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  Influence

  by Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen

  INFLUENCE includes interviews with: Peter Beard Alexandre de Betak Bob Colacello David Collins George Condo Francisco Costa Diane von Furstenberg John Galliano Lauren Hutton Karl Lagerfeld Peter Lindbergh Christian Louboutin Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez Margherita Missoni Robert Lee Morris Ashley Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen Jack Pierson Richard Prince Terry Richardson Giambattista Valli ... (more)
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  Poseur: Book 1

  Poseur

  by Rachel Maude

  po•seur (noun): a person who pretends to be what he or she is not. Charlotte Beverwil, Janie Farrish, Melissa Moon, and Petra Greene attend exclusive Winston Prep in the Hollywood Hills. And that's all they have in common. But hang out together? They'd rather be hanged. Borrow one another's clothes? They'd sooner borrow a zit. So when these four sophomores are forced into a class to create their own fashion... (more)
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  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)
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  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)
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  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.
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  Simon Pulse Romantic Comedies

  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)
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  The Devil Wears Prada

  by Lauren Weisberger

  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)
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  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)
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  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)
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  Fierce Style

  How to Be Your Most Fabulous Self

  by Christian Siriano

  In 2008, Christian Siriano made headlines as the youngest designer to win the hit reality series Project Runway. But the now twenty-three-year-old is bigger than a TV celebrity. From his prodigious fashion talent to his one-of-a-kind personality, Christian is the embodiment of fierce style. Now in his first book, he helps readers discover how to look, feel, and act fierce in everyday life. With tips from... (more)
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  My Passion for Design

  A Private Tour

  by Barbra Streisand

  A lavishly illustrated personal tour of the great star's homes and collections. For nearly five decades Barbra Streisand has been one of the singular figures in American entertainment. From the cabaret to the Broadway stage, from television and film stardom to her acclaimed work as a director, from the recording studio to the concert hall, she has demonstrated that the extraordinary voice that launched her... (more)
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  Allegra Biscotti Collection: Book 2

  Who What Wear

  by Olivia Bennett

  In Book 2 of this fresh, fashion-forward series, Emma and Allegra's worlds collide! Emma must go undercover as her own intern long enough for her alter ego, Allegra, to design a knock-out Sweet Sixteen dress for one of the popular girls at school. She must also design and construct several new pieces to add to her growing collection for the opportunity of her young career-a special pop-up shop sponsored by ... (more)
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  Roberto Cavalli

  by Roberto Cavalli

  In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of its founding in Florence—a retrospective of classic, rich looks that created a fashion empire. The house that Roberto Cavalli founded in the sixties—with a signature look of printed silks, suede, and leather—now commemorates forty years of fashion innovation with a showcase volume lensed by fashion’s illustrious photographer-duo Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott and... (more)
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  House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara G. Forden

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  La caffettiera del masochista. Psicopatologia degli oggetti quotidiani

  by Donald A. Norman

• Designers Institute Of New Zealand: Best Design Awards Compendium 2007DNZ

  

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  Designers Institute Of New Zealand: Best Design Awards Compendium 2007

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  Chanel: The Vocabulary of Style

  by Jerome Gautier

  Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) was undoubtedly the most influential fashion designer of the 20th century. Her clothes and accessories have remained perennially chic, and her legendary fashion house continues to exert a powerful sway over today's designers. Jérôme Gautier tells the story of Chanel's iconic style through hundreds of images, many taken by the leading lights of fashion photography,... (more)
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  Mulberry: 40th Anniversary Book. Photographer, Venetia Dearden

  by Venetia Dearden

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  Louis Vuitton / Marc Jacobs: In Association with the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

  This fascinating publication presents the roles two men have played in turning a small workshop in nineteenth-century Paris into one of the most successful and recognized brands in the world.  Known for both craftsmanship and must-have high design, Louis Vuitton the luxury house was started by its eponymous founder in 1854. The first half of this publication traces the innovations by Vuitton, who turned the... (more)
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  Culture Chanel

  by FranCoise Claire Prodhon

  Throughout her life, Gabrielle Chanel was close to the greatest artists of her time, including poets Jean Cocteau and Pierre Reverdy, painters Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí, and composer Igor Stravinsky. The creative heritage of the House of CHANEL has continued throughout the decades, from Gabrielle Chanel to Karl Lagerfeld, in the form of a dialogue established between artists and authors. The impact of these... (more)