Some books are meant to be read cover to cover, while others inspire simply by being open on a coffee table. Fashion and home design books do both, offering stunning photography, timeless ideas, and endless inspiration for your own personal style.
Beyond their beautiful covers, coffee table books are conversation starters. Guests naturally reach for them, flipping through pages that inspire discussions about travel, architecture, fashion, and design. They reflect your interests while adding warmth and personality to your home. Whether your style leans classic, contemporary, or somewhere in between, a thoughtfully chosen collection of fashion and home design books can elevate your space and provide lasting inspiration. They prove that great style isn't limited to what you wear or where you live. It's a way of seeing the world through creativity, beauty, and thoughtful design.
THE LOVE OF HOME
by Kate Marker
Penned by owner and principal designer of Kate Marker Interiors, this beautifully illustrated book guides you through the process of defining a vision for your home. Marker focuses on three foundations—beauty, balance and belonging—to help you achieve room designs tailor-made to your lifestyle. Among the many words of advice and useful tips, the book invites readers to switch out designs and decor each season, experiment with paint colors and imagine spaces that delight the senses.
FASHION DESIGNERS A-Z
by Valerie Steel, Robert Nippoldt
From Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, more than a century’s worth of fashiongreats are celebrated in this new edition of Fashion Designers A–Z.
An accessibly priced and updated volume features photographs of hundreds of garments selected from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) museum's permanent collection. Elegant gowns from the turn of the century, Mondrian-style minimalist chic, and everything in between.
THE LAYERED HOME
by Benjamin Reyneart
To magazine editor and stylist Benjamin Reynaert, more is more when it comes to the home. The more patterns and colors combined, the more preloved pieces scooped up at the right time, the more surfaces to display treasured objects, the more a house will feel like home. Layers are key to achieving this maximalist alchemy. It's not a look that can be bought all at once, but one developed over time, leisurely and with intention, as you stay mindful of your space’s personality. Most of all, layering a home requires listening to and respecting your own instincts and taste.
THE FASHION BOOK
by Phaidon Editors
'The fashion bible.' - Vogue. The global bestseller, showcasing more than 500 of fashion's greatest names from A-Z. Phaidon's iconic global bestseller The Fashion Book takes a fresh look at the fashion world and the people who created and inspired it. Spanning almost 200 years, the entire fashion industry is represented: from designers to photographers, stylists, and retailers, as well as editors and creative directors. Back in print in a chic new colorway, this new edition marks exciting changes on the fashion landscape.
Whether your style leans classic, contemporary, or somewhere in between, a thoughtfully chosen collection of fashion and home design books can elevate your space and provide lasting inspiration.