MEN IN THIS TOWN: A DECADE OF MEN'S STREET STYLE
A selection of the best of men's street fashion, through the last ten years. For the last decade, Giuseppe Santamaria has observed and recorded the...
Fashion Survey
ADIDAS ARCHIVE. THE FOOTWEAR COLLECTION. 40TH ED. (MULTILINGUAL EDITION)
More than 100 years ago the brothers Adolf ("Adi") and Rudolf Dassler made their first pair of sports shoes. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and star-studded collabs later, this book presents a visual review of the adidas shoe through almost 200 models.
STYLE FOR EVERYBODY: A GUIDE TO CURATING YOUR ESSENTIAL WARDROBE
Written by Appelt, Kim
The go-to fashion roadmap sharing the secrets to building a capsule wardrobe for all body shapes and personal styles. We've all felt that defeat: thumbing through blouse after blouse in your closet, feeling like you have absolutely nothing to wear. Or at least, nothing you feel good in. That's where Style for Everybody comes in.
HATS OF THE QUEEN
Written by Pernette, Thomas
The Hats of the Queen examines 50 iconic headpieces adorned by the Queen during her reign, uncovering the royal, political, and fashion landscape of the time. In her 70 years in power, Queen Elizabeth II has made her mark on history, navigating the ups and downs of the past century, and wearing many hats - literally and figuratively.
VOGUE ON: CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA
Written by Irvine, Susan
In 1936, Cristobal Balenciaga opened a fashion house in Paris, after fleeing the Spanish civil war; within a couple of seasons he had raised fashion to the level of art. Christian Dior called Balenciaga 'the master of us all', while Coco Chanel claimed that he alone was 'a couturier in the truest sense of the word... the others are simply fashion designers'.
VOGUE ON: ELSA SCHIAPARELLI
Written by Watt, Judith
Shocking, witty and eccentric, the designs of Elsa Schiaparelli are among the most innovative and influential in the history of fashion. Black gloves with golden fingernails, buttons shaped like lips, trompe l'oeil images, brightly colored zips and perfume bottles in the shape of a torso would not be out of place in fashion today, but they were created by Schiaparelli in the 1930s.
VOGUE ON: COCO CHANEL
Written by Cosgrave, Bronwyn
Hailed as 'the most influential female designer of the twentieth century', Coco Chanel pioneered classic easy-to-wear fashion for the modern woman. She arrived on the fashion scene when feathers, lace, and ostentatious beads were favorites, and proceeded to re-invent couture using new materials, like jersey, for outfits that were suitable for everyday wear yet still elegant.
MOGA
In interwar 20th-century Japan, ?moga? (short for ?modern girls?) became the catchword to describe fashionable city women who embraced Westernised modes and manners. With page after page of depictions of moga from Platonsha ? the legendary publishing house that brought together such design and illustration luminaries as Ayao Yamana and Rokuro Yama in the 1920s ?
LEVI'S VINTAGE DENIM JACKETS
Written by 藤原裕
Levi Strauss & Co. was founded in 1853 in San Francisco, California, by a German immigrant. The brand?s famously riveted apparel has since made it a global name. Levi?s denim jackets have been manufactured for over 140 years with little alteration.