Fashion & Jewelry

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If there was ever a book that could elicit excitement and anticipation just from its sheer size and presentation, Fendi Roma would be it.

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Most readers might think that Smart Textiles for Designers is about fabric, designers, and technology that when combined create fabrics that are sustainable and ecologically friendly.

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The author calls this book a comprehensive textbook, which is all well and good when utilized in a classroom, but it might be a bit iffy, at best, for a pleasurable or instructional read.

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An icon, by definition, is a widely known symbol and is supposed to possess instant recognition.

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After having read this amazing book, this reader suddenly became aware that there is a cult of denim aficionados, “denimheads” to be exact, as well as a culture of denim.

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“The chap is the modern English gentleman, and he’s out to conquer the world,” writes Gustav Temple.

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Without a doubt this is one of the most exhaustive, painstaking, and all-encompassing visual diaries pertaining to the details or fine points of fashion such as collars, necklines, closures, jacket

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There is no question that Focus is a book that must be evaluated on several planes depending on one’s point of view and frame of reference.

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So many spectators of the fashion business and worlds of fashion believe that growing old and being fashionable, stylish, and glamorous is just about being an older fashion model, but that couldn’t

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Pat Cleveland is a living legend of fashion who was the rarest of exotic birds to have inhabited fashion. She has withstood the test of time in a business that has a memory as long as one’s pinky.

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Couture Confessions is a book that should assessed based on two distinct points of view depending on the reading experience/history of each reader.

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This exhaustively and comprehensively researched book becomes more like a story rather than a lesson in the history of diamonds.”

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Before going any further, it should be stated that if you have no interest in the legacy of Gucci, the brand or family, then you can safely pass on this book.

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“Match your pocket square with your shirt, shoes, socks, belt, hat, gloves or trousers.

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The first thing that must be taken into account here is that Balenciaga: Master of Lace serves as a French/English catalogue from an exhibition of the same name which took place a

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The funny thing about books of this ilk is that the advice or instruction, as it were, is only as good or as credible as its source. Consider taking plumbing advice from a veterinarian.

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The most pertinent fact about Sarah Moon: Now and Then is that this is not some glossy table coffee table book but rather a very scholarly, if not erudite, examination of Sarah Moon’s body

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If one picture is worth a thousand words then Night Flowers would be five complete sets of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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“Bonnie Cashin is a law unto herself,” said Bernadine Morris, fashion critic of the New York Times.

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If there is such a thing as a platinum standard for books of this genre, then Volez Voguez Voyagez reaches that level and possibly even stretches beyond.

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The Isaac Mizrahi Pictures, photos by Nick Waplington, bears a striking resemblance to Fashion's Front Line that features the images of Niall McInernery, in that both boo

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The biggest issue at hand here is whether or not one can consider any 30 year old a plausible, last-word authority on any subject, let alone fashion.

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Some might say narcissist, some might say egotist, and some might even say elitist, but no one can deny that Cecil Beaton was in many ways an arbiter of taste and style.

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Frank Horvat is considered to be one of the most influential and notable photographers of the 20th century, and yet he is not as well known as many of his colleagues.

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The timing of the release of The Italian Art of Shoemaking: Works of Art in Leather is curious as it seems to encourage a comparison to a very recently released book honoring the anniversa

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