There is so much fashion content available from the Internet, social media and books today. I can remember a time when it was a challenge to find anything to read involving fashion. I would have to wait for the weekly fashion articles to appear in newspapers and monthly magazines. I’ll never forget moving to Los Angeles fresh out of fashion school and the experience I had at a local bookstore. On my hunt to satiate my appetite for reading anything related to the industry, I found no books and I encountered sales people who laughed at my inquiry. Feeling dejected and frustrated I had to go about searching industry news in other ways. Years later, my love of books and fashion has not waned. As a fashion educator, I have stocked my classroom library with these titles and encourage my students to read. Please share your book titles and let’s grow our libraries and expand our students minds. Here is my current list of my favorite fashion books…Happy Reading!

Fashion books to include on your shelves.

The Little Dictionary by Christian Dior

Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes by Dana Thomas

Inside Haute Couture: Behind the Scenes at the Paris Ateliers by Désirée Sadek

The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion by Antwaun Sargent

Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon by Iris Apfel

Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Daniel R. Day

Fashion Worlds: Contemporary Retail Spaces by Michelle Galindo

The World of Anna Sui by Tim Blanks

The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever by Teri Agins

Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline

Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano by Dana Thomas

The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir by André Leon Talley

Fashion Must Reads