the twentieth century‎.‎ Diana Crane‎,‎ The Historian a dizzying escapade through moments and experiences of fashionability in the capital ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ wide‎-ranging and theoretically sophisticated ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ both inspirational and provocative and should be of interest to anyone interested in the history of either British fashion or the cultural geography of London‎.‎ Journal of British Studies Alistair O‎'‎Neill‎'‎s London ‎- after a Fashion is a beautifully written and researched analysis of how everything effects everything else‎.‎ There are fine chapters on Soho in the 50‎'‎s‎,‎ Francis Bacon and the great and seminal British Surrealist Exhibition of 1936‎.‎ Fascinating stuff‎.‎ ‎-‎- George Melly A quirky and original‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎