In celebration of their 40th birthday (can you believe the label, which feels like such an English icon, is so young?) Mulberry have released the most spectacular coffee table book. Largely shot by Venetia Dearden (who followed the Mulberry team around for the past two years), it is a beautiful, candid peek behind the scenes of the wonderful Mulberry world.
After the book opens with the history of Mulberry, it goes on a visual journey through Mulberry’s runway shows, the factory in Somerset (the last luxury accessories factory in the UK), scenes from the brand’s legendary parties (the golden ticket of Fashion Week), to glimpses of Emma Hill and the design team at work.
Emma Hill very kindly sent me my own personal copy, and I sat down and read the entire thing the other night (two hours of uninterrupted downtime to read being a luxury to me in itself). Between the carousel horses and oversized roses and parties and buttery soft bags within its pages, when I closed the back cover I had that same lovely feeling I used to get after reading Enid Blyton’s Enchanted Forest (and escaping into a magical land far away) as a child. A grown up fairytale book indeed!
If you know your Alexa from your Batswater, then this book is just wanting to land on your coffee table (not literally – it weighs about 5kg…)
I’d love to know what your favourite books were as children? And what us your favourite grown-up coffee table book to escape into the world of?
Love, Miss B xx
P.S. I was lucky enough to sit down with Creative Director, Emma Hill, for a cup of tea and a chat at the book’s launch. To see my interview with her, visit my post over at LibertyLondonGirl
I can’t believe it’s so young either! Ohhh I really want this book!x
What a beautiful book – I want! I have a couple of beautiful coffee table books but they live on the book shelf for two reasons. One I have a Small Child who won’t hesitate to flip through books with all manner of sticky goo on her fingers and two, I really need a see through, possibly glass coffee table with a lower shelf to keep them all. This one also refers back to Small Child and glass coffee tables not being a great mix! I have Glamour with photos shot by Patrick McMullen and a beautiful Manolo Blahnik book. There are lots that I can think I would like to add to the collection… including the Mulberry one. Loving your Mulmerry Month posts! xxx
Ah, I’ve been noticing this popping up all over the place. Looks so beautiful! Mulberry is such a perfectly British brand… definitely agree it feels older than 40 years old (in a good way). xx
I’ve been hearing quite abit about this book recently, which actually reminds me that I was given the ‘Luella’s Guide to English Style’ book at christmas, and I still haven’t got round to reading it!
This books looks beautiful. The images are stunning. I don’t have a coffee table but might consider buying one just to have somewhere to display this!x
Beautiful looking book, might go buy it but am usually not into coffee table type books. I read a biography of Audrey Hepburn recently, written by her son which I loved though, and the images are so iconic and beautiful too. I also have umpteen gardening books which I love… reminding me a little of The Secret Garden, which my mum read me as a child 🙂
That’s so cute! I’ve been invited to the Mulberry book launch here but sadly I will be away then. But I can feel like I’ve been through your post! 🙂
Love your blog. I will be a regular visitor (I visited the Mulberry outlet last month and hyperventilated). Maybe see you in the Black Cat or Limoncello sometime.
Thank you so much! And lovely to see a fellow Cambridgian on here 🙂 I’ve thus far stayed away from the Mulberry outlet for fear it might finish me off with excitement….
B xx