Fashion Reading Is Fundamental: The Ultimate Book List

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Table Of Fashion Contents

Biography/Memoir
Business & Marketing
Critiques Of Fashion
Fashion Design
Fashion History
Personal Style
Photography & Coffee Table Books
Sustainability In Fashion
Working In Fashion

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Biography/Memoir

Anna: The Biography
A Visible Man
Betsey: A Memoir
Dapper Dan: Made In Harlem: A Mamoir

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D.V.
Fashion Climbing
Grace: A Memoir
Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

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King Of Fashion
Paradise Now
Shoe Dog
The Cartiers

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The Chiffon Trenches
The Master Of Us All
The Price Of Illusion
The Woman I Wanted To Be

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Walking With The Muses

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Business & Marketing

Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
Hijacking The Runway
Soled Out
The End Of Fashion

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The Kingdom Of Prep

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Critiques Of Fashion

Fashion Is Spinach
The Language Of Fashion

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Fashion Design

Fabric For Fashion
The Fashion Designer's Textile Directory

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Fashion History

Champagne Supernovas
Dressing The Resistance
Empire Of Cotton
Fashion Journalism: History, Theory, and Practice

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Fashion Victims
Gods and Kings
The Battle Of Versailles
The Beautiful Fall

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The Golden Thread
The Hidden History Of American Fashion
The History Of Fashion Journalism
The House Of Gucci

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The Vanity Fair Diaries

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Personal Style

Dress Code
Dressing The Man
Dress With Sense
The Little Black Book Of Style

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The Little Dictionary Of Fashion
What Shall I Wear?

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Photography & Coffee Table Books

Africa: The Fashion Continent
Androgyne
Captivate
Fashion In LA

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Ganni: Gimme More
John Galliano: Unseen
Louis Vuitton: Catwalk
Supreme Models

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The Art Of Ruth E Carter
The New Black Vanguard
Tom Ford
Tom Ford 002

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Vanity Fair 100 Years
Vogue & The Met
Vogue: The Editor's Eye

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Sustainability In Fashion

Fashionopolis
Overdressed
Sundressed
To Dye For

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Unraveled
Worn Out

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Working In Fashion

The Most Beautiful Job In The World

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