Fashion Books

[viv1984viv]

Thought id start a thread here for people to discuss and suggest all books regarding fashion, im used to theory texts and im allways reading artist monographs - but now im considering an MA in fashion, ive checked out my favourites like yale, and phaidon but most books ive seen about fashion tend to be abit "historical" in their approach... I sometimes think the best articles are found in the magazines like Purple and 10men etc. So are there any wonderful publications out there im missing? Stuff about the usual Rick Owens, CCP, Julius, Undercover sort of stuff?

[Trillerblake]

Why are there not more threads like this?

Would appreciate some posts as well as thread starter

[sunkenshoes]

Ehm, Rick Owens has his own book.

[DüM]

I'm just beasting but the books on my must kop list are

[viv1984viv]

Ricks book costs more than his sheer l/s tops...

Ive recently bought

Modern Menswear

Fashion at the Edge

Purple Anthology

Sample 100 designers by Phaidon

and Young European Fashion Designers is in the 'safe' hands of royal mail....

[fadingblue]

I wanna read that book that was on Blackbird with all those ivy looks from the 60s.

We need moar books on preppy/ivy/waspy steez

[thefashi]

Modern Menswear is a nice quick read. I'm been meaning to order Young European Fashion Designers. Thanks viv!

[Guest alex+dior=love]

yeah Modern Menswear by Hywel Davies is very good book just fnshd it ) can sell if someone is intrested

Modern Menswear is a nice quick read. I'm been meaning to order Young European Fashion Designers. Thanks viv!

[Orion]

Not sure if this falls in line with where this thread is headed, but Dana Thomas' "Deluxe: How Luxury Lost it's Luster" is a great read for some background on brands like Vuitton, Dior, Balenciaga and more, as well as their foray into middle market goods like leather accessories and perfume. It's aimed to be a critique of the mainstreaming of luxury brands, but an interesting perspective anyhow...

[chronoaug]

I'm just beasting but the books on my must kop list are

Dude' date=' you reading my books to buy list?

Also this

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Not entirely fashion, but i want from reading about it. goes for so much second hand though. sucks. i would've bought at retail

[Vampyrvargfesten]

This book is great

Nihon no fasshon : Meiji, Taishō, Shōwa, Heisei = Japanese fashion / [chosha Jō Kazuo, Watanabe Naoki].

日本のファッション : 明治・大正・昭和・平成 = Japanese fashion / [著者城一夫, 渡辺直樹].

cute illustrations. accurate vintage styling in each time period from medieval to like 2000s. cute illustrations for the ivy/trad section

another great book

The Fourth Sex is super hard to come by, as is with the BLESS book... was lucky enough to borrow via interlibrary loans.

Good reading also:

Woman by Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior Couture, Maison Martin Margiela, Junya Watanabe, Ann Demeulemeester, Veronique Leroy, Bernhard Wilhelm, Viktor & Rolf, Hussein Chalayan

Maison Martin Margiela: Street Special Edition, Vols. 1 & 2

Raf Simons Redux

Made For Skate - The illustrated history of skateboard footwear

My Freedamn!

Style Deficit Disorder

[geekbonchic]

I swear to god there used to be a thread about this.

[conqueror]

i was actually looking at getting my now ex-girlfriend a fashion book as part of an anniversary present. i live in a tiny city and i randomly looked in a chain bookstore for the first time in forveer as i usually buy online and was pretty amazed at their 'fashion' selection. one was some huge bible sized thing yves saint laurent (she is/was a huge fan) which i was going to pick up and the other on raf simons of all people. i might go back to get the raf one for myself, even though i don't own any of his pieces it was a really great book and i'd definitely recommend it to any fans.

in hindsight it was good i didn't pick up the YSL book as it was about $300 AUS and she dumped me a fortnight later.

[pragmatics]

I wanna read that book that was on Blackbird with all those ivy looks from the 60s.

We need moar books on preppy/ivy/waspy steez

they are rereleasing it.

[viv1984viv]

gosh, didnt know this thread was going.

Fourth sex is a great book, great.

The measure by London College of Fashion is good too.

Purple Fashion Anthology is great, if you like the magazine - you all know what it like. Terrytastic.

6 Antwerp Fashion is good for any Raf or Ann D fan.....

Hi Sufu.

[popeyejawns]

[viv1984viv]

Hi Guys, bit of help here, will rep.

Im looking for a magazine, its a mens, lifestyle, fashion and art and literature sort of thing. Looks quite plain on the front, I think it had a short title like 'ore' but that's only an inkling. Its probably a more intellectually bias version of inventory magazine but on a budget production. I saw it somewhere and now I can find it anywhere......

Help

[Vampyrvargfesten]

great book, published 2009 so a lot of familiar brands, cool unknown designers, and relevant people

ISBN: 978-4-86100-618-0

20000000 fragments / AGURI SAGIMORI / AKIRA NAKA / ANREALAGE / ato / beautiful people / BEDWIN ＆ THE HEARTBREAKERS / Bilitis dix-sept ans / BOTANIKA/ taishi nobukuni / CHIYUKI / commuun / dictionary / DIET BUTCHER SLIM SKIN / ．efiLevol / ETHOSENS / et momonakia / everlasting sprout / FACTOTUM / FUGAHUM / fur fur / galaxxxy / green / GUT’S DYNAMITE CABARETS / G．V．G．V． / Hamiru / HAN AHN SOON / Haricot Rouge / HEATH / HIDENOBU YASUI / HISUI / h． NAOTO / INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY / io yukomura”Ta / is-ness / IWAYA FOR DRESS 33 / JOHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN / _JULIUS / Katie / KAZUYUKI KUMAGAI ATTACHMENT / kolor / LAD MUSICIAN / LEP LUSS / LyricisM / MAR / marka / mastermind JAPAN / matohu / MATORIOCHKA / mercibeaucoup、/ MIHARAYASUHIRO / MIKIO SAKABE / mina perhonen / mint designs / motonari ono / MUVEIL / NAOKI TAKIZAWA / Ne-net / nexus7/ N．HOOLYWOOD / NOZOMI ISHIGURO Haute Couture / Number （N）ine / OSSA MONDO / PHENOMENON / POTTO / PUBLIC IMAGE / RaphUs cUcU / revolver / ROC STAR / sacai / sakayori． / SASQUATCHfabrix． / setaichiro / SINDEE / SLACK / SLANT WISE / SOMARTA / SOPHNET． / support surface / suzuki takayuki / swash / TALKING ABOUT THE ABSTRACTION / TARO HORIUCHI / THEATRE PRODUCTS / tiny dinosaur / TOKYO RIPPER / TROVE / UNDERCOVER / UNNON / VAD＆MEL by ROLLINGTHUNDER / VISVIM / WHEREABOUTS / writtenafterwards / YAB-YUM / YAECA / YLANG YLANG / yoshio kubo / Ys Red label / Yuge / yuko yoshitake / zechia

it's like your typical "designer index" book; you know, short bio/blurb and pictures 1-2 pages for each designer, forwards by some random people including the isetan buyer

[viv1984viv]

That looks awesome. Any scans???

[Vampyrvargfesten]

That looks awesome. Any scans???

no scans, just some pics..

the designer bio and (mostly) publicly available collection photos are all easily gathered by googling anyway... but its the collection of designers i've never heard of, as well as the overall package which make it a really good read

[Vampyrvargfesten]

also good:

[Vampyrvargfesten]

rizzoli's got some good books

bape, supreme, margiela books are all great too

big, fat tomes packed w good shit for any fan...

mmm and they got this book for you nerds

[viv1984viv]

Really into this whole california skate style - 90s.

Just kopped Deformer by Ed Templeton

That's about as fashion as can get right now.

Vampyr - You care to recommend any magazines, big ones? I think purple has fallen off a tad.....

[schmoses]

man about town. man about town. man about town.

[Hocus Pocus]

i was actually looking at getting my now ex-girlfriend a fashion book as part of an anniversary present. i live in a tiny city and i randomly looked in a chain bookstore for the first time in forveer as i usually buy online and was pretty amazed at their 'fashion' selection. one was some huge bible sized thing yves saint laurent (she is/was a huge fan) which i was going to pick up and the other on raf simons of all people. i might go back to get the raf one for myself, even though i don't own any of his pieces it was a really great book and i'd definitely recommend it to any fans.

in hindsight it was good i didn't pick up the YSL book as it was about $300 AUS and she dumped me a fortnight later.

I own this, and it's not very interesting. In general, I'd probably rather buy books by artists than photographers. My sister has all those jawns anyways so I guess they are in the family.

[ballin_broke]

Everyone Must check out Pattern Magic set.

[Vampyrvargfesten]

i really like this

goes beyond the typical "designer index" thing that other fashion books (breadth other depth ones) try to do

and this is also a good read, no matter if you don't even do streetwear

still can appreciate it

[viv1984viv]

Maybe a few pages back I asked if anyone could find a classy, philosophical / fashion publication, I probably asked on SZ too.

Well I found it!

http://www.qompendium.com/

[jwsach]

for that authentic waspy edge this book has it down pat if you can find it:

[thelion1856]

book collectors, heads up.....

HARDCOVER BOOK

they are doing a reprint of the take ivy book from 1965. Its set to release on aug 31st. place a pre order now before they gone. I just placed my order. You want this in your possession. Shit its on sale for 14 bucks.

http://www.amazon.com/Take-Ivy-Shosuke-Ishizu/dp/1576875504/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282842968&sr=8-1

Product Description

Described by The New York Times as, “a treasure of fashion insiders,” Take Ivy was originally published in Japan in 1965, setting off an explosion of American-influenced “Ivy Style” fashion among students in the trendy Ginza shopping district of Tokyo. The product of four sartorial style enthusiasts, Take Ivy is a collection of candid photographs shot on the campuses of America’s elite, Ivy League universities. The series focuses on men and their clothes, perfectly encapsulating the unique academic fashion of the era. Whether lounging in the quad, studying in the library, riding bikes, in class, or at the boathouse, the subjects of Take Ivy are impeccably and distinctively dressed in the finest American-made garments of the time.

Take Ivy is now considered a definitive document of this particular style, and rare original copies are highly sought after by “trad” devotees worldwide. A small-run reprint came out in Japan in 2006 and sold out almost immediately. Now, for the first time ever, powerHouse is reviving this classic tome with an all-new English translation. Ivy style has never been more popular, in Japan or stateside, proving its timeless and transcendent appeal. Take Ivy has survived the decades and is an essential object for anyone interested in the history or future of fashion.

About the Author

Teruyoshi Hayashida was born in the fashionable Aoyama District of Tokyo, where he also grew up. He began shooting cover images for Men’s Club magazine after the title’s launch. Very sophisticated in style and a connoisseur of gourmet food, he is known for his homemade, soy-sauce-marinated Japanese pepper (sansho), and his love of gunnel tempura and Riesling wine.

Shosuke Ishizu is the representative director of Ishizu Office. Originally born in Okayama Prefecture, after graduating from Kuwasawa Design School he worked in the editorial division at Men’s Club until 1960 when he joined VAN Jacket Inc. He established Ishizu Office in 1983, and now produces several brands including Niblick.

Toshiyuki Kurosu was raised in Tokyo. He joined VAN Jacket Inc. in 1961, where he was responsible for the development of merchandise and sales promotion. He left the company in 1970 and started his own business, Cross and Simon. After the dissolution of his brand, he began appearing on the legendary variety show Asayan on TV Tokyo as a regular and soon gained popularity. He is also an active writer and intellectual.

Hajime (Paul) Hasegawa is from Hyogo Prefecture. After studying in the U.S., Hasegawa returned to Japan in 1963 to join VAN Jacket Inc. At VAN, he was responsible for advertising and PR. For the production of Take Ivy, Hasegawa was the main coordinator and interpreter on the ground. He has since held several managerial positions in Japan and abroad and currently serves as executive director for Cosmo Public Relations Corporation.