Diana Vreeland - Empress of Fashion by Amanda MacKenzie Stuart
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
Described by an admirer as 'the High Druidess of fashion, the Supreme Pontiff, Perpetual Curate and Archpresbyter of elegance, the Vicaress of Style', Diana Vreeland is the cloth from which 21st-century fashion editors are cut. Diana joined Harper's Bazaar in 1936, where her pizzazz and singular point o ...Show more
Kaiser Karl - The Life of Karl Lagerfeld by Raphaelle Bacque
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography | Reading Level: very good
An intimate and well-documented biography of Karl Lagerfeld, ex-creative director of Chanel and international fashion iconReveals the man behind the mask: the great couturier, the adorer of women, the unrepentant provocateurA huge bestseller in FranceWorldwide publication in English to mark the first an ...Show more
Chanel: Her Life - Her Life by Justine Picardie (Text by); Karl Lagerfeld (By (photographer))
$110.00 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
As Justine Picardie shows in this elegant book, the figure who introduced simplicity into women's wardrobes was far from simple ... the Chanel uncovered by Picardie is a storyteller. She spun her own myth, but each of her creations was a story as well and each contains a story. -Frances Wilson, The Tele ...Show more
Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy Connolly by Billy Connolly
$49.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
'Coming from Glasgow, it's weird, I don't really tell jokes, like Irish jokes and all that. I tell wee stories. And some of them don't even have punchlines. But you'll get used to it as the night goes on, and on, and on, and on and on...' In December 2018, after 50-years of belly-laughs, energy, outrage ...Show more
Mary Quant by Jenny Lister
$59.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
Mary Quant (b. 1934) was an icon of her generation and the personification of 1960s "swinging London." This book, published to accompany a landmark exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, declares that she revolutionized and democratized fashion, creating fashion for everyone. It explores ...Show more
Yves Saint Laurent - The Biography by Laurence Benaim
$99.00 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
Yves Saint Laurent's impact on fashion is legendary, yet he remains an enigmatic and compelling figure. Tracing the development of Saint Laurent's visionary work through his charmed yet tumultuous life, respected fashion writer Laurence Benaïm's newly translated and updated biography of the famed design ...Show more
Yves Saint Laurent by Roxanne Lowit
$59.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
Yves Saint Laurent is a name synonymous with style, elegance and high fashion. When he came on the scene at Dior and then started his own line, he quickly changed the way people regarded haute couture and the world of fashion itself. He revolutionized women's evening wear when he introduced Le Smoking, ...Show more
The Lives of 50 Fashion Legends: Visual biographies of the world's greatest designers by Fashionary
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
Filled with pages of time-line and fascinating graphic symbols that put the fashion designers on the fashion world stage. Fun volume shares appraisals of 50 most important fashion designers with their iconic status. This book devotes on its own as pure form, with historical information about the brand a ...Show more
Quant by Quant - The Autobiography of Mary Quant by Mary Quant
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography | Series: V&a Fashion Perspectives Ser.
Originally published in 1966, Quant by Quant is the hugely entertaining story of Mary Quant's early career and life with husband and business partner Alexander Plunket Greene. After opening the groundbreaking Bazaar boutique on the King's Road in 1955, Quant soared to international fame with her brand o ...Show more
Genuine Authentic - The Real Life of Ralph Lauren by Michael Gross
$35.00 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
A fascinating and comprehensive look into the life of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren, now with an afterword."Deep-dish...sharp-clawed...honestly admiring."--New York TimesThere are at least two Ralph Laurens. To the public he's a gentle, modest, yet secure and purposeful man. Inside the walls of ...Show more
Butterfly on a Pin: A Memoir of Love, Despair and Reinvention by Alannah Hill
$32.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
'Raw and real and funny and sad - I could not put this book down' - Jane Kennedy'You might expect fluff and fashion ... what you get is harrowing, full-strength, funny and deeply satisfying - Zoë Foster BlakeUnflinching, funny, shocking, inspiring and tender: this is a story like no other.Alannah Hill ...Show more
Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie
$49.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography | Reading Level: very good
Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies. In this critically acclaimed, bestselling biography she shares the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now. Coco Chanel was an extraor ...Show more