If you are even remotely into the world of glamour, there are easy one-step-at-a-time ways, to explore this through books. Watching movies related to fashion, beauty or business in general on various platforms is good, but it is often not the most appropriate representation of what happens inside the industry and how the empire is actually built. Here are 3 books for every fashion enthusiast:
Chanel: The Vocabulary of Style by Jérôme Gautier
Pages: 304
Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel (1883-1971) was one of the most influential fashion designers of the 20th century. Her clothes, accessories and perfumes are timeless, and her fashion house still commands the same power and influence over today’s fashionista and designers alike. Through TheVocabulary of Style Gautier takes us on a journey of Chanel’s iconic style through hundreds of images,many taken my leading and trailblazing fashion photographers such as Richard Avedon, Gilles Bensimon, Horst P. Horst and Annie Leibovitz. The book pairs innovative classic and contemporary photographs, from Chanel’s time alongside the house’s designer-in-chief, Karl Lagerfeld’s.
Through these wonderful photography essays, moments that have been breakthroughs for Chanel’s style for generations to come such as jersey and tweed, which were formerly considered menswear fabrics, and famous the little black dress, which was worn by Princess Diana, Pearls as her staple part of every accessory, and embellished outfits with her signature camellia. Eleven chapters compare the original designs and ideas with their later versions which evolved over the years and are still morphing to much beauty till date.
Pages: 272
Garance Dore shares with us her stories on life, love, style, and career, from Paris to New York, and inspires readers to cultivate a style of their own, something that rings true to them. Garance Doré, is the first of ace fashion bloggers who with her fresh take on style through storytelling has gathered worldwide attention and loyal fans. This beautiful, illustrated book takes readers on a narrative ride with Garance’s fairy tale photography and illustrations accompanied by her wisdom and experience gainedfrom her life, multiple travels, her love for New York, and much more. Love Style Life is a real-life event taking people backstage of fashion’s frontlines, to falling in love, to pursuing a life and career in Fashion by following a different path.
Pages: 352
Journalist Teri Agins takes a inquisitive look at the fashion industry. There was a time when fashion was led by French and Italian designers whose clothes were afforded by only A list celebrities and a few elites. But the scenario has changed over the years and with ongoing sustainability movements now designers take hints from the mainstream consumers with focus steering towards more marketing and consumerism then designing. In The End of Fashion, Teri lays down all the aspects of the fashion industry from manufacturing, licensing, retailing to funding and mass marketing with new group of digital fashion models and influencers. A solid, hard-hitting, and uncompromising journalistic look at the fashion industry.
