Tiny crockery, vintage props and sweet treats fill the table, capturing the magic and mysteries of Wonderland.

Yes, as I said, it was more Carroll – and more Alice, courtesy of the sequel that everybody mis-titles, Through the Looking Glass. Tiny crockery, vintage props and sweet treats filled the table, capturing the magic and mysteries of Wonderland.Alice and Westwoord are the perfect collaboration and it's usable and enjoyable to read- it's such a good gift for adults and kids who love Alice! Alice’s legacy extends in many directions, but she’s cast a particularly significant shadow over fashion. Vivienne has personally designed front cover and end papers as well as written the introduction which reveals her passion for the story and its personal ties with her own manifesto for positive activism and sustainability. The second designer is Claudia Bradby, who has designed a pearl Alice necklace and bracelet set to mark this very important birthday.

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. Overall I really love this edition although it is a lot more low-key than a lot of other editions including the Barnes and Noble Leatherbound Edition (which I own).Grace Coddington, former creative director at American Vogue, described it as an “exhausting, exhilarating” and “magical” shoot, and Vodianova brought a combination of wide-eyed innocence and sulky humour to the photos that seemed to befit a contemporary understanding of Alice. It's a fantasia as opposed to a flop, a nuance and not a nonsense, and while it riffs off a young child's frustration at not being able to play chess (among other things), it is one perfect remove from the real world – via the imagination of a child (as perceived by a gent in his late 30s) into a surreal landscape, with even more bizarre characters than before.

Cutting edge but classic, her collections are unflinchingly rooted in her interests and beliefs, whether it is human rights or classical fiction.The wonderland she explores – containing its mad hatters, hookah-smoking caterpillars, literal floods of tears, and a murderous Queen of Hearts – is just as famous, transcending the pages to take on a life of its own. Based on drawings by Mary Blair, this version of Alice nodded to Tenniel’s original illustrations while incorporating more contemporary references. Westwood - whose catwalk shows have been inspired by episodes from Carroll’s fantasy novel, from the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party to her twisted take on Britishness - says she often sees the world through the looking glass. Wonderland as symbolic of our present day society, and Alice becomes a rebel who sees through this madness. The Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter and White Rabbit surrounded a bespoke distorted table adorned in Westwood’s fabric that shrunk down to miniature size.

To understand Westwood’s ideas, however, it is best to begin at the end, at the point when her introduction comes to a close. These designers are not alone in having been inspired by the extraordinarily imaginative world created by Carroll.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! Her influence can be felt everywhere, from the trippy reaches of 1960s psychedelia to the kitsch whimsy that coalesced around Tim Burton’s 2010 film adaptation. In fact, wonderland has been a rich territory for many generations of designers – and the fashion world, in turn, has shaped our understanding of Alice and her coterie of characters. Westwood said: “When you read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, you’ll see the original drawings by Tenniel which help make the book so sensational. Card, paper and pens were used to depict individual characters, each with their own unique prop and inspired by the books’ original illustrations.