Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.

Quantity: 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
More Buying Choices
47 used & new from £2.75

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Tell a Friend
The Fashion Book
 
See larger image
 
The Fashion Book (Paperback)
by Richard Martin (Author), Alice Mackrell (Author), Melanie Rickey (Author), Angela Buttolph (Author), Suzy Menkes (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars 4 customer reviews (4 customer reviews)
RRP: £6.95
Price: £3.99 & eligible for Free UK delivery on orders over £15 with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £2.96 (43%)
Availability: In stock. Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.

Want guaranteed delivery by 1pm Tuesday, May 13? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details

47 used & new available from £2.75
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover £29.95 £27.49 12 used & new from £13.67
Unknown Binding (Import) Order it used
 
   

Perfect Partner

Buy this book with Fashion Design Drawing Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques - The Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Fashion Artist (Fashion Illustration) by Caroline Tatham today!

The Fashion Book Fashion Design Drawing Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques - The Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Fashion Artist (Fashion Illustration)
Buy Together Today: £13.06

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Fashion Design Drawing Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques - The Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Fashion Artist (Fashion Illustration)

Fashion Design Drawing Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques - The Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Fashion Artist (Fashion Illustration) by Caroline Tatham

3.7 out of 5 stars (7)  £9.07
Fashion Design (Portfolio Series)

Fashion Design (Portfolio Series) by Sue Jenkyn Jones

5.0 out of 5 stars (4)  £14.99
Figure Drawing for Fashion Design (Pepin Press Design Books)

Figure Drawing for Fashion Design (Pepin Press Design Books) by Elisabetta Drudi

5.0 out of 5 stars (4)  £8.59
Fashion Now: v. 2 (Fashion)

Fashion Now: v. 2 (Fashion) by Terry Jones

4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £6.39
The Art Book

The Art Book by Phaidon

4.9 out of 5 stars (10)  £5.21
Explore similar items : Books (43)

Product details

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links (What is this?)
Fashion Directory
www.DrapersOnline.com    Fashion News, Jobs & Trends. Sign Up for Our Fashion Newsletter 
Shop Coffee Table Books
www.UrbanOutfitters.co.uk    Buy From Urban Outfitters Online Funky & Unique Range Now 
Fashion
www.h-magazine.com/Fashion    All The Information You Need On Fashion At h-magazine.com 

Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
James Abbe, a 1920s fashion photographer, and Zoran, the designer whose simple, monochromatic clothes were extremely popular in the 1970s, anchor the 500 entries in this massive encyclopedia of fashion. Each designer, photographer, model or icon gets a page with a large photo and informative but short caption. This has the wonderful effect of weighting each entry equally, thereby devoting the same amount of space to Charles Revson, creator of the Revlon cosmetics empire and relative makeup newcomer François Nars, pioneering clothing designer Mariano Fortuny and contemporary favourite Tom Ford.

Clearly, a good set of eyes edited this book. It's a tall order to choose just one image to define the many facets of a designer, model, or photographer. The choices made here are excellent and often surprising. The indomitable Coco Chanel demonstrates the ease of movement her designs afforded women by briskly swinging her arm out to one side, while Kate Moss is shown at the height of her waifdom, likely the mode in which she will best be remembered. Model Linda Evangelista is pictured with curly locks of hair. It's obvious, too, that the editors employed the haphazard juxtaposition created by the alphabetical organization. Facing entries, no matter how seemingly incongruous, are united by a visual theme to spectacular effect. The ovals made by the either screaming or yawning mouths of Kurt Cobain and his infant daughter are mirrored in a 1937 Jean Cocteau illustration of an Elsa Schiaparelli design. A model in a 1930s outfit by John-Frederics faces a portrait of post-punk design queen Betsey Johnson, whose floral outfit echoes the flowery silhouette behind the model. A troika of Robert Lee Morris bracelets matches the arcs of a bombed-out London building in a 1941 Cecil Beaton photo of a Digby Morton design. The vibrant prints of Emilio Pucci and Lilly Pulitzer fall together naturally. The reams of fabulous images and the inventive design alone make The Fashion Book a treat at any cost, but the low price-to-size ratio (like its cousins The Art Book and The Photography Book) makes it a real bargain. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Book Description
Hailed by Vogue as 'the fashion bible' and by Elle as 'the ultimate fashion reference book', The Fashion Book takes a fresh look at the fashion world and the people who created it. Now available in a pocket-sized mini format, this inspirational reference work covers the whole industry such as Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton and the people they photographed. Easy to use and filled with beautiful and memorable images, it is an A to Z guide to 500 key individuals elebrities who instigated or symbolize a whole fashion movement. It cuts through the usual classifications and creates juxtapositions that make fascinating and unlikely partnerships. Each entry is illustrated with a photograph or drawing which shows a quintessential aspect of their work or style. An accompanying text describes where they fit into the fashion story and includes essential biographical information. In addition, a comprehensive cross-referencing system and glossary help to explain the many collaborations and techniques used in the fashion business. Exceptional value for money, this handy new mini edition is a must for all followers of fashion.

See all Product Description


Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed

Fashion Design (Portfolio Series)

Fashion Design (Portfolio Series) by Sue Jenkyn Jones

5.0 out of 5 stars (4)  £14.99
Fashion Design Drawing Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques - The Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Fashion Artist (Fashion Illustration)

Fashion Design Drawing Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques - The Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Fashion Artist (Fashion Illustration) by Caroline Tatham

3.7 out of 5 stars (7)  £9.07
100 Years of Fashion Illustration

100 Years of Fashion Illustration by Cally Blackman

5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £16.22
Fashion Now: v. 2 (Fashion)

Fashion Now: v. 2 (Fashion) by Terry Jones

4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £6.39
Big Book of Fashion Illustration: A World Sourcebook of Contemporary Illustration

Big Book of Fashion Illustration: A World Sourcebook of Contemporary Illustration by Martin Dawber

5.0 out of 5 stars (2)  £12.99
Explore similar items : Books (44)

 
Customer Reviews
4 Reviews
5 star: 75%  (3)
4 star: 25%  (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Write an online review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The Most Ambitious Fashion Summary Ever, 25 Aug 2004
This review is from: The Fashion Book (Hardcover)
This is the Reader's Digest Condensed version of the history of fashion over the last 150 years. Unlike Reader's Digest, this book succeeds in capturing the essence in amazing kernals of elegance, curve, design, and motion. Everyone who loves fashion should have this book. There is simply no substitute for it, and you will have many hours of pleasure looking at its exciting images and reading the descriptions. The book is a great value for its price, as well, which will help make it available to more people.

The book is in an unusual format, one page each for 500 icons, models, fashion and accessory designers, make-up artists, hairdressers, retailers, illustrators, and photographers done in alphabetical order. Each page typically has one person (a few have two), with one image, and one brief textual summary of the person's work.

It is an amazing challenge to capture all of a person's work in one image, and some great successes occurred. Some of my favorites were Madonna, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Harry Winston, Naomi Campbell, Coco Chanel, Noel Coward, and Rudi Gernreich.

On the other hand, some of the old black and white images did not reproduce well. Some of the worst examples are Antoine (a hairdresser with a photograph of Josephine Baker's hair), Maria-Louise Bruyere (a designer), Christian Dior, Max Factor, Barbara Goalen (a model), Gucci, and Hermes. In many cases, these choices appear to have been influenced by the desire to have the facing pages converse with one another. So you will see echoes of design, line, and style in these ways. I appreciate that effort (which is often quite eloquent), but it should not slight the individual whose work is being portrayed. I graded the book down one star for the compromises made here not working well in too many cases.

After you have finished reading and enjoying this book many times, I suggest that you think about where else it would be helpful to have a similar work in your life. Perhaps a scrapbook containing photographs of all of your friends who have something in common would be a possibility. You could write a brief text about each. This could greatly add to your pleasure in remembering these friends, and perhaps expand their interaction when they see how you have put them together.

Keep to the essence, but be bold!

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? YesNo (Report this)



 
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Fashion book A-Z, 9 Jul 2006
By J. Volbeda (Scotland) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
An amazing good Fashion book! A-Z of fashion icons, photographers, models, designers, etc. Everyone that is in the fashion world well known! I loved looking through the book as I didn't know every single person mentioned in it! It's a must buy if you are interested/in to fashion!
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you?