Best Fashion & Textile Business Books
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1. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Author: by Phil Knight
Scribner
English
400 pages
In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.
Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one of his five favorite books of 2016 and called it an amazing tale, a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. It’s a messy, perilous, and chaotic journey, riddled with mistakes, endless struggles, and sacrifice.
Phil Knight opens up in ways few CEOs are willing to do. Fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost running shoes from Japan.
Selling the shoes from the trunk of his car in 1963, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year. Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion. In this age of start-ups, Knight’s Nike is the gold standard, and its swoosh is one of the few icons instantly recognized in every corner of the world.
2. Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success
Author: by Rebecca Minkoff
English
288 pages
1400220718
Take your rightful place in the driver’s seat of your own life and career through the focused and fearless strategies that only highly respected, incredibly successful luxury fashion mogul and social activist Rebecca Minkoff could lay out in these pages.
Rebecca Minkoff built a fashion empire through hard work and a relentless drive to live her dream. It wasn’t easy and took tremendous resolve to remain hungry and persevere. By never giving up, she has created a space for herself on the shelves of luxury department stores across the world.
From Rebecca’s experience, readers will learn how to:Take on challenges they initially didn’t know how to complete, using Rebecca’s fearless approach to push themselves to meet each and every one. Overcome the fear and trials female entrepreneurs often face.
Break the rules and find success in places they previously thought to be inaccessible. Reach their goals, no matter how unattainable they may seem. In this book, Rebecca shares her own stories and teaches readers how she was able to reach her goals to become the successful fashion designer she is today.
3
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
Author: by Virginia Postrel
English
320 pages
1541617606
From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide. The story of humanity is the story of textiles – as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture.
In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel synthesizes groundbreaking research from archaeology, economics, and science to reveal a surprising history. From Minoans exporting wool colored with precious purple dye to Egypt, to Romans arrayed in costly Chinese silk, the cloth trade paved the crossroads of the ancient world.
Textiles funded the Renaissance and the Mughal Empire; they gave us banks and bookkeeping, Michelangelo’s David and the Taj Mahal. The cloth business spread the alphabet and arithmetic, propelled chemical research, and taught people to think in binary code. Assiduously researched and deftly narrated, The Fabric of Civilization tells the story of the world’s most influential commodity.
4. The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
Author: by Sara G Forden
Custom House
English
288 pages
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE from director Ridley Scott, starring Lady Gaga and Adam DriverThe sensational true story of murder, madness, glamour, and greed that shook the Gucci dynastyOn March 27, 1995, Maurizio Gucci, heir to the fabulous fashion dynasty, was slain by an unknown gunman as he approached his Milan office.
In 1998, his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli-nicknamed “The Black Widow” by the press-was sentenced to 29 years in prison, for arranging his murder. Did Patrizia murder her ex-husband because his spending was wildly out of control? Did she do it because her glamorous ex was preparing to marry his mistress, Paola Franchi?
Or is there a possibility she didn’t do it at all? The Gucci story is one of glitz, glamour, intrigue, the rise, near fall and subsequent resurgence of a fashion dynasty. Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and widely acclaimed, The House of Gucci will captivate readers with its page-turning account of high fashion, high finance, and heart-rending personal tragedy.
5. Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans
Author: by Paul Van Doren
English
336 pages
164112024X
In the tradition of bestsellers such as Shoe Dog, Authentic is a surprisingly candid, compelling memoir by a high school dropout who went on to establish one of the world’s most iconic brands. You may not have known their creator, but you certainly know the shoes: for more than four generations, Vans shoes have been synonymous with cool.
Now in Authentic, a memoir written by Paul Van Doren and published just before his May 2021 death, the charismatic founder of Vans shares his story of heading West and capturing the American dream. Authentic is a celebration of Van Doren’s remarkable life and the iconic brand he built, beloved by skateboarders, creatives, and fans everywhere for its laid-back, colorful SoCal vibe, and famous for its people-oriented company culture.
In Authentic, he shares his unlikely journey from high-school dropout to sneaker-industry legend. A blue-collar kid with no higher education and zero retail experience, Van Doren started out as a 16-year-old service boy at a local rubber factory. Over the next few decades, he leveraged a knack for numbers, a genius for efficiency, and the know-how to make a great canvas tennis shoe into an all-American success story.
6. Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History
Author: by Richard Thompson Ford
English
464 pages
1501180061
A sharp and entertaining (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of fashion through the ages that asks what our clothing reveals about ourselves and our society. Dress codes are as old as clothing itself. For centuries, clothing has been a wearable status symbol; fashion, a weapon in struggles for social change; and dress codes, a way to maintain political control.
Merchants dressing like princes and butchers’ wives wearing gem-encrusted crowns were public enemies in medieval societies structured by social hierarchy and defined by spectacle. In Tudor England, silk, velvet, and fur were reserved for the nobility, and ballooning pants called trunk hose could be considered a menace to good order.
The Renaissance-era Florentine patriarch Cosimo de Medici captured the power of fashion and dress codes when he remarked, One can make a gentleman from two yards of red cloth. Dress codes evolved along with the social and political ideals of the day, but they always reflected struggles for power and status.
7. Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment
Author: by Maxine Bedat
Portfolio (June 1, 2021)
English
336 pages
A groundbreaking chronicle of the birth-and death-of a pair of jeans, that exposes the fractures in our global supply chains, and our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planetTake a look at your favorite pair of jeans. Maybe you bought them on Amazon or the Gap; maybe the tag says “Made in Bangladesh” or “Made in Sri Lanka.” But do you know where they really came from, how many thousands of miles they crossed, or the number of hands who picked, spun, wove, dyed, packaged, shipped, and sold them to get to you?
The fashion industry operates with radical opacity, and it’s only getting worse to disguise countless environmental and labor abuses. It epitomizes the ravages inherent in the global economy, and all in the name of ensuring that we keep buying more while thinking less about its real cost.
In Unraveled, entrepreneur, researcher, and advocate Maxine Bdat follows the life of an American icon-a pair of jeans-to reveal what really happens to give us our clothes. We visit a Texas cotton farm figuring out how to thrive without relying on fertilizers that poison the earth.
8. Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: The Practical Guide for Aspiring Fashion Designers
Author: by Steven Faerm
B.E.S.
English
160 pages
Just as people change, so too does fashion. That’s why it’s so important to recognize newer teaching methods that will help you keep up with fashion trends and the ever-changing world of style. This latest edition of Fashion Design Course helps aspiring fashion designers learn about:How the digital age impacts education and the design process from research right through to the finished product Customer Profiles: demographics, psychographics, the role of advertising, and more Creating a unique vision with help from ethnographic research, design considerations, iconic films and their impact on fashion design, and developing a fabric story Cultivating your design collection through process and investigation while using Mood Boards, Garment Construction, and more Producing your own collections with individual exercises based on frequently used concepts for building collections including Shipping Reports, Ethnic Backgrounds, 3D/2D, Concept to Runway, Shifts in Fashion, Accessories, and more Strategies and tips that will help you transition from coursework to a career in fashion including tips on resumes, interviewing, portfolio presentation, and more This updated book reflects the latest information in fashion design and development and is an ideal introduction for students, dressmakers, and anyone interested in the creative side of the fashion industry.
9. Linen: A Decorative Book │ Perfect for Stacking on Coffee Tables & Bookshelves │ Customized Interior Design & Home Decor
Author: by Decora Book Co.
English
350 pages
1701022680
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A DECORATIVE BOOK ONLY. THERE IS NO CONTENT ON THE INSIDE. Decorating with books never goes out of style. This decorative book is a simple yet sophisticated way to add a pop of color and personality to your home decor.
We recommend combining 3-5 books together to make a statement and highlight your personal tastes and interests. Decorative books are an easy and inexpensive way to add visual interest to your space. These decorative display books are perfect for:Coffee tablesBookshelvesNight tablesEnd tablesDorm roomsOfficesHome stagingInterior designHouse warming giftsChristmas giftsProduct Details:”Linen” is printed on the spine.
Please reference the front cover for the font style.Each book is 8. 5 x 11 inches (22 x 28 centimeters). Professionally printed paperback book with high quality, soft matte cover. 350 blank interior pages with a subtle dot ellipse pattern at the bottom of each page.
Simple, elegant, and minimalist style.Fonts may vary. See front cover for font style. Each book sold separately. Visit our Amazon Author page to see our full collection of decoration books featuring cities, travel destinations, hobbies, interests, phrases, and more.
10. Versace
Author: by Donatella Versace
Rizzoli
English
288 pages
A long-awaited and highly intimate visual history of Versace, the glamorous and globally renowned Italian fashion house. Versacea name that epitomizes Italian opulence, bold sexiness, and a flair for the extravagantholds its place firmly in the fashion world as a legendary and iconic luxury brand.
Taking over the creative artistic direction of the family-run fashion house in 1997, the enigmatic and alluring Donatella Versace has since catapulted the brand into popular culture, cementing Versace as a go-to label for A-list celebrities. This richly illustrated tome chronicles Donatella’s interpretation of Versace in the twenty-first century and her remarkable work as the curator and face of Versace.
Versace includes exclusive contemporary and archival imagery from runway and backstage shots to intimate scenes at the Versace atelier, with accompanying original essays penned by fashion’s most authoritative voices. Featuring arresting photography by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, and Steven Meisel, among many others; images of Versace fashions modeled by the original “supers,” such as Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista; and red-carpet coverage of Hollywood’s elite wearing dazzling Versace couture, this glittering volume delivers the magnetic vibrancy, supreme luxury, and glamour quotient that define Versace.
11. Clone Yourself: Build a Team that Understands Your Vision, Shares Your Passion, and Runs Your Business For You
Author: by Jeff Hilderman
ISBN Canada (June 1, 2019)
English
205 pages
Forbes has included Clone Yourself as one of the top 20 books to make you a better coach or mentor in 2020! (Forbes, January 2020)Running a business should be exciting and rewarding, not a burden. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs fall into the daily grind of stamping out fires and doing everything themselves because they’ve unknowingly become their own best employee and the bottleneck of their business.
Do questions, decisions and problems always funnel their way back to you? Has your business become a revolving door for employees or the permanent residence for underperformers? Are you tired of burning the candle at both ends and not living life on your terms?
Jeff Hilderman believes that you can’t do epic things with an average team, and you certainly can’t do everything yourself. But with the right people who understand your vision, share your passion and can run your business for you, anything is possible!
Clone Yourself is a conversational, step-by-step guide to building your dream team and automating your business. You Will Discover:How to boost your productivity and win back the dayThe proven path to transforming your organizational cultureHow to become an effective leader and empower your teamThe secret formula to cloning yourselfThe financial and personal rewards of putting your business on auto-pilotJust imagine what you could do with another youor two!
12. Empire of Cotton: A Global History
Author: by Sven Beckert
Vintage
English
640 pages
WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZEPULITZER PRIZE FINALISTWinner of the Alfred and Fay Chandler Book AwardThe empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Sven Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today.
In a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful politicians recast the world’s most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to make and remake global capitalism. The result is a book as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist.
13. The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History
Author: by Robin Givhan
Flatiron Books
English
320 pages
A Washington Post Notable Book of 2015″It was a big deal when American fashion went to Versailles. Who better than Robin Givhan to tell this captivating story?” – Diane von FurstenbergOn November 28, 1973, the world’s social elite gathered at the Palace of Versailles for an international fashion show.
By the time the curtain came down on the evening’s spectacle, history had been made and the industry had been forever transformed.This is that story. Conceived as a fund-raiser for the restoration of King Louis XIV’s palace, in the late fall of 1973, five top American designers faced off against five top French designers in an over-the-top runway extravaganza.
An audience filled with celebrities and international jet-setters, including Princess Grace of Monaco, the Duchess of Windsor, Paloma Picasso, and Andy Warhol, were treated to an opulent performance featuring Liza Minnelli, Josephine Baker, and Rudolph Nureyev. What they saw would forever alter the history of fashion.
14. This Is Not a T-Shirt: A Brand, a Culture, a Community–a Life in Streetwear
Author: by Bobby Hundreds
MCD (June 25, 2019)
English
336 pages
The story of The Hundreds and the precepts that made it an iconic streetwear brand by Bobby Hundreds himselfStreetwear occupies that rarefied space where genuine “cool” coexists with big business; where a star designer might work concurrently with Nike, a tattoo artist, Louis Vuitton, and a skateboard company.
It’s the ubiquitous style of dress comprising hoodies, sneakers, and T-shirts. In the beginning, a few brands defined this style; fewer still survived as streetwear went mainstream. They are the OGs, the heritage brands. The Hundreds is one of those persevering companies, and Bobby Hundreds is at the center of it all.
The creative force behind the brand, Bobby Kim, a.K.A. Bobby Hundreds, has emerged as a prominent face and voice in streetwear. In telling the story of his formative years, he reminds us that The Hundreds was started by outsiders; and this is truly the story of streetwear culture.
In This Is Not a T-Shirt, Bobby Hundreds cements his spot as a champion of an industry he helped create and tells the story of The Hundredswith anecdotes ranging from his Southern California, punk-DIY-tinged youth to the brand’s explosive success.
15. In Fashion: Studio Instant Access
Author: by Elaine Stone
Fairchild Books
English
352 pages
This third edition of the best-selling In Fashion offers a concise and colorful overview of the key components of fashion-from its history, movements, and trends-to the materials, producers, and retailers that impact the business on a global level. Fashion students will gain a foundation and language for understanding how the current fashion industry works and explore an array of exciting career opportunities.
New to This Edition- Includes over 250 color images of current designers, fashion collections, retailers, and more – Covers digital and social media (Parts 1 and 4), updated textile trends and innovations (Chapter 5), and current omni-channel practices in retailing (Chapter 11)- Emphasizes global aspects of the fashion industry, changing demographics, and the effects of economics and politics on consumer choicesKey Features- Spotlight on Careers profiles the education, background, and career paths of noted fashion industry professionals- Spotlight on Innovators highlights groundbreaking designers and brands-past and present-such as Iris van Herpen and Donna Karan- Spotlight on Business explores key concepts, trends, and exemplary brands in a rapidly changing industryIn Fashion STUDIO- Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips- Review concepts with flashcards of terms and definitions- Watch videos that bring chapter topics and career opportunities to life- Enhance your knowledge with chapter exercisesTeaching Resources- Instructor’s Guide including tips for integrating the STUDIO into a course, sample syllabi, teaching methodology, and grading resources.
16. Fashionopolis: Why What We Wear Matters
Author: by Dana Thomas
English
320 pages
073522403X
NYTBR Paperback Row Selection*An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it What should I wear? It’s one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day.
More than ever, we are told it should be something new. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. Historically, the apparel trade has exploited labor, the environment, and intellectual propertyand in the last three decades, with the simultaneous unfurling of fast fashion, globalization, and the tech revolution, those abuses have multiplied exponentially, primarily out of view.
We are in dire need of an entirely new human-scale model. Bestselling journalist Dana Thomas has traveled the globe to discover the visionary designers and companies who are propelling the industry toward that more positive future by reclaiming traditional craft and launching cutting-edge sustainable technologies to produce better fashion.
