Your Fall Reading (Skimming) List
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Skip Sophocles, Dante and Shakespeare and add these fashion tomes to your fall reading list!
New York Look Book: A Gallery Of Street Fashion by Amy Larocca and Jake Chessum ($24.95) Amazon.com
Fashion and interviews from the streets of New York City snapped by
the writer and photographer who create New York Magazine's weekly
fashion centerfold. But with these centerfolds you won't feel like an idiot when you say "I read the articles!"
Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster by Dana Thomas ($27.95) Amazon.com
Dana Thomas explores how luxury brands, once reserved the the upper echelons of the rich, have become marketing machines. It's a must-read for anyone who is obsessed with fashion and designer duds. But will it make you buy fewer pairs of Prada sunglasses? Of course not!
Misshapes by Geordon Nicol, Greg Krelenstein, and Leigh Lezark ($25.00) Amazon.com
A collection of photos from the almost-legendary and now-defunct Misshapes party in Manhattan. Check out the fashion of New York City nightlife including attendees Hedi Slimane, Madonna, Bloc Party, Peaches, Debbie Harry, Evan Rachel Wood and hundreds more who ignored their parents when they said "You're going out dressed like that?"
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