Recommendations : Books About Fashion & Designers

[coco vaughn]

Fashion Now 1-2.

 

[YoninahAliza]

Fruits or Fresh Fruits, compilations of the Japanese magazine, great if you enjoy Japanese street style.

 

[Lanbim Cord]

thank you guys! i'm really curious about the Prada book now!

 

[Chanelcouture09]

Another Book i forgot to mention, Balenciaga Paris, it's the most detailed of Fashion Books i own, i love that at the start of the book they have the original floor plan of the Salon and it goes almost Year by Year throughout the history, and up to around spring 2006.

The Prada Book is magnificent, it's definitely worth investing in.

 

[Boomer]

Milbank's coffee table book 'Couture' is a great book- and there are some used copies floating around at a very reasonable price...I can never get enough on that subject anyway!!

 

[Lanbim Cord]

any thoughts about these Vogue Covers: On Fashion's Front Page and Chanel: Collections and Creations ? thanks in advance!

 

[Boomer]

Chanel: Collections and Creations is a magnificent book- highly recommended!! The Vogue book I am not familiar with, but I have two books called The Forties in Vogue and The Fifties in Vogue that are really good; what I've seen of their other books in the bookstore are all very well done!

 

[Lanbim Cord]

^thank you so much.i really appreciated your help!

 

[Chanelcouture09]

I Have the Vogue Covers Book, its good if your a fan of the Magazine (It's just UK Vogue covers though) and it features alot of their most iconic covers (I.e. Kate as David Bowie, Princess Diana's October 97' cover ect ect).
there is also a Paris Vogue Covers 1920 - 2009 if your a fan of their covers too.

 

[Chanelcouture09]

This Book has really got my Interest at the Moment, and I'm really looking forward to buying it.

Louis Vuitton: 100 Legendary Trunks: The History of the Travel Trunk by Pierre-Leon Forte & Florence Muller
The Release date is the 1st of November.

it's Hardback and 496 pages.

In the same format as our spectacular The Birth of Modern Luxury (540 pages, 600 illustrations) comes Louis Vuitton: The History of the Travel Trunk. This book provides the definitive story of the creation of their legendary travel luggage. In the middle of the nineteenth century, trains and steam ships transformed transportation and opened the world to a new breed of travellers. Louis Vuitton understood the need for more practical luggage and strove to create products that were adaptable to all situations. Authors Pierre-Leon Forte and Florence Muller explore all aspects of this story from Louis Vuitton's apprenticeship in traditional box making to the revolution of the stackable flat-top trunk; from the development of the tumbler lock to the creation of the LV monogram canvas. It also includes examples of devoted customers such as Queen Elizabeth II and explorer Pierre S De Brazza. Illustrated with 600 images taken from the Vuitton archives, this book will be the definitive volume on one man and his sons' dedication to creating objects of luxury and practicality.

Pierre Leon Forte has been working at Maison Louis Vuitton for many years and is currently the editor in chief of the City Guide Vuitton series. Florence Muller is a historian, a correspondent for the magazine Surface, and a professor at Institut Francais de la Mode in Paris where she lives. She is the author of Abrams' Yves Saint Laurent: Style, among other books.

*Amazon.co.uk

 

[Boomer]

^ Amazing- I'd love to see that too! I picked up a coffee table book about the history of perfume which sounded awful, and it was one of the most fascinating books I ever read!! There are so many things we aren't aware of, I imagine...

 

[Marjon]

Amazing thread!

 

[BLUECHIP]

my lust list:

TOM FORD
karl lagerfeld: the beauty of violence

 

[P Louie V]

Nylon Book of Global Style

Hi everyone, i was in Urban Outfitters today and i randomly look over and see "Nylon Book of Global Style". So, i walk over and grab it (not sure what i was going to expect as far as how good it is, or not) and opened it. Once opened, i literally couldn't put the book down, i stayed in the store for about an hour just looking thru the book. I didnt buy it, but came home and purchased it on ebay(CHEAPER ).

Was wondering, does anyone else have this book or any of the other street style fashion books? If so, what are your thoughts on it? This should be an interesting thread!

 

[Marinaa]

The history of fashion photography

Does anyone know of any good books or websites on the history of fashion photography?

 

[seguilamoda]

There's a great Taschen book with Fashion Ads, and has a time line through-out the whole book. Might be useful.

 

[LaModaInspire13]

The Stephen Sprouse Book

 

[LaModaInspire13]

Hi everyone, i was in Urban Outfitters today and i randomly look over and see "Nylon Book of Global Style". So, i walk over and grab it (not sure what i was going to expect as far as how good it is, or not) and opened it. Once opened, i literally couldn't put the book down, i stayed in the store for about an hour just looking thru the book. I didnt buy it, but came home and purchased it on ebay(CHEAPER ).

Was wondering, does anyone else have this book or any of the other street style fashion books? If so, what are your thoughts on it? This should be an interesting thread!

The Sartorial List Book is great!! So is Face Hunter. I love urban outfitters...

 

[shoegal87]

Has anyone read Blow by blow, the Isabella Blow biography?

 

[blueorchid]

Does anybody know any good books about fashion in the 70s? I'd prefer books with photographs, but others would be good too. For whatever reason I've always been attracted to the fashion of that time.