My personal library listings for fashion reference, research and inspiration:
Fashion
- Fashion - A Crash Course - Andrew Tucker and Tamsin Kingswell
- The Fashion Book
- Costume and Fashion - A Complete History - Bronwyn Cosgrove
- Costume Jewelry in Vogue - Jane Mulvagh
- 20th Century Fashion - A Scrapbook 1900 to Today - Ernestine Carter
- Art Deco Fashion - Suzanne Lussier
- The Twenties - Alan Jenkins
- The Twenties in Vogue - Carolyn Hall
- Bright Young People - D J Taylor
- The 1950s Look - Recreating the Fashions of the Fifties - Mike Brown
Fashion Writing
- The Vogue Bedside Book - Josephine Ross
- How To Walk In High Heels - Camilla Morton
- A Girl For All Seasons - Camilla Morton
- The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby
Fashion Stores
- The House of Liberty - Masters of Style and Decoratiion - Stephen Calloway
- Shopping and Seduction - Mr Selfridge - Lindy Woodhead
Fashion Designers
- Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers - Georgina O'Hara Callan
- Fashion Now - ID Selects the World's 150 Most Important Designers - Terry Jones and Avril Mair
- The London Fashion Book - Andrew Tucker
- Divinely Elegant - The World of Ernst Dryden - Anthony Lipmann
- The World of Coco Chanel - Friends Fashion Fame - Edmonde Charles-Roux
- Chanel - François Baudot
- Dior - Marie-France Pochna
- Yves Saint Laurent - Pierre Bergé
- Halston - Stephen Bluttal
Style and Stylists
- Influence - Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen
- The Cheap Date Guide to Style - Kira Jolliffe and Bay Garnett
- Stylist - The Interpreters of Style - Sarah Mower
- Style A to Zoe - Rachel Zoe
- Sex and The City - Kill and Tell - Amy Sohn
- Sex and The City - The Movie - Amy Sohn
Fashion Photography
- Fashion Photography - Bruce Smith
- The Man Who Was Vogue - The Life and Times of Conde Nast - Caroline Seebohm
- In Vogue - Six Decades of Fashion - Georgina Howell
- The Art of Vogue Photographic Covers - Valerie Lloyd
- Unseen Vogue - The Seret History of Fashion Photography - Robin Derrick and Robin Muir
- People in Vogue - A Century of Portraits - Robin Derrick and Robin Muir
Fashion Photographers
- Femme Fatale - Serge Normant
- A Gun for Hire - Helmut Newton
Fashion Models
- Catwalking - A History of the Fashion Model - Harriet Quick
- Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion - Harold Koda and Khole Yohannan
- Runway Madness - Robin Givhan
- Jazz Age Beauties - The Lost Collection of Ziegfeld - Photographer - Alfred Cheney Johnston - Robert Hudovernik
- Arthur Elgort's Models Manual
- Models Close-Up - David Bailey
- Twiggy (1975) - Twiggy
- Marie Helvin - The Autobiography
- Catwalk - Marie Helvin
- I Am Iman - Iman
- Thing of Beauty - The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia - Stephen Fried
- No Lifeguard on Duty - The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel - Janice Dickenson
- Kate - Kate Moss
Beauty
- Decades of Beauty - The Changing Image of Women 1890s 1990s - Kate Mulvey and Melissa Richards
- Scavullo on Beauty - Francesco Scavullo
- Beauty Photograhy in Vogue - Martin Harrison
- Vogue Body and Beauty Book - Bronwen Meredith
- Pretty - The Nylon Book of Beauty - Fiorella Valdesolo
Make Up
- The Art of Make Up - Kevyn Aucoin
- Make Up: The Ultimate Guide - Rae Morris
- Disco Beauty - Nighttime Make Up - Sandy Linter
Hair
- Hair Style - Amy Fine Collins
- Vintage Hairstyling - 2nd Edition - Lauren Rennells
Body Art
- Veruschká- Trans-Figurations - Vera Lehndorff and Holger Trülzsch
- High Voltage Tattoo - Kat Von D
Perfume
- Fragrance and Fashion
- The Romantic Story of Scent - John Trueman
- Perfumes - The Guide - Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez
Art
- Dictionary of Art and Artists - David Piper
- Art Deco - Camilla De La Bedoyere
- The Lives of the Muses - Francine Prose
- The 20th Century Muse - Annette and Luc Vezin
Artists
- J W Waterhouse - Anthony Hobson
- Recollections of Rossetti - Hall Caine
- Passion by Design - The Art and Times of Tamara De Lempicka - Baroness Kizette De Lempicka
- My Life with Dali - Amanda Lear
- The Warhol Look - Francis King
- Edie - Jean Stein
- Edie Girl on Fire - Melissa Painter and David Weisman
- Fallen Angels - Paintings by Jack Vetriano
- Lovers and Strangers - Paintings by Jack Vetriano
- Bettie Page - Olivia De Beradinis
Fashion Illustration and Illustrators
- Fashion Drawings in Vogue - René Bouët-Willaumez
- Fashion Illustration Today - Nicholas Drake
- Antonio's People - Paul Caranicas
Dance
- The Ballet Goer's Guide - Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp
- Stories from the Ballet - Margaret Greaves and Lisa Kopper
- The Red Shoes - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
- The Snow Queen - Hans Christian Andersen and P J Lynch
- The Nutcracker - Nick Denchfield and Sue Scullard
- The Josephine Baker Story - Ean Wood
- Burlesque and the Art of the Teese - Dita Von Teese
- (Josser Days and Nights in the Circus - Nell Stroud)
Theatre
- Theatre - A Crash Course - Rob Graham
- Acting and Theatre - Cheryl Evans and Lucy Smith
- British Theatre Design - The Modern Age - John Goodwin
- Stage Crafts - Chris Hoggett
- Masterpiece Theatre - A Celebration of 25 Years of Outstanding Television - Terrence O' Flaherty
- The Theatre Crafts Book Of Make Up, Masks and Wigs
Film
- Movies - A Crash Course - John Naughton
- Cinema Year by Year 1894-2001 - Robin Karney
- Preview Annual 1948
- Preview Annual 1949
- Picturegoer Annual 1954-55
- Picturegoer Annual 1957-58
- The Crow - The Movie - Jeff Conner and Robert Zuckerman
- The Hellraiser Chronicles - Stephen Jones
- Quinlan's Film Directors - David Quinlan
- Quinlan's Film Stars - The Ultimate Guide to Stars of the Big Screen - David Quinlan
- Close-Ups - The Movie Star Book - Danny Peary
- Hollywood Glamor Portraits - 145 Photos of Stars 1926-1949 - John Kobal
Actresses
- Love Goddesses of the Movies - Roger Manwell
- Leading Ladies - Don MacPherson and Lousie Brody
- Louise Brooks - Lulu Forever - Peter Cowie
- Lulu in Hollywood - Louise Brooks
- Will There Really Be a Morning - Francis Farmer
- Ava - My Story - Ava Gardner
- Ava Gardner - John Daniell
- Rita Hayworth - The Time, The Place and The Woman - John Kobal
- The Complete Films of Rita Hayworth - Gene Ringgold
- By Myself - Lauren Bacall
- The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook - Scott Schechter
- The Films of Shirley MacLaine - Christopher Paul Denis
- Fonda - Her Life in Pictures - James Spada
- Some of Me - Isabella Rossellini
- Looking at Me - Isabella Rossellini
- Anjelica Huston - The Lady and Her Legacy - Martha Harris
Actors
- The Films of Gene Kelly - Song and Dance Man - Tony Thomas
- Al Pacino - A Life on the Wire - Andrew Yule
- The Films of Al Pacino - William Schoell
Musicians
- Deep in a Dream - The Long Night of Chet Baker - James Gavin
- Ella Fitzgerald 1917-1996 - Stuart Nicholson
- Lady Sings the Blues - Billie Holiday
- Billie Holiday - The Tragedy and Triumph of Lady Day - Leslie Gourse
- Nina Simone - Break Down and Let It All Out - Sylvia Hampton and David Nathan
- Erykah Badu - The First Lady of Neo-Soul - Joel McIver
- Faithfull - Marianne Faithfull and David Dalton
- Making Tracks - The Rise of Blondie - Debbie Harry Chris Stein and Victor Bockris
- Blondie - Lester Bangs
- Led Zeppelin - A Photographic Collection - Neal Preston
- According to the Rolling Stones - Mick Jagger Keith Richards Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood
- Moonage Daydream - The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust - Mick Rock and David Bowie
- Lenny Kravitz - Mark Seliger
My Wish List!
- Thierry Mugler: Galaxy Glamour - Daniéle Bott
- John Galliano - Colin McDowell
- Tom Ford: Ten Years - Graydon Carter and Bridget Foley
- Dolce and Gabbana - Fashion Album - Mariuccia Casadio
- Fashion Jewellery: Catwalk and Couture - Maia Adam
- Fraulein - Ingrid Sischy and Ellen Von Unwerth
- Pictures - Tim Walker
- Masters of Fashion Illustration - David Downton
- Alberto Vargas: Works From The Max Vargas Collection - Reid Austin
- Burlesque and the New Bump-n-Grind - Michelle Baldwin
