Fashion Books You Should Be Reading 

Really interesting list. I 100% agree with the aclaim of Beaton's Glass of Fashion, it's superb. I have just ordered the Burberry Days thanks, it was on my watchlist. And King of Fashion too, but will wait until I get the main Poiret (Harold Yoda) first, but as you say its always good to get the bio's too. I Bought the Schiaprelli/Prada book a week or so ago but haven't started it yet, so looking forward to that. Am reading the wonderful The Designer Scam (Colin McDowell) which frames the significant changes from quality fashion (couture houses, fabrics, outlook etc) to a more fast fashion era (working to the market, mass consumption, diffusion era etc). Talking of bio's, for McQueen I so much prefer Blood Beneath The Skin (Andrew Bolton) to the Gods & Kings. It goes deeper into his journey and influences. I'm just as much in awe of the McQueen Vault video - which is a must watch for anyone who hasn't seen it. I have millions of recommends on top of what you mentioned. For books about thought processes, theories, ideas and analysis .. >> Thinking Through Fashion: A guide to key theorists (Agnes Rocamora) - a wonderful analysis on where the thoughts and ideas behind collections come from. It's great to see this insight and helps a lot in understanding collections. >> Fashionopolis (Dana Thomas) - clothing, sustainability, and the wider cost. Dana Thomas' Deluxe How Fashion Lost It's Lustre is also a good read. >> Critical Fashion Practice: From Westwood to Van Beirendonck (Adam Geczy) - another great in depth analysis on the thoughts and ideas in fashion. >> Talking Fashion: From Nick Knight to Raf Simons (Jan Kedves) - lovely interviews with loads of intriguing revelations and titbits. .. with a special shout out too 'Menswear Revolution (Jay McCauley Bowstead)' and 'Manus x Machina (Andrew Bolton)' Some broadly cultural moments or places books of interest I would recommend are .. >> Ametora (Marx W David) - looking at mainly Japanese street brands from Kapital, Evisu etc. >> Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion (Akiko Fukai) - This book is a bit of a masterpiece and looks beyond the usual Yohji, Miyake etc to Takahashi and other lesser known designers too. Wonderful pictures to go along with the text too. >> Goth: The Dark Subculture (Gavin Baddeley) - looking beyond fashion into the wider Goth influences and culture, but wonderfully draws back to it's identity in fashion. Nicely illustrated too. >> Fetishism in Fashion (Lidewij Edelkoort) - stunning book, very in depth and analytical, and demonstrating directly how it psychologically and culturally impacts fashion via Leigh Bowery to the avant garde. The easier to get hold of 'Fetish, Fashion, Sex & Power (Valerie Steele)' is also very highly recommended. >> Punk: Chaos To Couture (Andrew Bolton) - a beautiful look into how punk has transcended it's origins and inspires later fashions. Great examples and photos throughout from McQueen, Galliano, Margiela and many more and placing them directly alongside the original punk creations. Little text (but informative) and very visually outstanding. >> Punk: An Aesthetic (Johan Kugelberg) - But this one is probably better to get first as it looks deeper into the origins of Punk, Mclaren, Westwood, Seditionaries etc. Loads of great examples throughout. >> Radical Fashion (Claire Wilcox) - looking at shapes, fabrics, concepts with loads of examples from the likes of JPG, Margiela, Hussein Chalayan, Miyake etc, and also the great 'Fashion Futures (Bradley Quinn)' which complements it wonderfully looking further into fabrics, construction etc via the likes of Iris Van Herpen. .. and a special shout here too 'Glam Rock (Alwyn W Turner)' - great book, 'Bus Stop: Influence of 70s on Fashion Today (Lee Bender)', 'Ready, Steady, Go! (Shawn Levy) - great look at the personalities of swinging London and how that energy and creativity blossomed then fell. I'll post up separately my designers recommends later (as this is getting too long xp) :)

There are three I would highly recommend for understanding the fashion industry. 1) The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed The Clothing Business Forever by Teri Agins 2) Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline 3) Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster by Dana Thomas

You have an uncanny way of dissecting a text or a fashion collection. Brilliant

Love how your videos aren’t edited to fuck, makes the viewer feel more personally engaged and less like they’re watching another chopped up RU-vid vid. Love ya work ✌️

as a 16 year old , I really appreciate you putting out this type of content.

Thank you so much for this, I’ve been looking for these type of video for weeks!!

BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Walter Benjamin) - amzn.to/3j8eTNx Burberry Days (Brian Kitson) - amzn.to/31gPtax The King of Fashion (Paul Poiret) - amzn.to/3j2G0tt Paul Poiret (Alice Mackrell) - amzn.to/34ngTxB The Beautiful Fall (Alicia Drake) - amzn.to/3l8GhwU Gods and Kings (Dana Thomas) - amzn.to/2EjcNf0 Alexander McQueen The Life & Legacy (Judith Watt) - amzn.to/2YoCeD3 VOGUE ON Alexander McQueen (Chloe Fox) - amzn.to/3j88UIR VOGUE ON Christian Dior (Charlotte Sinclair) - amzn.to/34jCrLv VOGUE ON Jean Paul Gaultier (Caroyln Asome) - amzn.to/3j4teKY The Lives of 50 Legends : Visual biographies of the world's greatest designers - amzn.to/2FNGh5h Schiaparelli & Prada: Impossible Conversations (Harold Koda / Andrew Bolton) - amzn.to/32hlkqS The Dictionary of 20th Century (John Pile) - amzn.to/34o3yVu The Little Book of Prada (Laia Farran Graves) - amzn.to/3aKXesx

Thank you so much for this video and all the content you put out! Anyone could tell the passion and appreciation you have for the art. You and The Art Assignment have to be my favourite channel on RU-vid 🤩

Brilliant collection of books! Everyone must read Walter Benjamin.

omg the world NEEDS more videos like this!!!

Now you are speaking my language. Viva la books.

I can’t wait for you to have your own magazine honestly. The flavour it will have... rooting for you 👏🏾❤️

I love videos like this!!

So many recommendations, thank you for sharing! The Beautiful Fall is actually the next book I'm starting and I'm reading Fashionopolis at the mo, which I really recommend.

Keen perspectives. Brilliant video! Many thx!✨

Thank you for this list ! I'll definitely buy and read some of them ! As a French person, I don't mind about your pronunciation, that doesn't matter and it's not easy to get every French sound. By the way congrats again for the 40k subscribers, glad to see you getting better and better, can't wait for your magazine !

Nice reviews. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the subject! Love fashion books!

I recommend Ralph Lauren In his own Fashion. Ralph remade the entire industry.

Thanks for this!

You are so amazing and your videos are so informative!!! Thank you so much for helping me with my fashion knowledge journey!!! - love from NY

Interesting, thanks for the tips!

I don't even consider myself a fashion aficionado (nor that I am that crazy for (high) fashion to begin with) but since I have to be at least aware of fashion (even just for a wee bit - otherwise I'd just draw people in tshirts and jeans 😅😂😫🙈🙈) I find your explanations helpful (on why certain works/people in fashion are important etc.) and this book recommendation is especially interesting (esp. to me as a dormant bookworm 😄😅🙈). I'll check them out (along with other recs in the comment section) when I can~~

I really enjoy your video! You explain things so well, thank you ! :)

amazing video bro. would love to pick all of these up over time

Been waiting for this!! Definitely recommend Fashionary for sketchbooks & designing!

40k, congrats man.

watching the video and already searching. tks for the list. 😊

Ayo, you're the best my friend. Thank you so much for the shout out, and adding to my own collections now thanks to your recos! Keep up the great work!

Very good choice of books !

Brilliant video! Thank you for sharing a few of your favorite books, I want to read them all 📚✨🧵

Will be sure to download some of these on my Audible!

I Love your videos bro, your channel and the one fron showstudio are favorites

I want to read these now!

Love reading books

Great books, have most of them but will be putting some of the others on my wishlist!

Thanks!🙏🏼

Good advice on books

I have lots of high brow fashion books but my favourite by far is Lo-Life An American Classic , it's a fun read and the best anecdote to everything else out there

I need some of those

This is a really important video

I’m reading through Gods and Kings rn - the creativity written about is truly inspiring, but the hostile corporate takeover of fashion is immensely heartbreaking. Sacrificing creative integrity in the name of profit.

I want all of them 🙃 How do you manage to read all of that and be so productive. Love your content btw!

bought elsa schiaparelli autobio when I was 15 and learned about her as a figure in creating shoulder pads and things like her collab with Dali and her rivalry with coco chanel. might be a good book rec

Thank you💗

this was a good one bro

I bought some! Thanks from Japan.

Amazing video

Thank you for your recommendations 🙏🏻 i’m currently reading Le bouquin de la mode by Olivier Saillard and it’s so good. it’s like the bible of fashion history. but i don’t think there’s an english version yet...

It is very interesting!

Great video

as someone who knows nothing about fashion and wants to find a good gift for her sister, I thank you!

Interesting video 😮

For anyone into the de elopement of Japanese fashion, I fully recommend Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style by W. David Marc... once you del e into the socio-economic and -political aspects of this very well-researched book, you will start drawing a constellation of links to all the obsessive details of some of the biggest Japanese designers working now, from the undarted blazers favoured by Junya Watanabe to the cropped trousers favoured by so many designers.

Interesting!

NOW I JUST WANT TO BUY ALL OF THEM .

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I have just pre-ordered Who Cares Wins by Lily Cole and I am really looking forward to reading it! I am doing a speech on sustainable fashion and fast fashion for my English class and I was wondering if you recommend any books/people to watch to help with that? Loved this video!

I've just entered fashion paradise

great video

Really intresting

Have a read of David Joselit's 'After Art' which is a 2012 follow on from Benjamin's book, taking us into the era of social media and memes as art

Beautiful 😄Have you seen Wonderland book? Its magical, I think you would like it

Wooow nice video

What a video I like him

Woww superb superb 👍👍👍

Good vid

Is it necessary to read about designers you don't really care about or should I go ahead, because right now I'm really interested in Issey Miyake. Do you know where I can learn more about his work apart from some biographies?

Nice

Can you recommend any more books on Prada?

Bravo

Cool

Nice video good

Does anyone have any recommendations for buying his digital books in the US? My bank keeps declining it as a foreign transaction

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They should put Alexander's unseen and John Galliano one together lmaoo

unrelated, but did anyone else score a Telfar at the preorder event?

Good good 👍 vedio

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I just finished Andre Leon Talley’s, “the Chiffon Trenches” and I wonder what you think of his contribution to fashion, and what you thought of his book. I understand that times change, but I feel he’s being shunted, which is tragic because his immense and encyclopedic knowledge of fashion is seemingly being ignored; there seems to no place for him in the modern world of fashion. It’s very sad, I feel that his status should be elevated to that of living treasure. Any thoughts? Yes, every effort should be made to pronounce the names of designers/artists correctly. It’s not that difficult, and it’s respectful.

Books on my recommendation list from an American viewpoint 1. American Dreamer by Tommy Hilfiger 2. Dapper Dan Made in Harlem 3. The Chiffon Trenches 4.Lo-Life An American a Classic 5 Virgil Abloh Figures of Speech

Have you ever read AMETORA ? Highly recommend.

Does anybody remember the series 'How To Make It in America'?

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Nixe

Walter Benjamin is amazing, but it's really complicated to grasp it in the first read. He's incredible

Hello hello 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼

Good good good good good good good good good 👍

this actually makes me want to read - i guess lazy ppl can relate

We need more fashion voices like yours and not lime that atrocious wannabe Luke Meade aka HauteLemode

Great video

Nice

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