'A good handbag makes the outfit. Only the rich can afford cheap shoes. The only thing worse than being skint is looking as if you're skint.' For centuries, an interest in clothes has been dismissed as the trivial pursuit of vain empty-headed women. Yet, clothes matter, whether you are interested in fashion or not because what we choose to dress ourselves in defines our identity. For the immigrant arriving in a new country to the teenager who needs to be part of the fashion pack or the woman turning forty who must reassess her wardrobe, the truth is that how we look and what we wear, tells a story. And what a story. THE THOUGHTFUL DRESSER tells us how a woman's hat saved her life in Nazi Germany, looks at the role of department stores in giving women a public place outside the home, savours the sheer joy of finding the right dress. Here is the thinking woman's guide to our relationship with what we wear: why we want to look our best and why it matters. THE THOUGHTFUL DRESSER celebrates the pleasure of adornment
The Allure of Style
Chanel: Her Life, Her World, the Woman Behind the Legend
$29.95 – Paperback book / Quercus
This true story of the magnificent Coco Chanel is the inspiration for a major new film starring Audrey Tautou - opening at Australian cinemas 25 June 2009.
She revolutionised how women looked. She banned corsets, shorten... Buy or find out more →
The World Of Coco Chanel: Friends, Fashion and Fame
$60.00 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson
Chanel went everywhere and knew everyone and, as this sumptuously illustrated volume clearly shows, her life and accomplishment - even her chronic failure in love - constitute one of the great stories of the modern age. Buy or find out more →
The Allure Of Chanel
$37.99 – Paperback book / Pushkin Press
Coco Chanel invited Paul Morand to write her memoirs; his notes of their conversations were put away in a drawer and only came to light one year after Chanel’s death. Through Morand Chanel tells us about her friendship w... Buy or find out more →
Dior Sixty Years Of Style
$270.00 – Hardcover book / Thames And Hudson
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The Thoughtful Dresser
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Virago
'A good handbag makes the outfit. Only the rich can afford cheap shoes. The only thing worse than being skint is looking as if you're skint.' For centuries, an interest in clothes has been dismissed as the trivial pursui... Buy or find out more →
