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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorWomen in Clothes
Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton · 521 pages
"An exploration of the questions we ask ourselves while getting dressed every day, and the answers from more than six hundred women"--From back cover.
Empress of Fashion: A Life of Diana Vreeland
Amanda Mackenzie Stuart · 419 pages
This rare glimpse into the life of the innovative fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and the legendary editor-in-chief of Vogue who, redefining women's sense of beauty and style, launched the careers of such timeless beauties as Lauren Bacall and Lauren Hutton, explores her originality, her tenacity and her inimitable sensibility.
Blow by Blow: The Story of Isabella Blow. Detmar Blow with Tom Sykes
Detmar Blow, Tom Sykes · 312 pages
"Isabella Blow was the epitome of English eccentricity. A legendary figure in the fashion world, she nurtured and championed the talent of some of fashion's most recognisable and important figures, all the time hiding her own personal unhappiness and severe depression. The news of her tragic death in 2007, aged 48, shocked the international fashion world. Her thirty year career in fashion began as
Face Paint: The Story of Makeup
Lisa Eldridge · 240 pages
"Make-up, as we know it, has only been commercially available in the last 100 years, but applying decoration to the face and body may be one of the oldest global social practices. Lisa Eldridge, one of the world's foremost make-up artists--with a very large and loyal public following of her own--has written the first real history of the subject. Face Paint will explore the reasons behind make-up's
The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish
Linda Przybyszewski · 373 pages
"As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to dress. We chase fads, choose inappropriate materials and unattractive cuts, and waste energy tottering in heels when we could be moving gracefully. Quite simply, we lack the fashion know-how we need to dress professionally and flatteringly. As historian and expert dressmaker Linda Przybyszewski reveals in
Lauren Conrad Style
Lauren Conrad, Elise Loehnen
Lifestyle and fashion icon Lauren Conrad, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lauren Conrad Celebrate and Lauren Conrad Beauty, lets fans step into her enviable closet in this must-read guide on finding the perfect style. Filled with an inspiring array of fashion tips and personal stories, and lavishly illustrated with dozens of color photographs throughout, Lauren Conrad Style is the p
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Andrew Bolton, Harold Koda · 240 pages
Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The Fascinating History of Everything in Your Closet
Tim Gunn, Ada Calhoun
"From a bestselling fashion guru--a fascinating, meticulously researched history of Western fashion covering every topic from the history of the high heel to the origin of blue jeans.America's favorite fashion expert, New York Times bestselling author, beloved mentor on Project Runway, and a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Oz, The Biggest Loser, and others--Tim Gunn is also the chief
Fashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century—The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute
Tamami Suoh, Miki Iwagami, The Kyoto Costume Institute · 720 pages
Burlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of the Teese
Dita Von Teese, Bronwyn Garrity · 272 pages
Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me
Patricia Volk · 293 pages
From the acclaimed author of Stuffed: an intimate, richly illustrated memoir that juxtaposes two fascinating lives -- the iconoclastic designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the author's own mother, Audrey Morgen Volk, an upper-middle-class New Yorker -- to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman.
The Thoughtful Dresser
Linda Grant · 308 pages
"'A good handbag makes the outfit. Only the rich can afford cheap shoes. The only thing worse than being skint is looking as if you're skint.' For centuries, an interest in clothes has been dismissed as the trivial pursuit of vain empty-headed women. Yet, clothes matter, whether you are interested in fashion or not because what we choose to dress ourselves in defines our identity. For the immigran
Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style
Susan Brown · 480 pages
"From simple to sophisticated, elegant to excessive, what we wear says who we are. "Fashion" is the ultimate visual guide to everything ever worn. From the extravagance of Ancient Egypt, through the legendary fashion houses of Chanel and Dior, to the latest cutting-edge labels, this gorgeous collection of costume and dress shows how fashion reflects people and places, and captures the times in whi
Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons From The World's Most Elegant Woman
Karen Karbo · 229 pages
Style A to Zoe: The Art of Fashion, Beauty, & Everything Glamour
Rachel Zoe, Rose Apodaca · 192 pages