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A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses. Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job “a million girls would die for.” Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world... (more)

Graphic Design As a Second Language (Hands on Graphics)

Graphic Design As a Second Language (Hands on Graphics)

by Bob Gill

This publication is part of the Handson Graphics series - an exciting and unique collection exploring the work of respected and highly talented international designers. The books in this series are primarily aimed at students and teachers of design. However they also provide an invaluable resource for all those interested in grahic design. The content is international, collectable and accessible to all. Bob... (more)

The Towering World of Jimmy Choo: A Glamorous Story of Power, Profits, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe

The Towering World of Jimmy Choo: A Glamorous Story of Power, Profits, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe

by Lauren Goldstein Crowe

A smart, sexy business book for the readers who made Trading Up a bestseller: the tale of a London society girl who built one of the most talked-about shoe brands in the world. The Towering World of Jimmy Choo examines the world’s seemingly insatiable appetite for luxury goods by telling the behind-the-scenes tale of one of the most talked-about brands of our age. Jimmy Choo was a London shoemaker with a... (more)

The Other Half Lives

by Sophie Hannah

Ruth Bussey knows what it means to be in the wrong - and to be wronged. She once did something she regrets, and was punished excessively for it. Now Ruth is trying to rebuild her life and has found a love she doesn't believe she deserves. Aidan Seed is a passionate, intense man who has also been damaged by his past. Desperate to connect with the woman he loves, he confides his secret: he killed a woman called... (more)

by Ralph Pucci

Ralph Pucci is a luminary in the design community. Having inherited his parents' mannequin business, he has built on that foundation by liaising with the most important designers and artists today (furniture, rugs, lighting, photography, painting) to create innovative mannequins and, more important, a unique space where important art and design are exhibited in tandem. This book is a collection of his 15 years of... (more)

Figure Drawing for Fashion Design

by E. Drudi

FIGURE DRAWING FOR FASHION DESIGN offers a concise, topic by topic guide to acquiring and perfecting these skills, concentrating on the female form. The coverage provided means that this book is ideal both for those who want to apply themselves professionally to fashion design, and for all enthusiasts of drawing the human body. Fashion plates are the primary means of visualizing ideas and concepts in costume and... (more)

Logo Lounge: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers

by Bill Gardner, Catharine M. Fishel

Logos -- for everything from food and fashion to conferences and corporations -- are among designers' most prized projects. When LogoLounge debuted in hardcover, it was the first in a series celebrating the work of top logo designers on the innovative LogoLounge website.This book, now in paperback, presents the site's best designs of the year as judged by an elite group of name-brand designers. ... (more)

Slaves of New York

by Tama Janowitz

Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers. But between the disappointments come snatches of self-awareness, and a strange beauty in their encounters with one another.

Ripped at the Seams

by Nancy Krulik

There's a new fashion designer in town, and "Fashion Don'ts" have never been more in style! Sami Granger is fresh off the bus from the Midwest when some crazy person in the bus terminal warns her that life in New York City won't be what she always dreamed of. But Sami's determined to make it in an industry that is notoriously hard to break in to. Nothing she ever learned in her small town can prepare her for her... (more)

Oracle Designer Handbook

by Paul Dorsey, Peter Koletzke

This book offers a comprehensive system development method using Oracle's design tools.

Tord Boontje

by Tord Boontje

Tord Boontje incorporates a romantic, artisanal sensibility to contemporary industrial and product design, drawing from a rich graphic tradition to create objects of exceptional beauty and delicacy. One of the most original and innovative product and furniture designers working today, Boontje is an artist and a craftsman, and in designs for Swarovski, Artecnica, and Moroso, his lamps, chairs, fabric designs, paper... (more)

Shocking Life

by Elsa Schiaparelli

“She knew everyone from Paris to Hollywood, collaborated with the Surrealists, and left her indelible mark on the world of fashion.” —Vogue “She slapped Paris. She smacked it. She tortured it. She bewitched it. And it fell madly in love with her.” — Yves Saint Laurent “A dress from Schiaparelli ranks like a modern canvas.” —Janet Flanner, The New Yorker Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) was one of the leading... (more)

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The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger