At Manic Metallic, we have always stood on the side of reading, books, and literacy in general.
As we wrote in a previous article, nothing can tell a story and get deep into a topic quite like a book can. Founder Liberty Imhoff also discussed the state of reading and writing in the fashion industry on Episode 34 of The Manic Metallic Podcast.
Enter the newest section to our website: Fashion Reading Is Fundamental: The Ultimate Book List. We feel so strongly about the continued importance of reading for both learning and pleasure purposes that we wanted to devote a spot to giving our audience the best literary sources to learn as much about the fashion industry as possible.
Gatekeeping knowledge is not helpful to the collective fashion community, and the practice all but ensures that only those with the most influential connections and the largest audiences will ever get ahead in the industry. Knowledge is power, and whether you plan to make your way far into the fashion industry or you simply like to read about this complex and intriguing sector, this book recommendation list will set you up to learn as much as possible along your journey.
Now, a few housekeeping items:
- Think of The Ultimate Book List as a sort of online library. We’ve divided the List into several sections in order to help you find what you need as soon as possible. We’ve also included a Table Of Fashion Contents with links that will help you to jump straight to your desired section.
- This list is constantly being updated, and we acknowledge that there will be a few popular titles not yet included. While every book ever written about fashion will not be included, quality books will be added in due time. So keep checking back often!
- Here’s our obligatory disclosure:
- Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, Manic Metallic will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.
- In this instance, we have recommended quality and vetted picks from Bookshop where possible because we believe in supporting independent bookstores. But, in the event that a book was not available at the time on Bookshop (out of stock, etc.), we recommended picks from Amazon. But please purchase from independent shops first if they have the book in stock.
We’ll include a copy of the Table Of Fashion Contents for the List below, and the link to The Ultimate Book List here.
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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