While there are many courses and tutorials online, learning from a book is still one of the best ways to greatly improve your skills. Below I have selected top Fashion Style books.
1. The Curated Closet: A Simple System for Discovering Your Personal Style and Building Your Dream Wardrobe (2016)
With so many style and shopping options, it can be difficult to create a streamlined closet of pieces that can be worn easily and confidently. In The Curated Closet, style writer Anuschka Rees presents a fascinatingly strategic approach to identifying, refining, and expressing personal style and building the ideal wardrobe to match it, with style and shopping strategies that women can use every day. Using The Curated Closet method, you’ll learn to: • Shop smarter and more selectively• Make the most of your budget• Master outfit formulas and…
2. Alabama Studio Style: More Projects, Recipes, & Stories Celebrating Sustainable Fashion & Living (1994)
Paperback Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang; 6929th edition (1994) ASIN: B00854BJVC Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars 76 customer reviews Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,611,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #7263 in Sewing (Books) #5567 in Fashion Craft Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?…
3. Fashion Brands: Branding Style from Armani to Zara (2012)
Once a luxury that only the elite could afford, fashion is now accessible to all. Brands such as Zara and H&M have put fashion within the reach of anyone, while massive media attention has turned designers such as Tom Ford and Stella McCartney into brands in their own right.This third edition of the international best seller Fashion Brands explores the popularization of fashion and explains how marketers and branding experts have turned clothes and accessories into objects of desire. Full of first-hand interviews with key players, it analyzes every aspect of fashion from a…
4. Your Body, Your Style: Simple Tips on Dressing to Flatter Your Body Type (2016)
The Secret to Making an Impression from the Inside OutAcclaimed celebrity designer, Rani St. Pucchi teaches you simple tricks on how to dress your body in a way that will enhance your best assets and camouflage areas that you feel uncomfortable about or find lacking in any way.Your Body, Your Style was written for those who have some knowledge of fashion as well as for those who are just beginning to find their own style. Inside this beautiful full color book you’ll discover: More than this, it’s a book about self-love.Your Body, Your Style is not just a “fashion…
5. Sketch Your Style: A Guided Sketchbook for Drawing Your Dream Wardrobe (2016)
Sketch Your Style is a fully interactive guided sketchbook for anyone who loves fashion and loves to doodle, sketch, and draw. Inside, you’ll find step-by-step instructions for drawing and personalizing figures, and more than 50 inspirational exercises and prompts that will help you bring your creative vision to life. From exploring periods in fashion history and fun trends to the work of influential designers, each exercise is introduced with lively visuals and followed by pages where you can try out your own ideas. Some pages are blank, while others have printed templates, such as figure croquis or fabric…
6. How to Style Your Brand: Everything You Need to Know to Create a Distinctive Brand Identity (2015)
The right brand identity has the power to attract, engage and compel people to do business with you. But for many entrepreneurs, creating an effective brand can be a challenge. Whether you’re a start-up on a lemonade budget, or a seasoned entrepreneur planning on working with a professional, an understanding of the process is essential. In this comprehensive workbook, Fiona Humberstone will walk you through the process of styling your brand. From finding your focus, creating an inspirational vision and unlocking the power of colour psychology; Fiona will help you understand the…
7. Style Wise: Bundle Book + Studio Access Card (2018)
Style Wise: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Fashion Stylist is an essential step-by-step guide and reference tool for anyone interested or involved in professional styling. The book paints a realistic picture of the day-to-day activities of professional stylists and provides aspiring stylists with the tools and information needed to begin building a portfolio. Topics covered include photo shoots, film shoots, fashion shows, special events, and other areas such as image management and food, prop, and set styling. Burns-Tran includes charts of…
8. Fashion, Style, and Image Consulting: Textbook Manual (2014)
Updated and Revised 2018 edition. Student Manual Only. Study at FashionStylistInstitute.com to be a Fashion, Style or Image Consultant and get certified to begin working with clients. Instructional textbook reviews career details, consulting practices, business formation and more….
9. By Simon Travers-Spencer – The Fashion Designer’s Directory of Shape and Style: Over 600 Mix-and-Match Elements for Creative Clothing Design (1/31/08) (2008)
Paperback Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series; 1/31/08 edition (January 31, 2008) ASIN: B00HTJYMJK Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,533,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #5172 in Fashion Design Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?…
10. Fashion Designer’s Directory of Shape & Style- Over 500 Mix-and-Match Elements for Creative Clothing Design (08) by Travers-Spencer, Simon – Zaman, Zarida [Paperback (2008)] (2008)
Fashion Designer’s Directory of Shape & Style- Over 500 Mix-and-Match Elements for Creative Clothing Design (08) by Travers-Spencer, Simon – Zaman, Zarida [Paperback (2008)]…
11. Color Collective’s Palette Perfect: Color Combinations Inspired by Fashion, Art and Style (2018)
Aimed to fashion students and designers, Palette Perfect is both a practical guide and an inspirational book that proposes a reflection on the universe of colour combinations, the moods and atmospheres they evoke and how we associate particular places and emotions to special colours. Each chapter explores a particular mood and describes the corresponding feelings and color combinations, using as examples exquisite photographs of objects, still-lives, landscapes, interiors and fashion. At the end of each chapter, a wide variety of palettes representing the chapter’s particular mood or…
12. Style (A Love, California Series Novel, Book 5) (Volume 5) (2018)
Stalked by paparazzi, top model Penelope Plessen stands to lose everything. Though Stefan once broke her heart, he’s the only man she trusts. Should she risk her heart to save her life? As a top international model, hard-working Penelope Plessen jets between runways of the world’s most glamorous cities. This is the life she’s dreamed of, yet it all implodes during Fashion Week in New York City when a run-in with a paparazzi turns deadly. Navy SEAL-turned-bodyguard, Stefan Armstrong, the man who once broke her heart, whisks her to safety. With a killer threatening her life and paparazzi hounding her, Penelope flees to her hometown of…
13. Icons of Men’s Style (Mini) (2016)
“Women are into fashion, men are into style, style is forever” – Domenico DolceWomenswear progresses in leaps and bounds, fueled by the readiness of women to wear what may at the time be perceived as the radical or outrageous. Not so menswear –menswear evolves, slowly. But from what? Behind nearly every item in the modern male wardrobe is a “first of its kind” – the definitive item, often designed by a single company or brand for specialist use, on which all subsequent versions have been based (and originals of which are now collector items in the booming vintage market).Icons of Men’s Style…
14. The Fashion Designer’s Directory of Shape and Style: Over 500 Mix-And-Match Elements for Creative Clothing Design [FASHION DESIGNERS DIRECTORY OF] [Paperback] ()
Paperback Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series (March 1, 2007) ASIN: B002VJQLK6 Shipping Information: View shipping rates and policies Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,500,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?…
15. Details Men’s Style Manual: The Ultimate Guide for Making Your Clothes Work for You (2007)
Each month, Details magazine keeps hundreds of thousands of men up-to-date on the most current trends and tips for looking sharp. Now the editors of these award-winning pages give every man the wardrobe wisdom he needs in order to reach both his professional and personal goals. Making sense out of the shifting protocols in menswear, Details Men?s Style Manual offers a sleek lifeline, including: ? How to dress an item up or down ? Full-color illustrations of dozens of outfits, with complete explanations of what works and why ? A piece-by-piece evaluation of…
Best Fashion Style Books You Should Read
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Genesis and download some fashion style books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
Vegan Style Your plant-based guide to fashion + beauty + home + travel
Author(s): Sascha Camilli
Publisher: Murdoch Books, Year: 2019, Size: 42 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2386857
Out-of-Style: An Illustrated Guide to Vintage Fashions, 19th–21th Centuries, 2nd Edition
Author(s): Betty Kreisel Shubert
Publisher: Dover Publications, Year: 2018, Size: 104 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2333770
The Ultimate Fashion Guide: What to Wear and How to Wear it with Style
Author(s): Colson, Michelle
Publisher: , Year: 2016, Size: 2 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2071523
Indian Fashion: Tradition, Innovation, Style
Author(s): Arti Sandhu
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, Year: 2015, Size: 31 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1418796
Muslim Fashion: Contemporary Style Cultures
Author(s): Reina Lewis
Publisher: Duke University Press Books, Year: 2015, Size: 7 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1419004
Fashioning Memory: Vintage Style and Youth Culture
Author(s): Heike Jenss, Joanne B. Eicher
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, Year: 2015, Size: 2 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1437088
Drawing Fashion & Style: A Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing Clothes, Shoes and Accessories
Author(s): Lovell, Hilary
Publisher: , Year: 2015, Size: 20 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2073822
African Fashion, Global Style: Histories, Innovations, and Ideas You Can Wear
Author(s): Victoria L. Rovine
Publisher: Indiana University Press, Year: 2015, Size: 70 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2333291
Nourishing broth : an old-fashioned remedy for the modern world
Author(s): Morell, Sally Fallon; Daniel, Kaayla T; Woodin, Mary
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA;Grand Central Life & Style, Year: 2014, Size: 3 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2085214
Fashion Illustration Art: How to Draw Fun & Fabulous Figures, Trends and Styles
Author(s): Jennifer Lilya
Publisher: F W Media, Year: 2014, Size: 23 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2091051
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are absolutely record-breakers according to The New York Times, others are composed by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.