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31 Best Fashion Books

Goal: Find the best Fashion books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best fashion books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

31 Best Fashion Books

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1

D.V.

by Diana Vreeland

2

The Battle of Versailles

The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History

by Robin Givhan

3

The Little Dictionary of Fashion

A Guide to Dress Sense for Every Woman

by Christian Dior

4

Dapper Dan

Made in Harlem

by Daniel R. Day

Also recommended by:

Ben Horowitz

5

Fashionopolis

Why What We Wear Matters

by Dana Thomas

6

Grace

A Memoir

by Grace Coddington

7

Overdressed

The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

by Elizabeth L. Cline

8

The House of Gucci

A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

by Sara Gay Forden

9

The Woman I Wanted to Be

by Diane von Furstenberg

Also recommended by:

Karlie Kloss, Sheryl Sandberg

10

All In Good Taste

by Kate Spade

11

Brown Bohemians

Honoring the Light and Magic of Our Creative Community

by Vanessa Coore Vernon

12

Champagne Supernovas

Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion

by Maureen Callahan

13

Coco Chanel

The Legend and the Life

by Justine Picardie

14

Coco Chanel

The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon

by Megan Hess

15

Dior by Dior

The Autobiography of Christian Dior

by Christian Dior

16

Elsa Schiaparelli

A Biography

by Meryle Secrest

17

Fashion Victims

The Dangers of Dress Past and Present

by Alison Matthews David

18

Fashion Worlds

Contemporary Retail Spaces

by Michelle Galindo

19

Gods and Kings

The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano

by Dana Thomas

20

Inside Haute Couture

Behind the Scenes at the Paris Ateliers

by Désirée Sadek

21

Iris Apfel

Accidental Icon

by Iris Apfel

22

Modesty

A Fashion Paradox

by Hafsa Lodi

23

Peter Lindbergh

On Fashion Photography

by Peter Lindbergh

24

The Asylum

True Tales of Madness from a Life in Fashion

by Simon Doonan

25

The Beautiful Fall

Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

by Alicia Drake

26

The Chiffon Trenches

A Memoir

by André Leon Talley

27

The End of Fashion

The Mass Marketing of the Clothing Business Forever

by Teri Agins

28

The Glass of Fashion

A Personal History of Fifty Years of Changing Tastes and the People Who Have Inspired Them

by Cecil Beaton

29

The Golden Thread

How Fabric Changed History

by Kassia St. Clair

30

The New Black Vanguard

Photography Between Art and Fashion

by Antwaun Sargent

31

The One Hundred

A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own

by Nina Garcia

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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