A TIME BEFORE CRACK Jamel Shabazz
A visual diary of the streets of New York City from the mid-70s to the mid-80s, Shabazz's distinctive photographs reveal the families, the poses, and the players who made this age extraordinary.

£25.00 ISBN: 9781576872130 UK

BACK IN THE DAYS Jamal Shabazz
Published: 2001
Photographs of hip-hop fashions in and around Manhatten in the Late 70's to mid eighties by Jamel Shabazz

£27.50 ISBN: 9781576871065 USA

BEAUTIFUL LOSERS - CONTEMPORARY ART AND STREET CULTURE
Published: 2004
In the 1990s, a loose-knit group of American artists and creators , many just out of their teens, began their careers in just such a way. Influenced by the popular underground youth subcultures of the day, such as skateboarding, graffiti, street fashion, and independent music, is a retrospective celebration of this spirit, with hundreds of artworks by over two dozen artists,

£24.95 ISBN: 9781933045306 USA

BLING BLING - HIP-HOPS CROWN JEWELS Minya Oh
Published: 2005
From the dookie chains and door knockers of rap music's nascent era, to the Jacob watches and diamond studded teeth of today, Bling Bling is the engrossing & flamboyant story of hip-hop's love affair with jewelry

£16.99 Out of Print ISBN: 9781932958027 USA

BOMBSHELL - THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF CLAW MONEY Claw Money
Published:2007
Claw Money is New York City's best kept secret. Bombshell, her first book, explodes all preconceived notions about the icon many have seen but few have known. From the deepest recesses of her shoeboxes comes this incredible compendium of photographs, designs, personal letters, and other ephemera collected throughout her life. Whether it's shots of spots she bombed in the Bronx or Grandma Baba's recipe for latkes, fashion shoots or candid snaps, Bombshell redefines the graffiti monograph, taking you beyond the icon and into the realm of Claw Money

£20.99 ISBN: 9781576873373 USA

CONCRETE 2 CANVAS - MORE SKATEBOARDERS ART Jo Waterhouse
Published:2007
The culture of skating is a very creative and visual one, with by-products such as board graphics, videos, stickers, magazines and clothing. This work brings together the finest artwork produced by skateboarders around the world. It also includes digital art, street art, fine art, paintings, drawings, doodles, illustration, and installation

£12.95 Order Only ISBN: 9781856695312 UK

CREAM 6 - ANDRE EDITION
Published: 2007
Conveniently presented in a vacuum-sealed packet, Cream's latest adventure involves a collaboration with celebrated Parisian graffiti artist and entrepreneur André. Best known for his 'Mr A' character that has appeared all over the world, the production also features interviews, projects and many other graphic pieces. To get the party started André has designed a special edition party mask, balloons and a tattoo which are also included.

£29.50 ISBN: 9789889918712 UK

FASHION FOREVER - 30 yrs OF SUBCULTURE I McKell/L Farrelly
Published: 2004
It's not what you wear; it's how you wear it! This look at what British youth have been wearing since the 1970's over the last few decades is a lesson in mix and match styling for the most exhausted fashion victim.

£14.99 ISBN: 9781903781081 UK

FRESH FRUITS Shoichi Aoki
Published: 2005
Following on from 'Fruits', 'Fruits Too' features the latest from Tokyo based 'Fruits Magazine'. Fruits Too uncovers how street fashion has changed in the downtown districts of Tokyo as seen through the eye of Japanese fashion photographer Shoichi Aoki. 'Fruits Too' captures the strange and often 'surreal' fashion sense of Japanese teenagers

£19.95 ISBN: 9780714845104 UK

FRESH FRUITS - 45 POSTCARDS Shoichi Aoki
Published: 2006
Offers a collection of forty-five portraits, showing the street fashions of Tokyo's teenagers. The pictures are selected from the "Fresh Fruits" , the second volume of photographs by a leading publisher and photographer of street fashion in Japan.

£9.95 ISBN: 9780714846217 UK

FRUITS Shoichi Aoki
Published: 2002
Is a collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japans premier street fanzine of the same name

£19.95 ISBN: 9780714840833 UK

FRUITS - 45 POSTCARDS Shoichi Aoli
Published: 2003
This collection of postcards represents a unique documentation of the changing face of street fashion throughout the last decade. Colourful, fascinating and funny , these cult images will delight followers of fashion and youth culture.

£9.95 ISBN: 9780714843353 USA

GOTHIC & LOLITA K Ishikawa/M Yoshinaga
Published:2007
Influenced by Western fashion trends from the mid 1980s, young teenagers, congregate in the urban centres of Harajuku, Akihabara dressed in gothic costumes and late-Victorian dress. This work charts the trend of Gothic fashion that has swept Japan. It features portraits of Japanese Goths and Lolitas in the urban centres of Tokyo and Osaka.

£19.95 ISBN: 9780714847856 UK

HIP HOP FILES - PHOTOGRAPHS 1979-1984 Martha Cooper
Published: 2004
More than three decades after its birth, Hip Hop has made a quantum leap forward. It's had, and continues to have, a major influence on global culture and our society, on music, fashion, art and language. It has grown to be the most influential youth culture on earth. This book documents the beginning of the phenomenon.

£30.00 ISBN: 9783937946023 USA

HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN DEAD Andrew James Jones
Published: 2007
Showcases an intense slice of jones' prolific output. Touching , disturbing, irreverent and insightful, this book has the ability to comfort with one hand while simultaneously punch you with the other

£17.95 ISBN: 9788461150441 SPAIN

I'M WITH STUPID - THE ARTWORK OF JEREMY FISH
Published: 2006
Jeremy Fish creates his own universe with drawings, using a short comic strip narrative and iconic tattoo like emblems of characters such as Larry the Lung leaping the ashtray addicts . You have got see them to understand the bizarre images. The monograph also includes skateboard deck design, paintings and sculpture.

£15.25

KASHIMA - EROS & THANATOS
Published: 2006
A debut collection from the new star of decadent art!! Experience the unique, pop world brought to you by an author who loves Wild and Beasley to no end . Beautiful boys, Lolita, Goth, Eastern tastes, erotica, magic.. . find it all in this single volume. A visual feast!!

£26.00 ISBN: 9784309906690 JAPAN

LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER Dalek
Published:2007
Dalek makes questions with no answers perhaps, but shows a vision of a world gone mad and the oases that provide sanctuary to weary travelers. Left, Right and Center beckons the viewer to press on

£17.95 ISBN: 9788461150458 SPAIN

LEGENDS OF PUNK - PHOTOS FROM THE VAULT Rikki Ercoli
Published: 2003
Over 150 rare black-and white shots of punk era music titans the Sex Pistols, Clash, Ramones, and dozens more in performance and backstage.

£13.99 ISBN: 9780916397869 USA

LODOWN GRAPHIC ENGINEERING Marok
Published: 1998
Lodown documents the fashion and the design, the music of drum n bass and hip hop, the humour, the sex and vibes of this ultra vivid scene at play. Thomas Marecki presents the artists, labels and wild individuals involved in the most innovative projects of the urban subculture . http://www.lodown.de

£24.99 ISBN: 3931126161 GERMANY

LORD OF MESS - MY HEAD IS A VISUAL TOWNSHIP JayBo
Published: 2006
Presents the broad spectrum of his new-school style artwork – from very clean-cut graphic design to glaring Hip Hop illustrations and installations. This monograph features Jaybo’s font designs, logos, record covers and examples of his work as the Art Director of the lifestyle magazine Style and the Family Tunes

£27.99 ISBN: 9783899551549 GERMANY

MADE IN THE UK - THE MUSIC OF ATTITUDE 1977-1983 Janette Beckman
Published: 2005
A collection of images capturing the look and attitude of the musicians and kids who were loudly defining an era that continues to reverberate throughout pop culture. MADE IN THE UK documents the years between 1977 and 1983, a time when British music pushed every boundary

£25.00 ISBN: 9781576872635 USA

MOD - A VERY BRITISH PHENOMENON Terry Rawlings
Published: 2000
Captures the look and soul of Mod, tracing its roots back to Londons Soho of the forties, he unearths every impulse and expression of the only surviving British youth movement that can be looked back on without embarrassment

£19.95 ISBN: 9780711968134 UK

MOTORCYCLE JACKETS - A CENTURY OF LEATHER DESIGN (2nd Edition)
Rin Tanaka
Published: 2000
Traces the evolution of the motorcycle jacket over the past century, hundreds of jackets from dozens of leather companies past and present are featured in over 1000 photographs

£55.00 ISBN: 9780764325199 USA

MOTORCYCLE JACKETS - ULTIMATE BIKERS FASHIONS Rin Tanaka
Published: 2003
With over 1100 colour photographs, and explores the jackets in detail, included are the jackets from the earliest days of motorcycling racing uniforms, fashions of the rockers in the UK, Harley Davidson jackets, and motorcycle jacket art

£55.00 ISBN: 9780764318498 USA

NEW ROMANTICS - THE LOOK Dave Rimmer
Published: 2003
Assesses the style and impact, of this club based 80s style movement that mixed music with fashion, enterpeneurialism and art

£14.95 ISBN: 9780711993969

NO FUTURE - SEX, SEDITIONSAIRES AND THE SEX PISTOLS M Bracewell/A Wilson
Published: 2004
Examines the nature of the achievement by unlocking the specific meanings of the visual images and attitudes that were at its heart, illustrations of clothes from Sex and Seditionsaires

£18.99 ISBN: 9780954828509 UK

OBEY - SUPPLY AND DEMAND
Published: 2006
The art of Shepard Fairey

£35.00 ISBN: 9781584232445 GERMANY

OPEN MIC Ewen Spencer
Published: 2005
As a photographer of much talent , Ewen Spencer turns his attention to the 'grime' music scene in London,

£9.99 ISBN: 9780955084003 UK

RAW COMMUNICATION Moshino Katsura
Published: 2006
His first book "Moshino's works for Girlstudio" was published in 1998 and elevated him from underground club culture to the major illustration scene, this new book focuses on his work and projects since then. Experiences since 1998 have affected how Moshino behaves for instance "my anger and sorrow expresses itself in my bad language at gallery talk shows, my weird robots, or my freaky illustrations. The more I observe the world, the more dirt I see." Now a global image-maker for the likes of Evian, Sony, Nike and more he may also be DJ-ing in a neighbourhood near you.

£38.00 ISBN: 9784794966803 JAPAN

£15.25 Order Only ISBN: 9780976493204 USA

ROCKERS STYLE COMPLETE
Published: 2006
In 1978 'Rockers', a full-length feature film based in Jamaica, was released. This book documents the personalities and styles, which typified the golden age of reggae music through stills and photographs from the film.

£32.50 ISBN: 9784309905990 JAPAN

SEEN - BLACK STYLE UK Liz Farrelly
Published: 2001
Seen: blackstyleUK is the first publication to explore the immeasurable impact of Black subculture on British streets, dance floors, wardrobes and beauty parlours over the past three decades. It gives unique visual expression to the energy and innovation of a range of fashion trends and musical subcultures, including Ragga, drum 'n' bass, House, and UK Garage, through a wealth of unpublished images from legendary and contemporary photographers including Dennis Morris and David Swindells

£27.50 Order Only ISBN: 9781861542175 UK

SKATEBOARD - RETROSPECTIVE, A COLLECTORS GUIDE Rhyn Noll
Published: 2003
Nearly 700 colour photos of decks, wheels, trucks, and other gear that illustrate the sports dramatic changes in design and graphics

£32.50 ISBN: 9780764311222 USA

SKATEBOARD ART OF JIM PHILLIPS Jim Phillips
Published:2007
This retropspective on Jim's skateboard art bobards the reader wtih colorful skateboard decks, logos, ad art, ad layouts , photos and stickers to illustrate the history of skateboarding from the urethane revolution up to the present. The story traces the roots of skateboarding with more than a half-century of Phillips' involvement. It provides insight into the creative evolution of the sport and the worldwide interest and influence that has occurred from this California artist.

£24.95 ISBN: 9780764311222 USA

SKATEBOARDS THAT ROCK Rhyn Noll
Published: 2003
Amazing display of graphic design and artistic imagery on skateboards made over the last forty years

£24.95 ISBN: 0764317903 USA

SLEEP TRAVELLER Aya Kato
Published:2007
Heroes and warriors of indefinite times, ladies of immense eyes and incomparable beauty, impossible histories of love in dream places. Illustrations that will take you to a world that seems distant, but that lives inside each one of us

£21.50 ISBN: 9788461153954 SPAIN

STREET - THE NYLON BOOK OF GLOBAL STYLE Nylon Magazine
Published: 2006
Divided into five chapters, one chapter for each city (New York, Paris, London, Berlin, Tokyo Melbourne and Copenhagen). This book begins with an introduction explaining the city's particular brew of geography, culture, and fashion. It juxtaposes the different looks of each city, in a documentary style.

£14.00 ISBN: 9780789315014 USA

STREET FASHION PARADE
Published: 2006
Photo reporting through streets, which ranger from fashion to youth trends, with particular regard towards graphics and symbols that this world represents

£30.00 Order Only ISBN: 9788886416665 ITALY

STREETWEAR - THE INSIDER'S GUIDE Steven Vogel
Published: 2007
With over 750 streetwear designs and product photographs, and a global directory of the key streetwear boutiques, websites, brands and designers, here is the definitive guide to cool clothes created or inspired by urban living around the globe. All fashion designers, stylists and buyers, retail, branding and advertising professionals will adore this book, as will the millions who love buying and wearing streetwear.

£16.95 ISBN: 9780500286777 UK

STYLE SURFING - WHAT TO WEAR IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM Ted Polhemus
Published: 1996
In high fashion a cycle of "New Looks" dictated what we should wear from season to season; similarly in the style wars of the streets you were a zootie, a beatnik, a punk. Post-punk, fashion itself went out of fashion. This study reveals the liberation of being able to dress how we please

£14.95 ISBN: 9780500278956 UK

TANK BOOK Masoud Golsorkhi/Andreas Laeufer
Published: 2002
Brings together the very best from the first ten, small format issues

£19.95 ISBN: 9780500283660 UK

TANK TOO Andreas Laeufer/Masoud Golsorkhi
Published: 2006
Since its inception in 1998, "Tank" magazine focuses on experimental fashion publishing. This work showcases young photographers, illustrators, and stylists to have appeared in the large-format magazine.

£19.95 ISBN: 9780500285978 UK

THE LAST SUNDAY IN JUNE Jamel Shabazz
Published: 2003
Photographs of the New York's gay march at the end of June

£25.00 ISBN: 157687172X USA

THE LEATHER BOOK Anne-Laure
Published: 2003
Quilleriet Since prehistoric times, when human beings first wore animal skins out of necessity, leather has always had a special place in fashion As a living material that's sculpted into unique relief by the body's own habits, leather has metamorphosed into countless styles throughout the 20th century, from the tough virility of the biker fraternity to fetishistic corselets that symbolize unabashed luxury or a return to the rustic.

£19.95 ISBN: 9782843235122 USA

THE LOOK - ADVENTURES IN ROCK AND POP FASHION Paul Gorman
Published: 2006
Provides an account of the growth of one of the biggest businesses in global entertainment, taking in characters and adventures from Los Angeles and Memphis to London, Paris and Tokyo. This book includes interviews with the pop stars, designers and tailors behind iconic artists such as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and more.

£24.99 ISBN: 9780955201707

THE NASTY TERRIBLE T-KID 170 Julius "T-KID"
Published: 2005
Cavero Traces his life from the early 60s to 2005 through his written accounts and artwork and includes images of painted trains, walls, canvases, drawings and sketches produced over the last 30 years. A journey through a life, an era and the South Bronx, THE NASTY "TERRIBLE" T-KID 170 displays T-KID's contributions to the graffiti movement and his role in the difficult and chaotic origins of hip hop.

£24.99 ISBN: 393794611X USA

THE TEDS Chris Steele-Perkins/Rich ard Smith
Published: 1979
A vivid and absorbing book it combines image and text to tell a fascinating story that spans some three decades

£15.99 ISBN: 9781899235445 UK

THE TOKYO LOOK BOOK - STYLISH TO SPECTACULAR, GOTH TO GYARU, SIDEWALK TO CATWALK Philomena Keet
Published:2008
Tokyo is home to the most creative and stylish fashion in the world. The Tokyo Look Book takes us on a dazzling journey through the streets, clubs, and boutiques of this trendsetting city to introduce us to the people who wear the latest fashions and the people who make them. Crammed with cool, full-color photographs of Tokyo's trendy teens and twenty-somethings captured candidly as they work and play, this is a comprehensive look at the richly varied fashion scenes that thrive in Japan's capital city

£16.99 ISBN: JAPAN 9784770030610

TOKYO STREET STYLE - FASHION IN HARAJUKU Tiffany Godoy
Published:2008
The dizzying combination of street-level fashion, outre couture and re-mixed, fast-forward youth culture in Tokyo's Harajuku neighbourhood has made it an international style capital. "Tokyo Street Style" profiles the daring and influential designers and labels at this epicentre of Japanese and global fashion. Offering a pop cultural history of the scene, a snapshot of where it is today, and a glimpse into its future, this dazzling book includes hundreds of images of innovative and astonishing fashions, ads, stores, models and magazines, plus the creators themselves

£18.95 ISBN: 9780500514030 UK

TOKYO STREETS (DVD)
Published: 2008
The "Tokyo Streets" DVD shows how in Japan fashion is more a form of popular expression than a world reserved for people in the fashion industry. Our DVD tries to show the raw emotions felt by westerners during their trips to Japan where they experience this fascinating new world.

£16.50 ISBN: 880198066299 USA

VX - TEN YEARS OF VIBE PHOTOGRAPHY R Kenner/G Pitts
Published: 2003
Helping to celebrate the prominent hip-hop magazine's 10th anniversary, including a traveling photography exhibition and 10-city concert tour, this is a comprehensive chronicle of urban culture featuring the most powerful images featured in the magazine.

£27.50 ISBN: 9780810945463 USA

TOO FAST FOR LOVE David Yellen
Published: 2004
Captures the classically trashy style of the headbangers, metalheads, burnouts, and self-styled fanatics, tailgating in anticipation of the show or hanging by the backstage door hoping to make it to the promised land of the bands' dressing rooms. In Too Fast For Love, Yellen travels from Michigan to Miami, from Pennsylvania to Omaha, to explore a moment frozen in hairspray, bleached perms, mullets, spandex cat suits, denim cutoffs, more pleather than you can imagine, leopard, tiger, and snake prints, ripped fishnets, bare breasts and hairy chests, G-strings and platforms, pierced nipples and tongues, studded belts and bracelets, raccoon eyes, press-on nails, and hyper lip liner.

£22.50 ISBN: 9781576872154 USA

WE B*GIRLZ M Cooper/N Kramer
Published: 2005
A handbook for active and aspiring B-Girlz with photos. It takes a look at the hot and happening world of B-Girlz of the 21st century. Featuring pioneering B-Girlz like Rokafella from the Bronx, and Asia-One from LA, it is a book for accomplished or aspiring B-Girlz and the boys who admire them.

£15.99 ISBN: 9781576872697 USA

WE'RE DESPERATE T Moore/E Cervenka/M Jacobs
Published: 2002
The punk rock photographys of Jim Jocoy

£25.00 ISBN: 9781576871560 USA