STYLE: THE BEST BOOKS The best style books offer constructive self-help advice for those searching for answers to bulges, blemishes and other dilemmas, and one of the best was written over 50 years ago. Christina Binkley joins WSJ‘s Lunch Break with some top tips from the best books. To...

Christina Binkley, WSJ On Style columnist, reports on the latest fashion books that have more subtance than just style: Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline Naked Fashion: The New Sustainable Fashion Revolution by Safia Minney (Also see The...

Carine Roitfeld‘s Irreverent The former editor of French Vogue has influenced stylists to designers, and this 368-page album of photographs spans her 30 year career with images from some of her most famous and provocative, shoots. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel The High...

Derek Blasberg, Editor at Large for Harper’s Bazaar, and author of Very Classy, Even More Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady, reveals his list of the classiest women he knows who are fabulous at every age. Log on to www.derekblasberg.com to buy the book, and watch the...

Noted and described as one of the ‘most stylish women living’ by Tom Ford, ‘an object of her own creativity’ by art historian, John Richardson, and according to herself, ‘an installation’, Daphne Guinness tells her life story and transformation into an...

Christian Louboutin has released a book featuring his most iconic styles, influences, and photographs from his personal archives. Celebrated for his handmade shoes, with their signature lacquer-red soles, Louboutin has achieved cult status with celebrities and the fashion world for his...

Naked Fashion by Safia Minney MBE, founder of fair trade and sustainable fashion label People Tree, offers advice and tips from industry insiders on how to use fashion to make a difference. There is an ethical brand directory, and over 40 contributors, including Vivienne Westwood and Orla...

Harper’s Bazaar Editor-In-Chief Glenda Bailey is releasing a new book this month that compiles the best of the magazine’s images over the last 10 years. Featuring photographers, supermodels, celebrities, stylists and writers, the collection of more than 300 photographs chronicles...

A retrospective of British designer Celia Birtwell‘s life and career, by style journalist Domini Lutyens, will be published later this year. Featuring anecdotes, designs, sketches, and photographs of her life with designer husband Ossie Clark and their legendary friends, including...

Women buy 62lb of clothes a year and own at least 20 garments they never wear, according to environmental journalist Lucy Siegle. In her new book, To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World?, facts and figures based on research conducted at Cambridge University include that the average...

Christian Lacroix is giving his haute touch to the worlds of publishing and interiors. Collaborating with Camilla Morton of How to Walk in High Heels fame, the designer is illustrating a fashion fairytale entitled, Christian Lacroix and the Tale of the Sleeping Beauty. In the interiors...