General Fashion Theory Books
General Fashion therapy section contains books about fashion theories, marketing, retailing, textiles and fashion technology.
Techno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design: Textile technology examines fashion, textiles, design, engineering and science and the interplay between them.
End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever
An examination of some of the ideas posed on my semiotics page.Fashion and Its Social Agendas: Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing
Real-Resumes for Retailing, Modeling, Fashion and Beauty Jobs: Including Real Resumes Used to Change Careers and Transfer Skills to Other Industries
Key Moments in Fashion: The Evolution of Style
The mood of the times and the effect of designers and magazines as influences on fashion and style. A superbly illustrated book featuring many well know designers such as Worth, Chanel, Dior through to Mary Quant right up to sportswear influence.
British Fashion Design: Rag Trade or Image Industry?
Find out all about the tensions within the commercial world of the rag trade where art and successful trading become a compromise.
Fashion as Communication
Beauty in History; Society, Politics and Personal Appearance C.1500 to the Present
The Study of Dress History
From an author who was a consultant to the superb BBC series on costume history - Through the Looking Glass.
Fashion Design
The skills and qualities needed to become a fashion designer with a look at career opportunities available and an inside view of the commercial fashion world today.
Business Image Books
40 over 40: 40 Things Every Woman over 40 Needs to Know about Getting Dressed
The title says it all. A guide for the woman at her peak but stuck in a fashion rut wondering what look to develop that doesn't make her feel ridiculous or a frump.
New Women's Dress for Success
From the expert on power dressing John Molloy. Learn how to wear the right clothes to get ahead in a business environment.
Business Casual Made Easy: The Complete Guide to Business Casual Dress for Men and Women
What does casual dress for the business workplace really mean? Help and guidance on how not to appear as if you are just off fishing.
Dressing Rich:A Guide to Classic Chic for Women with More Taste than Money
Leah Feldon helps you achieve that polished, groomed look that says prosperous.
Body Language: The Essential Secrets of Non-Verbal Communication
Learn to read the people you work with through their body language, then put it to your advantage.
Three Black Skirts: All You Need to Survive
Especially suitable for the 20 something woman.
Fashion Drawing Book List
9 Heads - A Guide to Drawing Fashion
Skills and techniques of drawing modern fashion and figures. Well illustrated with sections on the human figure, drawing a range of modern garments and accessories along with techniques for rendering fabric and texture plus so much more.
Stylishly Drawn: Contemporary Fashion Illustration
A showcase of contemporary designs of the world's top international fashion illustrators.
Fashion Design Drawing and Presentation
A book that teaches you to render and sketch fashion drawings quickly, but in a clear detailed practical way. This is a book you will refer to time and again.
Fashion Design: Process, Innovation and Practice
Just the book you seek. This is a bestselling fashion design drawing book. Draw Fashion Models!
Costume Design Book List
Costume Design: Techniques of Modern Masters (Paperback)
Interviews with 18 leading contemporary costume designers of Broadway, film, television and ballet describe the stages from a basic sketch to a finished costume. Copiously illustrated for the designer of costumes, but also a wonderful coffee table book.
Broadway Costumes on a Budget: Big-Time Ideas for Amateur Producers
Patterns for Theatrical Costumes a must have book if you want to make costumes for re-enactment.
Hair and Style Books
Fashion Grooming and Image Books
10 Steps to Fashion Freedom: Discover Your Personal Style from the inside Out
The very best of image books to help you find your fashion style. Learn how to cut your wardrobe by half and have far more to wear in styles that are really you.
Does This Make Me Look Fat?
Leah Feldon shows how a well-chosen wardrobe can make any figure look fabulous. The secret is camouflaging real or imagined figure flaws, whilst maximizing your own personal flair.
What to Wear: A Style Handbook
A smart and funny book on how to cope with knowing what to wear for that certain occasion from everyday to pregnancy.
Life Is Not a Dress Size: Rita Farro's Guide to Attitude, Style, and a New You
For those who feel larger than life and want to cope with their size, making the most of it.
What Should I Wear?: Dressing for OccasionsFine Art of Dressing: Make Yourself a Masterpiece by Dressing Your Body Type
Your body shape has been much admired by artists of the past. Learn to work with your unique shape.
Plus Style: The Plus-Size Guide to Looking Great
Undergarment Books, Costume Textbooks
Best in Lingerie Design
The Little Corset Construction Book: A Workbook on Period Underwear
Royalty Books
A selection of books about members of the royal family of Great Britain.
Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II (Free Press)
Dressing Diana
The making of an international fashion icon of the twentieth century. The most photographed woman in the world from shy bride to sophisticated stylish woman.
Fashion Craft Books
The Dolls' Dressmaker: The Complete Pattern Book: A must-have book for doll makers.
The Little Corset Construction Book: A Workbook on Period Underwear
The Paris Collection
The Art of Making Beautiful Fashion Doll Shoes Miniature footwear to suit traditional costume to modern dolls.
The Little Bodice Construction Book: A Workbook on Period Bodices
The Little Hatmaking Book: A Workbook on Turn-of-the-Century Hats, Vol. 1
Costume Design: Techniques of Modern Masters (Paperback) Interviews with 18 leading contemporary costume designers of Broadway, film, television and ballet describe the stages from a basic sketch to a finished costume. Copiously illustrated for the designer of costumes, but also a wonderful coffee table book.
Hats In Miniature: High Fashion Sewing Secrets from the World's Best Designers
Georgian Era Books
Regency and Romantic Books of 1800+, a selection of books that cover the Georgian, Regency and Romantic eras.
The Art of Dress: Fashion in England and France 1750 to 1820
Jane Austen (Penguin Lives Series)
Nineteenth-Century Fashion: Classic Georgian Style Translate the Georgian style into today's interiors with this book.
Georgian Paper Doll Books
A selection of paper doll books that cover the Georgian Era.
Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1660-1860: Patterns of Fashion 1, Vol. 1
Victorian Era Books
Beautiful fashion books from the Victorian era - See more on Victorian Fashion History
20,000 Years of Fashion : The History of Costume and Personal Adornment: A classic book beautifully illustrated.
The Victorians: Victorian and Edwardian Fashions for Women, 1840 to 1919
Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1660-1860: Patterns of Fashion 1, Vol. 1
Both of these volumes written by the master the late Janet Arnold are two of my all time favourite books for understanding the complexities of costume construction.
There is no doubt they are in a class of their own and have yet to bettered.
Engishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1860-1940: Patterns of Fashion, Vol. 2
The sister book is where you will find patterns for the typical mid/late Victorian dress styles. Great bustle patterns in this volume. Both books show patterns laid on a 1 inch scale grid. The patterns have detailed instructions and little drawings or explanatory notes that most people with a sound understanding of dressmaking would understand.
Masterpieces of Women's Costume of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Illustrations of some of the finest costumes from a long era with a detailed text and more drawings of accessories and matching undergarments.
Shoes, Hats and Fashion Accessories: A Pictorial Archive 1850-1940
Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques
Vintage Hats and Bonnets, 1770-1970: Identification and Values, Vol. 495
Victorian Fashions Coloring Book
The Kashmir Shawl: And Its INDO French Influence Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey
American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs
The Victorians
Queen Victoria's Family: A Century of Photographs
April 1865: The Month That Saved America
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam
Queen Victoria's Gene: Hemophilia and the Royal Family (Pbk)
The Kashmir Shawl: And Its INDO French Influence
Victoria's Daughters
Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia England, 1829 Written as a fictional diary of the Queen's life from age 10 and suitable for age 10 and up.
Queen Victoria: A Personal History
A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
Books of Victorian Paper Dolls
Early Victorian Costumes: Paper DollsFashions of the Old South Paper Dolls in Full ColorSouthern Belles Paper Dolls in Full Color
Collection by Design: A Paper Doll History of Costume, 1750-1900
Late Victorian Costumes: Paper Dolls
Victoria and Albert Paper Dolls 18 fabulous paper dolls including Victoria's wedding and jubilee dresses.
Great Fashion Designs of the Victorian Era: Paper Dolls in Full Color
This book includes Queen Victoria's wedding gown.Victorian Family Paper DollsVictorian Fashion Paper Dolls from Harper's Bazaar, 1867-1898Victorian Bride and Her Trousseau Paper Doll
Worth Fashion Review Paper Dolls
American Family of the Civil War Era Paper Dolls in Full Color
Victorian Fashion Designs
Victorian Debutante Paper Doll Beautiful dresses for the Grand Tour of Europe
Victorian Fashions Coloring Book
Little Women Paper Dolls
Late Victorian Fashion Books
After a Fashion: How to Reproduce, Restore, and Wear Vintage Styles
Metropolitan Fashions of the 1880's: From the 1885 Butterick Catalog
American Dress Pattern Catalogs, 1873-1909: Four Complete Reprints
80 Godey's Full-Color Fahion Plates 1838-1880
Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from la Mode Illustree
Victorian Fashions: A Pictorial Archive
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazaar, 1867-1898
Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey
1890-1914 Edwardian Fashion History Books
Classic costume books from the Edwardian era.
The Voice of Fashion: 79 Turn-of-the-Century Patterns with Instructions and Fashion Plates
Turn-of-the-Century Fashion Patterns and Tailoring Techniques
Victorian and Edwardian Fashions for Women, 1840 to 1919
Gay Nineties Poster Cards
Paul Poiret
The Art of Ballets Russes: The Serge Lifar Collection of Theater Designs, Costumes, and Paintings at the Wadsworth Atheneum
The Edwardian Modiste: 85 Authentic Patterns with Instructions, Fashion Plates, and Period Sewing Techniques
Motoring Costume
Families of Fortune: Life in the Gilded Age
Beach Beauties: Postcard and Photographs, 1890-1940
One of the most readable fashion books ever Elizabeth Ewing's History of 20th Century Fashion and now recently revised.
Welcome to Samantha's World: 1904 (American Girls Collection Series: Samantha) For those age 8-12
Posters of the Belle Epoque: The Wine Spectator Collection
Edwardian Paper Dolls
Gibson Girl: Paper Dolls in Full Color
Great Fashion Designs of the Belle Epoque Paper Dolls in Full Color
Children's Fashions from Harper's Bazar Paper Dolls
120 Great Fashion Designs: 1900-1950 with Book A Tom Tierney book
59 Authentic Turn-of-the-Century Fashion Patterns
Fashion Style 1920’s Books
Parisian Fashions of the Teens: 352 Elegant Costumes from L'Art et la Mode
Everyday Fashions 1909-1920: As Pictured in Sears Catalogs
The Home Pattern Company 1914 Fashions Catalog
French Fashion Illustrations of the Twenties: 634 Cuts from la Vie Parisienne For Copyright free illustrations of the 1920s.
Authentic French Fashions of the Twenties; 413 Costume Designs from L'Art Et la Mode
Everyday Fashions of the Twenties as Pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs
Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920'sFirst Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a World PowerParis 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
Erte's Fashion Designs: 218 Illustrations from Harper's Bazar 1918-1932
1920s Fashions from B. Altman and CompanyVintage Fashions for Women 1920s-1940s
Erte's Theatrical Costumes in Full Color
Fashion Drawings and Illustrations from Harper's Bazar Children's Fashions 1900-1950: As Pictured in Sears Catalog
Fashion Books 1930s
The Duchess of Windsor: The Uncommon Life of Wallis Simpson
Everyday Fashions of the Thirties as Pictured in Sears Catalogs
Art Deco Hair: Hairstyles of the 1920s and 1930s
Fashions of a Decade: The 1930s For 12 and over
Children's Fashions 1900-1950: As Pictured in Sears Catalog
Welcome to Kit's World, 1934: Growing up during America's Great Depression A book for those age 9-12
1930-1945
A delightful book for middle school students age 12 and upwards.
Fashion Books 1940s
Blueprints of Fashion : Home Sewing Patterns of the 1940s
Everyday Fashions of the Forties as Pictured in Sears Catalogs
1940s Hairstyles
Fashions of a Decade: The 1940s Teen and up.
Children's Fashions 1900-1950: As Pictured in Sears Catalog
The Greatest Generation
War Stories: Remembering World War II
A book about American stories of World War II and its effect on the lives of everyone.
The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
Good Fight: How World War II Was Won
Stephen Ambrose has written a superb book directed toward young readers, giving them a clear understanding of what war means, its purpose and some major battles.
Age 9-12. A compelling read.
Welcome to Molly's World: 1944 (American Girls Collection Series: Molly) Age 7-12
French Fashion Designers: 1900-1950 Paper Dolls
The Duchess of Windsor: The Uncommon Life of Wallis Simpson
Children's Fashions 1900-1950: As Pictured in Sears Catalog
Welcome to Kit's World, 1934: Growing up during America's Great Depression A book for those age 9-12
1930-1945
A delightful book for middle school students age 12 and up.
Fashion Style 1950’s Books
Everyday Fashions of the Fifties: As Pictured in Sears Catalogs Blueprints of Fashion : Home Sewing Patterns of the 1950s
Blue Jean
Vintage Fashions for Women: The 1950s and 60s
Fifty Years of Fashion: New Look to Now
Couture and Commerce: The Transatlantic Fashion Trade in the 1950s Vintage Face: Period Looks from the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s
Film-Star Portraits of the Fifties: 160 Glamor Photos
1950s Hair: Hairstyles from the Atomic Age of Cool Fashions of a Decade: The 1950s Age 12 and up
Fashionable Clothing: From the Sears Catalogs: Late 1950s
Christian Dior Fashion Review Paper Dolls
140 Great Fashion Designs: 1950-2000 with Book Paper Dolls By Tom Tierney
Fashions of the Thirties: 476 Authentic Copyright-Free Illustrations Everyday Fashions of the Thirties as Pictured in Sears Catalogs
Art Deco Hair: Hairstyles of the 1920s and 1930s
The Duchess of Windsor: The Uncommon Life of Wallis Simpson
Children's Fashions 1900-1950: As Pictured in Sears Catalog
Welcome to Kit's World, 1934: Growing up during America's Great Depression A book for those age 9-12
1930-1945
A delightful book for middle school students age 12 and up.
Madeleine Vionnet
One of the most readable fashion books ever Elizabeth Ewing's History of 20th Century Fashion and now recently revised.
Fashions of a Decade: The 1930s For 12 and over
1960 and 1970 Fashion Books
Everyday Fashions of the Sixties as Pictured in Sears Catalogs
Fashions of a Decade: The 1960s
Series Age 12 and up
Fashions of a Decade: The 1970s
60s: Mods and Hippies
Both these books are suitable for ages 10 -14 and anyone looking for good colour photographs of the eras.
70s: Punks, Glam Rockers and New Romantics
Tomorrow's Heirlooms: Fashions of the '60s and '70s
Jackie: The Clothes of Camelot (Us)
Diana and Jackie: Maidens, Mothers, Myths
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life
Fashion Plates 1950-1970
Glamorous Movie Stars of the Sixties Paper Dolls
Great Fashion Designs of the Sixties: Paper Dolls in Full Color
Fashionable Clothing: From the Sears Catalogs - Early 1970s
A Thousand Days of Magic: Dressing Jackie Kennedy for the White House
Great Fashion Designs of the Seventies Paper Dolls
The Century
The best photographs and interviews that depict the culture that defines every era of the 20th century. A superb book that is a pleasure to read from cover to cover.
1980s and 1990's Books
Each books has been chosen to reflect one aspect of costumes changes in the 1980's and 1990's.
The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism
Fashions of a Decade:
The 1990s
Fashion changes from the 1950's to fashions of the 1990's
Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of That Decadent Decade
Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture
80s and 90s: Power Dressing to Sportswear
Suitable for ages 10 -14 and anyone looking for good colour photographs of the era.
Casual Power: How to Power up Your Nonverbal Communication and Dress Down for Success
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Reviews of fashion books in the 1980's and 1990's
Fashion Era Books
Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts Jewelry
Art Deco Jewelry
Victorian Jewellery (Dover)
Surfers Soulies Skinheads and Skaters: Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties
Goth: Identity, Style, and Subculture
Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of That Decadent Decade
Fruits Japanese teen fashion that will give you ideas!
Bronwyn Cosgrave's The Complete History of Costume and Fashion. This book covers costume from ancient Egypt to the present day. One of the most readable fashion books ever Elizabeth Ewing's History of 20th Century Fashion and now recently revised.
The Fashion Book: Mini Edition
In the Culture Society: Art, Fashion and Popular Music
Official eBay Guide: To Buying, Selling, and Collecting Just about Anything
Classic Georgian Style Translate the Georgian style into today's interiors with this book.
Fashion Trends 2005 find out about the colours to look out for this year.
Look: Adventures in Pop and Rock Fashion
Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1660-1860: Patterns of Fashion 1, Vol. 1
Both of these volumes written by the master the late Janet Arnold are two of my all time favourite books for understanding the complexities of costume construction.
20,000 Years of Fashion : The History of Costume and Personal Adornment
A classic book beautifully illustrated.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture
Engishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1860-1940: Patterns of Fashion, Vol. 2
The sister book is where you will find patterns for the typical mid Victorian dress styles. Great bustle patterns.
A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern
Fashion in Costume, 1200-2000
1563671727:Product Link on Barnes & Noble.com. For a very popular fashion designing book.
0878300260:Product Link on Barnes & Noble.com. Norah Waugh's superb book The Cut of Women's Clothes from 1600 to 1930
Costume and Fashion: A Concise History
The standard textbook on fashion history that everyone begins with.
Fashion
Vintage photographs depicting culture and art in fashion. A must own book that covers topics from the clothes of American Indians to saris to Vivienne Westwood.
Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1660-1860: Patterns of Fashion 1, Vol. 1
Both of these volumes written by the master the late Janet Arnold are two of my all time favourite books for understanding the complexities of costume construction.
Engishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1860-1940: Patterns of Fashion, Vol. 2
The sister book is where you will find patterns for the typical mid Victorian dress styles. Great bustle patterns.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Costume and Fashion: From 1066 to the Present
Fashion: The Twentieth Century
1563671697:Product Link on Barnes & Noble.com.
Fairchild's Dictionary of Fashion
20,000 Years of Fashion : The History of Costume and Personal Adornment
A classic book beautifully illustrated with paintings and photographs.
The St. James Fashion Encyclopedia: A Survey of Style from 1945 to the Present
Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion, 1947-1997
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Costume since 1945: Couture, Street Style, and Anti-Fashion
