My Fave 5.... Style/Fashion Books!

5. "101 Things I Learned in Fashion School," by Alfredo Cabrea with Matthew Frederick

Seriously, it's like an Art Institute right at your finger tips. This short and sweet book is one you will read over and over again. It throws you little tips and tricks and many other things you learn in design school. Yes, it's pretty awesome.

4. "Fashion Design Portfolio," edited by Maite Lafuente

This is like perfect for aspiring designers and it is just perfectly ideal! The 3 in 1 book includes a complete guide to sketching and illustrating, a very mini, but cute, sketchbook, and a built in portfolio to hold all your designs! Even though the sketchbook is ever so slender, when use finish it you can just slide more paper into the folder (IN THE BOOK:D) that the sketc

hbook came in. I know, right? ;)

3. "My Wonderful World of Fashion," by Nina Chakrabarti

Basically it's like a GIANT coloring book of clothes, accessories, and like fashion! You'll never want to draw in it because you'll never want to ruin it! It mentions everything from coloring in Marc by Marc Jacobs mouse ballet flats (btw, love them!) to creating your own Henna tattoos.

2. "Built by Wendy Dresses," by Wendy Mullin with Eviana Hartman

Love love love! This book provides you with the sewing patterns to make a sheath, shift, and dirndl dress. Plusss it gives you up to 8 projects to do with each design along with alternate designs for each project. It's great if you don't know what you want to do and if you have the

perfect idea but don't have any clue on how to start it.

And finally the pièce de résistance!

1. "The TeenVogue Handbook"

Now I know I said you would read book #5 over and over again, but really, you'll want to take

this everywhere you go! Where ever you wan tot end up in the fashion industry, this book will help get you there. This gem is split into 5 sections: designers, editors, stylists, beauty, models,

and photographers. Each topic gives you tons of info from interviews with Chanel Iman to Karl Lagerfeld himself to the infamous Anna Wintour. At the end of each featured career you are handed a list of items and products that with help you succeed in your chosen career path.