Fashion category: 1172 books
Cheap Chic
Hundreds of Money-Saving Hints to Create Your Own Great Look
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
“I think it’s terrific.” –Diane von Furstenberg, of the original edition of Cheap Chic
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Beloved by designers and style mavens alike, the LBD of fashion guides—with a new foreword by Tim Gunn—is back and more in fashion than ever.
Before there were street-style blogs and ‘zines,...
New York Fashion Week
The Designers, the Models, the Fashions of the Bryant Park Era
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Since 1993, Bryant Park has been the event's home, but in 2010 relocated to Lincoln Center. New York Fashion Week focuses on what's already been termed the Golden Era” of Fashion Week, the Bryant Park Years. It is filled with hundreds of never-before-seen photos and never-before-told stories and...
by Nicholas Coleridge
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
From the catwalks of Paris to the sweatshops of South Korea; from Seventh Avenue glitz to Tokyo new-wave… The sophisticated brokings of the fashion conspiracy have generated a powerful new force in the world economy; designer money.
Nicholas Coleridge presents a fascinating portrait of the...
Amber Jane Butchart's Fashion Miscellany
An Elegant Collection of Stories, Quotations, Tips & Trivia from the World of Style
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Styles come and and go, but fashion has an enduring appeal, a rich history, and an everyday practical relevance for millions.
Launched to coincide with London Fashion Week 2014, this book offers a host of new perspectives on a classic subject. Professional fashion expert Amber Jane Butchart...
Made For Each Other
Fashion and the Academy Awards
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
At the Academy Awards, the answer to who wore what matters just as much as who won what. Focusing on the actresses nominated for Oscars and a few seminal presenters, Made for Each Other traces the fashion trends of the widely watched Oscar ceremony. From the splendor of Vivien Leigh to the spare war-era...
by Elizabeth Ewing
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2014
The first edition of this book established itself as required reading for all those interested in the development of the fashion business. There are other books on contemporary dress, but this account gives particular weight to the commercial organization of the industry; from designer and textile...
by Daniel Milford-Cottam
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Fashion in the Edwardian period underwent some quite revolutionary changes. The delicately coloured, flower-and-lace-trimmed trailing gowns and elaborate hairstyles worn by tightly corseted fashionable ladies in the early years of Edward VII's reign would transform into the boldly coloured, dramatically...
by Bettina Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Bettina Ballard, Paris-based correspondent and later Fashion Editor for US Vogue, was at the centre of the fashion world from the 1930s to the ’50s and an intimate of Coco Chanel, Cristóbal Balenciaga and Elsa Schiaparelli. With journalistic flair, she captures the spirit of pre-war Paris, the...
Coco Chanel
The Queen of Haute Couture
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life and career of Coco Chanel in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the work of the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel. Chanel entered the fashion world at a time when...
Audrey and Givenchy
A Fashion Love Affair
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Audrey and Givenchy is a stunning showcase of the most influential teaming of star and designer in fashion history: Audrey Hepburn and Hubert de Givenchy.
Legendary screen star Aubrey Hepburn and designer Hubert de Givenchy were a brilliant meeting of fashion-forward minds. Over the course...
by Anne Deniau
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Lee Alexander McQueen (1969“2010), whose design combined visionary aesthetics, emotional power, and extraordinary craft, was known for staging provocative shows that were as much performances as venues to display his couture creations. Charged with energy, informed by history and culture, and filled...
Lori Goldstein
Style Is Instinct
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
A stunning anthology of the work of visionary stylist Lori Goldstein, whose interpretations of fashion and beauty have produced some of the most groundbreaking and iconic images in fashion and popular culture.
Lori Goldstein: Style Is Instinct publishes for the first time in book form the work...
Wear No Evil
How to Change the World with Your Wardrobe
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Have you ever wondered, "How can I inherently do good while looking good?" Wear No Evil has the answer, and is the timely handbook for navigating both fashion and ethics. It is the style guide with sustainability built in that we've all been waiting for. As a consumer, you regain your power...
Slow Fashion
Aesthetics Meets Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Slow Fashion offers creatives, entrepreneurs, and ethical consumers alike a glimpse into the innovative world of the eco-concept store movement, sustainable design, and business that puts people, livelihoods, and sustainability central to everything they do.Safia Minney argues that the future of...