Title of the Book: Green is the new black
Author of the Book: Tasmin Blanchard with foreword by Lily Cole
Lily Cole describes this book as a “bible for the ethical shopper”! .While the author does not recommend you continue to spend a vast fortune on your wardrobe, she instead offers eco alternatives such as customization, recycling and vintage rummaging.

She lists websites and many sources for fair trade jewellery, clothing banks, flee markets and second hand stores, with opinions given from stylists and models working in the industry.

While this may not be your preferred clothing or lifestyle choice it is important be aware of what’s going on in this area of fashion as it is definitely a growing market!

Title of the Book: It’s Vintage Darling!
Author of the Book:  Christa Weil
This is treasure trove guide on “how to be a clothes connoisseur”. Written and researched by a vintage-junkie, it will tell you how to find worthwhile Vintage clothes, how to spot designer labels, what to look for when buying, what not to buy and how to care for and restore second hand clothes to their former glory. With eco-fashion on the up, this must for any eco-friendly or tight budgeted fashionista.

Title of the Book: The Fashion Book
Author of the Book: Phaidon
A beautiful “coffee table book” which is an encyclopedia of fashion designers, icons, illustrators, models and photographers in an A-Z format. There is an image or photograph on each page and it is an excellent reference book for all the key people in the fashion world.

Title of the Book: Costume and Fashion
Author of the Book: James Laver
Published by: Thames and Hudson
An easy to read, interesting account of the story of Fashion and Style from the Cave men to Calvin Klein. Images are taken from fashion plates from the turn of the century, famous works of art, Vogue and the sketchbooks of famous fashion houses.

Title of the Book: The Goddess Guide
Author of the Book: Gisele Scanlon
This is a very new publication, written and collated by an Irish stylist and gives the reader excellent tips, advice and inside information on life in general but also on the fashion industry. A kind of “good housekeeping” for the new millennium! There are details on how to dress for your body shape, the best vintage clothes markets throughout Europe, the best beauty buys as well as style advice from the experts she has met on her worldwide travels.

Title of the Book: Fabjob guide to become
an image consultant
Author of the Book: Tag Goulet and Rachel Gurevich
Published by: FabJob Inc
An in-depth book providing information and advice on setting up your own business as an image consultant or a personal shopper. All aspects of each job role are covered and other areas such as how to interpret a client’s body language, how to brand your corporate image, etiquette, organizational skills, legal matters and advertising.

Title of the Book: FabJob guide to become
a personal shopper
Author of the Book: Laura Harrison McBride, Peter
Published by: FabJob Inc.
An in-depth book providing information and advice on setting up your own business as an image consultant or a personal shopper. All aspects of each job role are covered and other areas such as how to interpret a client’s body language, how to brand your corporate image, etiquette, organizational skills, legal matters and advertising.

Title of the Book: Fashion Babylon
Author of the Book: Imogen Edward-Jones
Published by Bantam press
From the author of Hotel Babylon, this is a behind the scenes look at today’s often corrupt fashion industry. From model’s eating disorders to designer’s temper tantrums, this book tell-tales how the industry really works, who pays for what, who makes final decisions and the whirlwind of champagne and hangovers. It is an interesting read, to be looked at as more of a novel than a reference book. Kind of like a real-life Ugly Betty!

Title of the Book: New fashion illustration
Author of the Book: Martin Dawber
Published by BT Batsford
This is a beautiful collection of modern and assorted fashion illustrators from all over the world with very different styles. There is diverse medium used, from Photoshop to photo-montage, to watercolours,chalks and textiles. For anyone planning to continue their studies onto our HND, this is a fantastic inspiration book for your sketching techniques-or just a gorgeous book for anyone to own.

Title of the Book: The body shape bible
Author of the Book: Trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine
Published by
At last a book by these two that’s worth buying! This book is actually very good-it shows all the various body shapes and analyses clothing styles , sleeve lengths, necklines and hemlines for each. The layout shows colourful images in easy to read and “view at a glance” format. Although their body shape categories seem to overcomplicate things at times and with titles seemingly fabricated by themselves, it does actually make good sense! They use both average Joes and celebrities as models to give you the full picture. If only Trinny would invest in a good bra herself!

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Title of the Book: Lights, Camera, Action
Author of the Book: Tony Bilbow and John Gau
Published by Little, Brown and Company
This is a lovely book to read, accounting the history of cinema, movies and movie stars. It has wonderful film stills and old picture-house advertising posters of the actors. There are close ups of the make-up and hair of the time, costumes and wardrobe secrets as well as an easy to read account of the cultural and political influences of each era. From the silent movies of the early 19th century to the blockbusters of today.