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26 Essential Fashion Coffee Table Books

info@hypebae.com (HYPEBAE) Tue, 30 Mar 2021 HYPEBAE

As the weather begins warming up, it's prime time to get a head start on your summer reading list. Lucky for readers who are also fashion lovers, coffee table books are a format ideally suited to compiling fashion photography or delving into the history of a particular designer.

Art publisher TASCHEN is behind several landmark compendiums including Peter Lindbergh. Azzedine Alaïa, a celebration of the late photographer and designer's artistic partnership, and Virgil Abloh. Nike. ICONS, showcasing the Off-White™ founder's most most iconic Nike sneaker collaborations.

Earlier this month, Dior unveiled Her Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri's New Voice, a volume spotlighting female photographers who have collaborated with Chiuri since 2016, the year she was appointed creative director of the storied house. If you're looking to read up on the history of fashion, 50 Shoes That Changed the World explores the impact of iconic styles from the classic Frye boot to the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star. Similarly informative, Fashion Designers A-Z celebrates the most influential designers of the past century.

Keep reading for essential fashion coffee table books that every sartorial enthusiast should own.

50 Shoes That Changed the World

[shoppable brand="Design Museum" product="'50 Shoes That Changed the World'" link="https://www.bookdepository.com/Fifty-Shoes-that-Changed-World-Design-Museum-Enterprise-Limited/9781840917376" store="Book Depository" price="$20USD"]

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Alaïa: Livre de Collection

[shoppable brand="Prosper Assouline" product="'Alaïa: Livre de Collection'" link="https://www.assouline.com/products/alaia-livre-de-collection" store="Assouline" price="$50 USD"]

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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

[shoppable brand="Andrew Bolton" product="'Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty'" link="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Alexander-McQueen-Savage-Beauty-9780300169782/15566196" store="Walmart" price="$39.67 USD"]

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Chanel: The Impossible Collection

[shoppable brand="Alexander Fury" product="'Chanel: The Impossible Collection'" link="https://www.assouline.com/products/chanel-the-impossible-collection" store="Assouline" price="$895 USD"]

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Dior: Christian Dior 1947-1957

[shoppable brand="Olivier Saillard" product="'Dior: Christian Dior 1947-1957'" link="https://www.assouline.com/products/dior-by-christian-dior" store="Assouline" price="$195 USD"]

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Dior Hats: From Christian Dior to Stephen Jones

[shoppable brand="Stephen Jones" product="'Dior Hats: From Christian Dior to Stephen Jones'" link="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dior-hats-stephen-jones/1136585684?ean=9780847868445" store="Barnes and Noble" price="$55 USD"]

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Dressing for the Dark: From the Silver Screen to the Red Carpet

[shoppable brand="Kate Young" product="'Dressing for the Dark: From the Silver Screen to the Red Carpet'" link="https://www.assouline.com/products/dressing-for-the-dark" store="Assouline" price="$50 USD"]

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Fashion Designers A-Z

[shoppable brand="Valerie Steele; Suzy Menkes; Robert Nippoldt" product="'Fashion Designers A-Z'" link="https://www.yoox.com/us/56004049EJ/item#dept=design&sts=sr_design80" store="YOOX" price="$504 USD"]

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Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue

[shoppable brand="Grace Coddington" product="'Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue'" link="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grace-grace-coddington/1112803245" store="Barnes & Noble" price="$59.95 USD"]

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Gucci: The Making Of

[shoppable brand="Peter Arnell; Frida Giannini; Katie Grand" product="'Gucci: The Making Of'" link="https://www.walmart.com/ip/GUCCI-The-Making-Of-9780847836796/15762076" store="Walmart" price="$63.99 USD"]

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Her Dior: Maria Grazia Chiuri's New Voice

[shoppable brand="Maria Grazia Chiuri" product="'Her Dior: Maria Grazia Chiuri's New Voice'" link="https://www.dior.com/en_us/products/couture-HYE04LHD0U_C000-book-her-dior-maria-grazia-chiuri%E2%80%99s-new-voice-english-version" store="Dior" price="$95 USD"]

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Kate: The Kate Moss Book

[shoppable brand="Fabien Baron; Jefferson Hack; Kate Moss" product="'Kate: The Kate Moss Book'" link="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Kate-The-Kate-Moss-Book-9780847837908/20664056" store="Walmart" price="$63.73 USD"]

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Peter Lindbergh. Azzedine Alaïa

[shoppable brand="TASCHEN" product="'Peter Lindbergh. Azzedine Alaïa'" link="https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/05373/facts.peter_lindbergh_azzedine_alaa.htm" store="TASCHEN" price="$80 USD"]

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Prada: The Complete Collections

[shoppable brand="Susannah Frankel" product="'Prada: The Complete Collections'" link="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Prada-The-Complete-Collections-9780300243642/255460855" store="Walmart" price="$55.73 USD"]

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Sneakers

[shoppable brand="Rodrigo Corral; Alex French; Howie Kahn" product="'Sneakers'" link="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549826/sneakers-by-rodrigo-corral-alex-french-and-howie-kahn/" store="Penguin Random House" price="$25.95 USD"]

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Sneakers: Complete Limited Edition Guide

[shoppable brand="U-Dox" product="'Sneakers: The Complete Limited Editions Guide'" link="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sneakers-u-dox/1120425878" store="Barnes & Noble" price="$29.95 USD"]

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Stan Smith: Some People Think I'm A Shoe

[shoppable brand="Stan Smith; Richard Evans; Pharrell Williams" product="'Stan Smith: Some People Think I'm A Shoe'" link="https://www.rizzolibookstore.com/stan-smith-some-people-think-i-am-shoe" store="Rizzoli" price="$65 USD"]

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Stazione Termini, Lookbook 2009-2021

[shoppable brand="Niccolò Berretta" product="'Stazione Termini, Lookbook 2009-2021'" link="https://www.dragopublisher.com/product/stazione-termini-lookbook-2009-2021/" store="DRAGO" price="Approx. $41 USD"]

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Supreme Models: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Fashion

[shoppable brand="Marcellas Reynolds" product="'Supreme Models: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Fashion'" link="https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/supreme-models_9781419736148/" store="ABRAMS" price="$50 USD"]

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The Impossible Collection of Fashion

[shoppable brand="Valerie Steele" product="'The Impossible Collection of Fashion'" link="https://www.assouline.com/products/the-impossible-collection-of-fashion" store="Assouline" price="$895 USD"]

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The Sports Shoe: A History from Field to Fashion

[shoppable brand="Thomas Turner" product="'The Sports Shoe: A History from Field to Fashion'" link="https://www.yoox.com/us/56004229IE/item#dept=design&sts=sr_design80" store="YOOX" price="$62 USD"]

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This Is Not Fashion: Streetwear Past, Present and Future

[shoppable brand="King Adz; Wilma Stone" product="'This Is Not Fashion: Streetwear Past, Present and Future'" link="https://www.walmart.com/ip/This-Is-Not-Fashion-Streetwear-Past-Present-and-Future-9780500292440/308779210" store="Walmart" price="$28.49 USD"]