Luxury Stores Top of the World

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From TeNeues, a beautiful coffee table book dedicated to the finest Luxury shopping environments around the world. Includes amazing photographs of some familiar boutiques and rare undiscovered gems.

Available at Amazon here. From $64 USD.

Prada: The Book

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Just in time for the Holidays. The first Prada tome.

Available at Amazon here. $78.75 USD.

Mademoiselle Coco Chanel Summer 62

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With a clever forward by Karl Lagerfeld, the designer of the modern CHANEL house, this lovely book features candid and intimate portraits of the fashion designer and icon Coco Chanel at the height of her success in the Summer of 1962. Often smiling, the relaxed Coco is seen through the fresh young eyes of photographer Douglas Kirkland, before her more formidable image had been fully realized. The perfect gift for anyone who loves fashion.

Available here. $32.85 USD.

Visionaire 58 Spirit: A Tribute To Lee Alexander McQueen

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Visionaire 58: Spirit is a tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen.

from Visionaire--Visionaire first featured the provocative fashion designs of Lee Alexander McQueen in 1996, and he remained a continuous inspiration and presence for the magazine, providing some of its most treasured contributions. In 2003, McQueen visited the New York offices and gallery of Visionaire to discuss collaborating on an issue of the magazine--an issue that sadly was never to be. Visionaire No. 58: Spirit is a tribute to McQueen's genius and legacy. It gathers images inspired by McQueen from such contributors as Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Nick Knight, Steven Klein and David Sims; these images are printed on paper embedded with wildflower seeds, so that, when planted, watered and exposed to sunlight, the pages will blossom. Spirit is presented in a case that is wrapped in an Alexander McQueen metalized brocade, featured in the designer's Spring/Summer show of 2010, and is limited to an edition of 1,500 numbered copies.

Available here. $295 USD.

Fun Fashion Reads For Summer

Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Skyes

Chasing Harry Winston by Laura Weisberger

Harper's Bazaar Great Style

Manners by Kate Spade

Celebutantes by Amanda Goldberg and Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper

That Extra Half An Inch by Victoria Beckham

Creative Careers in Fashion

Shabby Chic by Rachel Ashwell

Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual by Bobbi Brown

Style A to Zoe by Rachel Zoe

Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell

Influence by Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen

Martin Parr: Luxury

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With his satirical lens pointed at ostentatious displays of wealth, photographer Martin Parr walks a fine line between love and loathe with Luxury, his latest collection of images of the super wealthy in their natural habitat.

Available at Amazon.com here. $40 USD suggested retail.

Guilty Pleasures

  

In honor of the ultra girlie Confessions of a Shopaholic book series turned movie I thought it would be fun to post some equally guilty reading pleasures.  Two of my all time favorite easy reads are Plum Sykes' Bergdorf Blondes and her second novel Debutant Divorcee.  Both books incorporate fashion, friends, and drama in a similar way that the Shopaholic series does.

Available on Amazon.