• Celebrity
    • Celebrity News
    • ‘Yes, Girl!’ Podcast
    • Entertainment
    • Black Celeb Couples
    • Celebrity Moms
    • Red Carpet
  • Fashion
    • Fashion News
    • Street Style
    • Accessories
    • Fashion Week
  • Beauty
    • Beauty News
    • Skin
    • Makeup
    • Nails
    • Girls United: Beautiful Possibilities
  • Hair
    • Hair News
    • Natural
    • Relaxed
    • Transitioning
    • Weaves
    • 4C
  • Love
    • Love & Sex
    • The Solve Podcast
    • Weddings
    • Parenting
    • Relationships
  • Lifestyle
    • Lifestyle News
    • Build Your Legacy
    • Coronavirus: Everything You Need to Know
    • Health & Wellness
    • ESSENCE Eats
    • Money & Career
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Travel
    • Food & Drink
    • Black Travel Guide
    • Currency Conversations
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Raise Your Voice
    • Culture
    • Politics
  • Videos
  • Events
    • Black Women in Hollywood
    • WELLNESS HOUSE: YEAR OF RENEWAL
    • LEVEL UP: Entrepreneur Summit (DEC 2020)
    • Power Tools
    • SHE GOT NOW
    • Girls United Summit
    • Making Moves Now: Virtual Bootcamp
    • #EF SESSIONS
    • Dear Black Men
    • Cares Act
    • News & Announcements
  • Festival
  • Subscribe
  • Essence Studios
  • Girls United
  • NaturallyCurly
  • Shop Essence

Follow Us

Skip to content
  • Essence Studios
  • Girls United
  • NaturallyCurly
  • Shop Essence
  • Celebrity
    • Celebrity
    • Celebrity News
    • ‘Yes, Girl!’ Podcast
    • Entertainment
    • Black Celeb Couples
    • Celebrity Moms
    • Red Carpet
  • Fashion
    • Fashion
    • Fashion News
    • Street Style
    • Accessories
    • Fashion Week
  • Beauty
    • Beauty
    • Beauty News
    • Skin
    • Makeup
    • Nails
    • AVEENO® Skin Health Startup Accelerator
    • Girls United: Beautiful Possibilities
  • Hair
    • Hair
    • Hair News
    • Natural
    • Relaxed
    • Transitioning
    • Weaves
    • 4C
  • Love
    • Love
    • Love & Sex News
    • The Solve Podcast
    • Weddings
    • Parenting
    • Relationships
  • Lifestyle
    • Lifestyle
    • Lifestyle News
    • Build Your Legacy
    • Coronavirus: Everything You Need to Know
    • Health & Wellness
    • ESSENCE Eats
    • Money & Career
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Travel
    • Food & Drink
    • Black Travel Guide
    • Currency Conversations
  • News
    • News
    • Latest News
    • Raise Your Voice
    • Culture
    • Politics
  • Videos
  • Events
    • Events
    • Black Women in Hollywood
    • WELLNESS HOUSE: YEAR OF RENEWAL
    • LEVEL UP: Entrepreneur Summit (DEC 2020)
    • Power Tools
    • SHE GOT NOW
    • Girls United Summit
    • Making Moves Now: Virtual Bootcamp
    • #EF SESSIONS
    • Dear Black Men
    • Cares Act
    • News & Announcements
  • Festival
  • Subscribe
Home · News

Summer Reads: Fashion Books

Fashion Books by Alexandra Phanor-Faury Looking for some great summer fashion reading besides your favorite glossy? Check out our top five fashion tomes that promise to take you through the summer with style.
By · June 3, 2010October 29, 2020
01
A.L.T.: A Memoir by André Leon Talley

Take a journey into the life of one of fashion’s most recognizable figures, André Leon Tally. Vogue’s Contributing Editor passionately shares with readers his inspiring humble beginnings in North Carolina, his loving relationship with his classy grandmother, who very early on ignited Talley’s own love affair with style, and his captivating road from country boy to the King of Fashion.

02
The Birth of Cool: Style Narratives of the African Diaspora by Carol Tulloch

Delve deep into the meaning of dress and style in the African diaspora with this engrossing historical book. From the flashy zoot suit, the boyish flapper dresses to the modest wears of Rastafarian women, Author Carol Tulloch lends a layered and nuanced look into the symbiotic relationship of Black style and society.

03
Fashion Victims: The Catty Catalogue of Stylish Casualties, from A to Z

C’mon, what’s fashion without some playful cattiness? According to Michael Roberts, stylist, artist and Vanity Fair Fashion Director, the two go hand-in-hand. In this laugh-out-loud, witty book, Roberts de-constructs the eclectic and ridiculous fashion tribes that make up this obsessive industry. Each of the book’s insightful entries come with one of the author’s celebrated whimsical paper collage illustrations.

04
Michelle: Her First Year as First Lady by Robin Givhan

Washington Post’s Fashion Editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion reporter Robin Givhan chronicles the first year of Michelle Obama’s life as First Lady. Givhan takes a thought-provoking look into everything from Michelle’s style, of course, to her role in the white house. Along with the insightful prose, the book features a great collection of candid pics of Michelle Obama.

05
The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever by Teri Agins

Leave it to Wall Street Journal’s Teri Agins to report on the evolution of fashion from elite to mainstream consumption in an engrossing style that isn’t reserved only for industry players and those with business degrees.If you’ve ever wondered about the stories behind the seams and just how the fashion industry really works, this very tome is mandatory reading.

Read More

Culture
14 Black-Owned Book Stores To Support Right Now
Travel
Meet The Founder Who Started A Movement To End Plantation To...
News
Chicago Activists Call For Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Resignat...
In Defense of Black Lives
A Jury Is Now Deciding Derek Chauvin's Fate In the Death Of ...
Money & Career
10 Celebs That You Didn’t Know Invest In Tech
COMPANY INFORMATION
  • Our Company
  • Customer Service
  • Essence Ventures
  • Change Your Address
  • Contact Us
  • Job Opportunities
  • Internships
  • Media Kit
  • tag
SUBSCRIBE
  • Newsletters
  • Give a Gift of ESSENCE
  • Magazine Tablet Edition
FOLLOW US
MORE ON ESSENCE
  • Home
  • Love
  • Celebrity
  • Beauty
  • Hair
  • Fashion
  • ESSENCE festival

ESSENCE.com is part of ESSENCE Communications, Inc.

Essence may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.

©2021 ESSENCE Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Essence.com Advertising Terms

Get The ESSENCE Newsletter and
Special Offers delivered to your inbox

By clicking Sign Up, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Get The ESSENCE Magazine
by subscribing below
subscribe now