Category: Fashion Bookshelf
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Fashion Forecasting
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series part 22 Fashion Forecasting Evelyn L. Brannon & Lorynn Divita, 2015 Even though this book has been on the top shelf, I somehow forgot about it. This forgotten gem was my textbook when I studied at the NYC studio in college. As the title states, this book explains all…
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Vintage Vogue
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series part 21 Vogue March 1986 I love the idea of having authentic, vintage fashion pictures. Something about old magazines can feel more creative and aesthetically pleasing. It could be a cool hobby to start collecting old fashion magazines from my favorite time periods and with my favorite models whether…
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Swatch Reference Guide
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series part 20 Swatch Reference Guide for Fashion Fabrics Deborah E. Young, 2018 This book is one of my favorite keepsakes from fashion school. It is a binder filled with pages of fabric swatches. Each fabric example has information to know about them including how they’re made, their composition, properties,…
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Oscar Style
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series part 19 75 Years of Oscar Style People Magazine, 2003 With the Oscars coming up, what better time to pull out this book? I’m someone who loves following pop culture, so of course I take a scroll through the Oscar nominations when they’re announced. This year I’m completely team…
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Versace
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series part 18 Little Book of Versace: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House Laia Farran Graves, 2022 In the last fashion bookshelf post, I included how these little books are great for fashion lovers. What’s funny is that I saw this specific book when I was Christmas shopping, and…
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Little Guides to Style
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series parts 14-17 Little Guides to Style: A Historical Review of Four Fashion Icons Laia Farran Graves, Karen Homer, Emma Baxter-Wright, 2021 Included books: This week’s fashion bookshelf spotlight goes to this boxed set of four little books I purchased from Marshalls a few years ago at a discount. The…
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Perfect Is Boring
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series part 13 Perfect Is Boring: Ten Things My Crazy, Fierce Mama Taught Me About Beauty, Booty, and Being a Boss Tyra Banks and Carolyn London, 2018 This is a book I’ve had for a few years. It’s quite possible that many of my interests, which I formed when I…
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Men’s Fashion
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series part 12 Men’s Fashion: The Complete Sourcebook John Peacock, 1996 This is a super informational book covering almost two centuries worth of men’s fashion (from 1789 to 1995). I love this book because it reminds me of the stuff I learned in my history of costume class in college.…
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Yves Saint Laurent
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series part 11 Yves Saint Laurent: Icons of Fashion Design & Photography Marguerite Duras, 1988/2018 Picking up this book again this week, I was reminded of the good coffee table kind of books you can find at stores like Marshalls, T.J. Maxx, and HomeGoods. I got this one a few…
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series part 10 Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy Mary Tomer, 2009 I thought this was a fitting choice since we are living through such a historic moment in politics right now. There is a lot of patriotism going on with the Olympics too. While I don’t have any…
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Kate Spade Style
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series part 9 Style Kate Spade, 2004 I have several Kate Spade bags and some accessories. I included a Kate Spade bag in a post as recently as last week. Even the dog in my life rocks a Kate Spade matching collar and leash. Learning that she was a midwesterner…
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What’s on My Fashion Bookshelf: Vogue Beauty
What’s on My Bookshelf: Fashion Edition series part 8 Vogue Beauty Bronwyn Cosgrave, Juliet Cohen, Rachel Marlowe, Kathy Phillips, Lizzie Radford, 2000 Right now, I’m in my Sex in the City rewatch era, and this book just feels so of that time (and it is since this was written in 2000). This vintage, chunky tell-all guide…
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