Jasper Conran

Jasper Conran was just 19 when he launched his first collection under his own name. Since then, he’s become one of Britain’s most commercially successful designers and has spread his talents far and wide from children’s wear to homeware, china to crystal, with costume and set design for ballet, opera and theatre productions thrown in.

Jasper’s now expanding his repertoire even further with a new, visually stunning, book “Country” in which he seeks out the glories of rural England exploring the texture and colour of our natural habitat.

Country by Jasper Conran
In Country, Jasper Conran uses his own experiences and the landscapes and homes that are familiar to him to portray a seductive way of life. The allure of the countryside has a universal aspiration. How do we achieve the dream?

It is not about spending money, or prescribing to a certain style, it is about appreciation, self-expression and getting back to the root of what makes us tick. Moving from one season to the next, from interior to exterior, from detail to landscape, this is life as it is actually lived in the countryside today. It is one man's vision that informs by captivating the senses and the imagination. Country is realistic, full of ideas and completely engrossing - a book to spend time with. Beautifully conceived, beautifully photographed and beautifully written, Country is a new kind of lifestyle book - it allows you to live the dream.

Jasper’s holiday readings are:
Milne Diaries 1942-52 by James Lee
Inheritance: Story of Knoe and the Sackvilles

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