Fashionopolis: the Price of Fast Fashion - and the Future of Clothes by Dana Thomas
Category: Fashion
What should I wear? It’s one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are told it should be something new. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. Historically, the apparel trade has exploited labor, t ...Show more
100 Years of Fashion by Cally Blackman
Category: Fashion | Series: Pocket Editions Ser.
This book documents the most exciting and diverse period in fashion: from 1900 on, when women's lives and manner of dress changed dramatically. From home dressmaking to couture, from rationing to "The New Look," from the birth of the teenager to mass manufacture, this selection of over 400 photographs a ...Show more
Louis Vuitton Catwalk: The Complete Fashion Collections
Category: Fashion | Series: Catwalk Ser.
Founded as a luxury leather goods house in 1854, Louis Vuitton was for many decades one of the world's leading trunk and accessories makers. It was after launching its first fashion collections in 1998, however, that the house reached unprecedented global fame, and pioneered high-profile collaborations ...Show more
Worn on This Day - The Clothes That Made History by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
Category: Fashion
This stunning visual guide is a journey of discovery through fashion's fascinating history, one day at a time. Beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st, Worn On This Day looks at garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries, offering capsule fashion histories of everything from sp ...Show more
Fashion is... by Metropolitan Museum of Art
Category: Fashion
What is fashion? This engaging book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers myriad answers to that question, pairing selected works in the museum's collection with concise observations. The simple reflections accompanying the illustrations encourage readers to think about the role of fashion in our c ...Show more
A Guy's Guide to Style by Bernhard Roetzel
Category: Fashion
The Men's Dress Guide illustrates the basic, generally appropriate and long-term fundamentals of a good fashion style for every man, and gives practical tips for all situations from business meetings and festive occasions to recreational activities. Outfit examples assist with the right combinations of ...Show more
For the Love of Shoes by Patrice Farameh
Category: Fashion
Women have long realized that cool shoes do not only complement the outfit, they are the whole point. From Cinderella to Carrie, we have all fallen head over heels for the right pair-and to hell with cost or comfort! This book explores the outer realms of avant-garde shoe design. Unfettered by commercia ...Show more
Fifty Fashion Looks That Changed the 1950s by Design Museum
Category: Fashion
This beautiful reference work showcases 50 iconic outfits from one of fashion's most influential and exciting decades. From the bombshell glamour of Marilyn Monroe in 'How to Marry a Millionaire' to the immergence of teenage style, via the sculptural forms of Christian Dior's New Look and Balenciaga's d ...Show more
Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Fashion Revolution by Pierre Berge
Category: Fashion
Founded in 1 961, Yves Saint Laurent has been one of the greatest names in fashion ever since. Throughout the years, the groundbreaking designs of the couture house created innovative and trend-setting pieces of clothing and then, Yves Saint Laurent became the first couture house to launch, in 1966, the ...Show more
The Art of Wearing Hats by Helena Sheffield
Category: Fashion
The perfect and practical pocket guide to being a hat wearer for novices and aficionados alike, complete with tips on where to buy them, how to wear them, who wears them best and tricks of the trade (yes hat hair, we're looking at you). Hats have been a mainstay of fashion for centuries, but now they're ...Show more
Birds of a Feather Shop Together: Aesop's Fables for the Fashionable Set by Sandra Bark
Category: Fashion
In the vein of the tremendously successful "This Little Piggy Went to Prada" comes "Birds of a Feather Shop Together", a delicious anthology of style-focused fables for the modern-day fashionista. Combining classic story motifs with alluring images of modern fashion and beauty, "Birds of a Feather Shop ...Show more
Fabulous Frocks - A Celebration of Dress Design by Jane Eastoe; Sarah Gristwood
Category: Fashion
A celebration of the dress in all its forms, Fabulous Frocks is sure to fire any fashionista's imagination. Since Coco Chanel invented the little black dress in 1926 it has become a wardrobe staple. Even considering the many decades it's been since women discovered trousers and separates, many still ...Show more