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Book Review – The World’s Most Influential Fashion Designers
As an avid book worm and fashion fan, my love for beautiful coffee table style books knows no bounds. From books about well known style icons, to tomes about fashion design and designers, I have managed to array a wonderful collection of books that delight with their images and inform with their text. With all this in mind, you can see why I would be so excited about doing a book review for The Works. With literally thousands of books to choose from, I headed straight to the online fashion section and selected ‘The World’s Most Influential Fashion Designers’ by Noel Palomo-Lovinska. (Published by Barron’s, 2010.) The tagline on the…
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The Best Biographies of Fashion Icons
Readers who want to catch up on their favourite fashion icons now have several biographies to choose from. Ranging from Diana Vreeland to Audrey Hepburn, these biographies capture the intimate portraits of fashion’s greatest icons. D.V. by Diana Vreeland The only autobiography on this list, D.V. was written by Diana Vreeland. This amazing book is full of stories of her bizarre childhood in France. It follows her hilarious path through England and New York. For fashion lovers, it includes stories of her work as editor of Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. Like many autobiographies, this one does not entirely stick to the facts. It goes through an exaggerated story of…
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Secret Santa, Stocking fillers and some Friday Special offers
It’s just a week now until we all break up and wait in anticipation to see what Santa has in store for us (or is that just me acting like an over excited kid…no, thought not!). So this Friday’s shopping special is dedicated to bringing you some last-minute ideas, stocking fillers and secret santa goodies, with nothing over £25. And as an extra treat, I’ve added details of any early sales, voucher codes and discounts where possible. La Redoute The sale has started, with some amazing bargains offering up to 60% off many items. Click here to view all sale. You can also get 40% off New ranges and non…