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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Andrea Park

The 25 Best Books About Fashion That Every Style Lover Should Read

The best books about fashion.

Fashion is so much more than just the clothes you wear. The industry intersects with practically every aspect of our lives, with major impacts on the economy, the environment, and, yes, daily fit checks—and it’s been doing so for centuries. Thanks to that outsized influence, there are countless fashion films, documentaries about style, and even books about fashion for anyone interested in diving into the industry. Fashion books—including rom-com novels and historical fiction to deeply researched exposés and sociological deep-dives—especially provide a way to learn more about the industry's effects on the wider world or just a way to look at beautiful clothes.

Here, we’ve rounded up 25 of the best fashion books, including must-read memoirs from major names, not one but three fashion-forward novels that have made it to the big screen, and one particularly hefty tome that’ll cost you a pretty penny—but will be the star of any coffee table if you decide to splurge.

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