Accompanied with personal commentary from Baker herself and specially written contributions by Vivienne Westwood and Katharine Hamnett, this is the definitive guide to Caroline Baker and her influence on fashion.
"Featuring an array of – now – infamous covers and high fashion editorials crafted by Baker, readers are encouraged to bask in the success of her trail-blazing tale and indulge in the history of streetwear’s rise to the helm of the fashion industry." - Wonderland
"A fantastic delve into the story of fashion styling straight from the lips (and visual archive) of the lady who invented it all, Caroline Baker" - Navaz Batliwalla, disneyrollergirl
Caroline Baker arrived in London with the necessary impetus and at the right time to become the creator of street style. [Translated from Spanish] - Malu Pandolfo, La Nacion
"What makes this book a must-read? Author Iain R. Webb is a friend of Baker’s, so this is the inside story of a woman whose work is a masterclass in the art of style and subversion." - Yahoo
"1976… It was the fashion editing at its most original, carried out by one of the most influential stylists of the era: Caroline Baker, the architect of "street fashion"." - VOGUE
Iain R. Webb is a writer, curator and academic. He is Professor of Fashion & Design at Kingston School of Art and also associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins and Bath Spa University. After studying fashion design at St. Martin’s School of Art (Central Saint Martins), Webb went on to serve as fashion editor of Blitz, Evening Standard, Harpers & Queen, The Times and Elle. He won the Fashion Journalist of the Year Award in 1995 and 1996, and has penned many fashion books, such as Bill Gibb: Fashion and Fantasy (V&A Publishing, 2008), As Seen in Blitz (ACC Editions, 2014), VOGUE Colouring Book (Conran, 2015) and John Galliano for Dior (Thames & Hudson, 2019).