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  The Collection: A Novel

  by Gioia Diliberto

  Isabelle Varlet, charming and naïve, comes from a long line of seamstresses in a small town in France. A series of unfortunate events and her prodigious sartorial talent carry her to Paris, which in the wake of World War I is electric with new life. When Isabelle takes a job in the atelier of Coco Chanel, the rising star of haute couture, she finds herself in the heart of a glamorous and ruthless world filled with... (more)
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  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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  Taming Marie Antoinette

  by Tilly Greene

  Liana Trudeau has moved to Paris in pursuit of her doctorate.- While her mind has been working hard, her body has been ignored.- Knowing what she wants, Liana attends the Depravity Dance and connects with two men who can perfectly read her needs, both physically and mentally.- Unfortunately it's for only one night, or is it? - Thornton and James Michaud have spent the past couple of months focused on a project in... (more)
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  Hot Couture

  by Tilly Greene

  New York, London, Paris-Fashion and passion collide in this elegant print collection by Tilly Greene! The Leather Bride: Mimi St. John is an intelligent, successful, woman in a committed relationship, or so she thought. After dropping hints and finally getting a small taste of what she truly wanted from her lover, being bound and taken, he leaves. Rick Milston has known from the first moment he saw his lover... (more)
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  Fresh Fruits

  by Sho?ichi Aoki

  Presented in an identical format to Phaidon’s previous Fruits, published in 2001, Fresh Fruits is a collection of Tokyo teenage street fashion portraits selected from Japan’s premier street fanzine of the same title. Published every month by Shoichi Aoki, who is also the sole photographer for the magazine, Fruits was established in 1994 as a project to document the growing explosion in street fashion within the... (more)