Books
Keel’s Simple Diary
Every now and then you come across something that you know you should have a least 5 of on hand, to gift to each and every person you love. Keel’s Simple Diary is one of those splendid items. Thanks to Fashion is Spinach, we came across it just in time for the greatest continue reading…
The Art of the Compliment
Everyone loves a compliment, but that doesn’t mean we all know how to take them or dish them out properly. The Art of the Compliment is a smart guide to choosing your words wisely, in the hopes of eliciting a smile or inspiring a great day. This fabulous book covers the history of compliments, how continue reading…
Women As Design
Stephen Bayley, one of the world’s best-known authorities on design and pop culture, takes a look at how the female form is reflected in everything from a Coca Cola bottle, to the grill of a car, in his new book, Woman As Design: Before, Behind, Between, Above, Below. He also explores the continuous conflict between the real and the continue reading…
Clothbound Penguin Classics
Some of literature’s classics ditch their stuffy dust jackets or boring paperbacks for smartly embossed canvas covers. Great Expectations, Wuthering Heights, and Jane Eyre are among the beloved titles. They’ll make the perfect gift for those who fancy their bookshelves as works of art.
The Style Strategy
We know how to shop and we know how to dress, but sometimes focusing on our personal style and what we actually need while on the sales floor, gets blindsided. If you showed (up on a budget) for a smart white shirt and you’re holding $300 leather bomber jacket – mission failed. Project Runway’s Nina continue reading…
Fifty Shoes That Changed the World
Fifty Shoes That Changed the World opens the grand doors to history’s shoe closet with the help of London’s Design Museum. Taking a passionate look at fifty iconic shoes, beginning with the Frye Boot, the book chronicles how what used to serve as mere protection for the feet, now has the power to communicate a message continue reading…
The Well-Dressed Home
You use your inner sense of style when filling up your closets and getting dressed each morning. Naturally, you want to do the same when it comes to styling your home. The Well-Dressed Home: Fashionable Design Inspired by Your Personal Style by Annette Tatum, helps readers to identify their personal fashion style, while pulling from continue reading…
Glamour Dogs
The way they’re pampered, dressed, taken on vacations and sometimes even granted spa days, these days dogs certainly see more than their fair share of glamour. Photographer Catherine Ledner’s book, Glamour Dogs, magnificently captures their irresistible charm. Perfect for anyone who fancies adorable pooches and great style, it features 156 pages that put up a good continue reading…
I Love Your Style
Artists paint, writers write, singers sing. Style lovers get dressed. Sometimes designer muse and former creative director Amanda Brooks’ new book, I Love Your Style, answers the question: What is personal style? The answer: “It’s your life experiences expressed through your clothes.” This guide to finding and honing individual style features over 400 classic and continue reading…
WhoWhatWear: Celebrity and Runway Style for Real Life
No style-loving, blog reading life is complete with a daily dose of WhoWhatWear. From inbox delight to coffee table decor, the first book from the site’s cofounders Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power, Who What Wear: Celebrity and Runway Style for Real Life, features the same in-the-know style advice we’ve come to rely on and 60 full-color photographs.
