Fashion & society books

Numerous tastemakers exist in and between fashion production and consumption, from designers and stylists to trend...  Read More >>

The author's recollections of her own childhood overlaid with visions and family memories evoked by the finding...  Read More >>

Exoticisation Undressed is an innovative ethnography that makes visible the many layers through which our understandings...  Read More >>

Montréal Chic is the first book to document Montréal's fashion scene and its connection to the city's design, film,...  Read More >>

Adult coloring book featuring 35 detailed fad and fashion illustrations of the 1980s. It will teleport you back...  Read More >>

Alac investigates the history of the bikini and its effect on the evolution of the perception of women in society,...  Read More >>

From the New York Times bestselling author of House of Outrageous Fortune, this gripping account of fashion photography's...  Read More >>

With more than 300 photographs from the likes of Steven Meisel, David LaChapelle, Peter Lindbergh, and Corinne Day,...  Read More >>

The first ever global history of luxury, from Roman villas to Russian oligarchs: a sparkling story of novelty, excess,...  Read More >>

Moroccan garment design and consumption have experienced major shifts in recent history, transforming from a traditional...  Read More >>

Explores Pennsylvania German versammlinge (meetings), where participants celebrate and preserve their heritage and...  Read More >>

An examination of the social and physical aspects of clothes which traces the history and development of clothing...  Read More >>

Published to accompany a 2016 exhibition curated by Nigerian-born fashion designer Duro Olowu at Camden Art Centre,...  Read More >>

This compelling social history tells the stories of ordinary people in modern Japan. Tatsuichi Horikiri spent a...  Read More >>

This compelling social history tells the stories of ordinary people in modern Japan. Tatsuichi Horikiri spent a...  Read More >>

“Entertaining reading.”—Wall Street Journal What’s the most important garment in a woman’s closet? More often...  Read More >>

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This book explores the ‘craft of use’, the cultivated and ingenious ideas and practices that promote satisfying...  Read More >>

Winner of the 2019 John Collier Jr Award Street style blogging has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity over...  Read More >>

A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret.  Read More >>

Winner of the 2019 John Collier Jr Award Street style blogging has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity over...  Read More >>

Now in paperback, the critically acclaimed account of one of the most important moments in fashion history from...  Read More >>

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