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1 Granary Book Club: A list of essential fashion reads

Fashion books to inspire you, as suggested by our readers

By 1 Granary Team

04/26/2021

From: The fourth sex by Raf Simons and Francesco Bonami

From philosophical and lyrical literary works such as Leopardi’s “Dialogue between Fashion and Death” to Giulia Mensitieri’s revealing analysis of the contemporary fashion system, this list has your fashion reading needs fully covered.

Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons - Art of the In-Between by Andrew Bolton

Sleeveless by Natasha Stagg

Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons - Art of the In-Between by Andrew Bolton

The Empire of Fashion : Dressing Modern Democracy by Gilles Lipovetsky

The fourth sex by Raf Simons and Francesco Bonami

Experimental Fashion: Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body by Francesca Granata

Romance was Born by Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales

Adorned in Dreams by Elizabeth Wilson

The fourth sex by Raf Simons and Francesco Bonami

The Unfashionable Human Body by Bernard Rudofsky

The Fashion System by Roland Barthes

Dialogue between Fashion and Death by Giacomo Leopardi

Pattern Magic series by Tomoko Nakamichi

Clothing Poverty by Andrew Brookes

Experimental Fashion: Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body by Francesca Granata

Pattern Magic series by Tomoko Nakamichi

Love looks with the eyes: Thirteen Years with Lee Alexander McQueen by Anne Deniau

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

The Nature and Aesthetics of Design By Jon Jagger

The most beautiful job in the world by Giulia Mensitieri

The most beautiful job in the world by Giulia Mensitieri

Read our interview with the writer

Russian Elegance : Country & City Fashion by L. Yefimova and T. Aleshina