Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (150th Anniversary Edition with Dame Vivienne Westwood)

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The Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter and White Rabbit surround a bespoke distorted table adorned in Westwood’s fabric that shrinks down to miniature size. Aside from her Alice-inspired Autumn/Winter 2011/2012 runway collection , her credentials differ from those who have written an introduction to the work in the past. The best-known character from the Commedia dell’arte is also the perfect choice for Alice’s adventures and his malicious, trickster but yet always comic spirit perfectly represents the fantastic Wonderland. End Capitalism”, in its full and angry boldness, shows Westwood seeing things for what they really are.

These characters and visual cues are so well known that one doesn’t even need to utter the words “Alice” or “Wonderland” to understand what’s being referenced. Yet these documents feel strangely placed in the introduction to a book like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. There's her growing, shrinking, going to court, meeting obscure and obtuse critters, and there's her waking from the most famous dream created by mankind (before Dallas, of course).

Wonderland believes in the agency and power of the cards; Alice says, “You’re nothing but a pack of cards”. Alice’s legacy extends in many directions, but she’s cast a particularly significant shadow over fashion. Now she has illustrated her favourite children's story by creating a unique front cover and end papers for this very special edition.

Immediately following her introduction is a “Climate Map”, which shows the area of land that will become uninhabitable if the earth’s temperature rises by 5 degrees Celsius.Based on drawings by Mary Blair, this version of Alice nodded to Tenniel’s original illustrations while incorporating more contemporary references. Somewhere the book reviewing gods have a list of those classic titles that you cannot deny or begrudge their place in literary history, that are soon to have a 150th birthday party with my name on an invite. The Green Transition Weekly analysis of the shift to a new economy from the New Statesman's Spotlight on Policy team.

Complete with giant tumbling playing cards, an array of cakes and biscuits, and three carefully hand-crafted headpieces. She had previously been spurred on by the pace of the action, but in a moment of sober reality sees things for what they really are. The cover design was inspired by the Harlequin, a print that’s been synonymous with the Westwood brand since the 1980s. We believe we are living in a democracy; Westwood says “there is no chance of immediate democracy in England”.

Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Now when we think of the little girl who grows, shrinks, and navigates all manner of odd encounters, we tend to imagine her in a blue dress with an Alice band. Featuring an all-Black cast, the shoot starred model Duckie Thot as Alice in baby blue and platform heels, and drag superstar RuPaul as a magnificently imperious Queen of Hearts.

I also made a video hauling the book, if you want you can check out my YouTube channel here or watch the video down below! So this book, while honouring one birthday, is a full six years early to celebrate the 150th of what makes it so great.Westwood has previously held catwalk shows inspired by the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and Vintage Books says: "This special anniversary edition of Lewis Carroll’s tale fits in with the twisted take on Britishness that Dame Vivienne Westwood is famous for in a magical Wonderland setting.