Category - Design

Art historian Jean Leymarie’s revised and updated edition of Chanel examines the entire history of the esteemed fashion couturier and the brand t...

The definitive illustrated volume on the work and life of Ann Lowe, a consummate couturier who designed lavish evening and bridal gowns for membe...

An unprecedented look at women’s everyday clothes—from Sylvia Plath’s Girl Scout uniform to psychedelic microminis, modern suits, and fast-food w...

A visual history of the Folly Cove Designers (1941-1969)--one of America's longest-running block printing collectives. The Folly Cove Designers (o...

2018 National Jewish Book Award FinalistMaira Kalman, the author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and The Elements of Style, and A...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick“Cosmetic, tool of rebellion, status signifier: Eyeliner has been all these and more. Moving thr...

The best-selling, most abundantly illustrated biography available of fashion icon Coco Chanel, written by her close friend and chosen official bi...

Sleek. Chic. Notoriously guarded. Welcome to the secret world of Gabrielle Chanel. The story of Chanel begins with an abandoned child, as lost as...

Throughout her long and storied life, Rachel “Bunny” Mellon’s greatest passion was garden design. She and her husband, Paul Mellon, one of the we...

With a foreword by Karl Lagerfeld, “this enchanting, tiny book”—a series of transcriptions from interviews with the fashion icon—is the closest a...

How wealthy American women—as consumers and as influencers—helped shape French couture of the late nineteenth century; lavishly illustrated.Frenc...

"A tribute to a time when style — and maybe even life — felt more straightforward, and however arbitrary, there were definitive answers." — Sadie...

Hilary Davidson delves into the clothing of one of the world's great authors, providing unique and intimate insight into her everyday life and mate...