5 fashion books to read this summer
Dive into one of these poolside page-turners
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Your support makes all the difference.Whether you’re spending your summer on the beach, by the poolside or on a series of sweltering commutes, finding the perfect page-turner can really help to beat the heat.
A time to sit with an easy read, hot summer days allow us a golden window of opportunity to soak up the rays and plot lines as we swap cosy nights in watching Netflix for reading on the beach.
Here are the 5 best fashion books to put on your summer reading list.
Where Stylists Shop: The Fashion Insider’s Ultimate Guide, £15.20, Blackwell.co.uk
A must-have for any fashion obsessed jet-setter, this book is a definitive guide to shopping around the globe as visionary fashion editor, Booth Moore, curates a collection of shopping tips from the industry’s top stylists, designers and tastemakers.
Here you’ll find a comprehensive list of all the best boutiques, brands, websites, and bargains wherever you are in the world.
Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style, £25, Waterstones.com
A collection of images that celebrate the “well-dressed trickster-rebels”, this book delves into the world of Dandyism, with a focus on the individual personalities, designers and events that define the movement.
Shantrelle P Lewis’s carefully curated selection of photos surveys men wearing suits in electrifying colours and dazzling patterns from around the world.
The Curated Closet: Discover Your Personal Style and Build Your Dream Wardrobe, £16.99, Waterstones.com
Summer is the perfect opportunity to transform your style, but if you need a bit of inspiration, let Berlin-based style blogger Anuschka Rees lend a helping hand.
Rejecting clichéd fashion rules, Rees uses interactive prompts, questionnaires and helpful checklists to help you create your own individual style guidelines, leaving you with a stronger idea of what it is you want out of your wardrobe.
Mario Testino: Undressed, £24.99, Available in July 2017, Taschen.com
One for the coffee table, this stunning book features a series of 50 images from Mario Testino’s Undressed exhibition, all of which centre on the naked body and pushing the boundaries between sex, gender identity and fashion.
The photographs are also accompanied by an introduction from curator Matthias Harder, a candid conversation piece with Carine Roitfeld, as well as an essay from psychiatrist and psychologist Manfred Spitzer, who offers a neuroscientific perspective on our visual perception of bodies and beauty.
Baddiewinkle’s Guide to Life, £14.99, Waterstones.com
The alter-ego of Helen van Winkle, Baddiewinkle is well known as Instagram’s hippest grandma at an impressive 88-years-old. Here, the charming Southern renegade has created an inspiring handbook for living life adventurously that we could all learn a little something from.
From funky fashion, pop culture and being age appropriate, Baddiewinkle tells her life story accompanied by dozens of colour photos, tips on how to be Baddie and even her favourite outfits.
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