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Invited designers and commentators have chosen these as the books that inspire them and that have shaped their worldview or their ideas about design.

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The Surreal Body Ghislaine Wood On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity Elizabeth Wilson On Valerie Steele’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution Caroline Weber On Valerie Steele’s Book List Add to My Reading List	As Seen in BLITZ: Fashioning ‘80s Style Iain R. Webb On Anna Sui’s Book List Add to My Reading List	The Savile Row Story Richard Walker On Richard Sachs’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Allure Diana Vreeland et al. On Ralph Rucci’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Gravures Militaires Alberto von Escher On Guo Pei’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Fashion Zeitgeist Barbara Vinken On Valerie Steele’s Book List Add to My Reading List
The Unexpurgated Beaton Hugo Vickers, ed. On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Patronen = Patterns Bob Verhelst et al. On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Costume Patterns and Designs Max Tilke On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List	A.L.T. 365+ André Leon Talley On Stephen Burrows’s Book List On list of Books by André Leon Talley Add to My Reading List	A Queer History of Fashion Valerie Steele, ed. Add to My Reading List	Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion Valerie Steele On Claire Wilcox’s Book List On list of Books by Valerie Steele Add to My Reading List	Yohji Yamamoto: Talking to Myself Carla Sozzani, ed. On Akiko Fukai’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Yves Saint Laurent Yves Saint On Guo Pei’s Book List Add to My Reading List
Are Clothes Modern? Bernard Rudofsky On George Tscherny’s Book List On Stanley Abercrombie’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers Giorgio Riello et al. On Valerie Steele’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Yves Saint Laurent: A Biography Alice Rawsthorn On Valerie Steele’s Book List On list of Books by Alice Rawsthorn Add to My Reading List	The Complete Costume History Auguste Racinet On Guo Pei’s Book List Add to My Reading List	King of Fashion: The Autobiography of Paul Poiret Paul Poiret On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Jewels and Jewellery Clare Phillips On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Fashioning the Bourgeoisie: A History of Clothing in the Nineteenth Century Philippe Perrot On Valerie Steele’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Fashion and Armour in Renaissance Europe Angus Patterson On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List
Dior Alexandra Palmer On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Antonio Lopez: Fashion, Art, Sex and Disco Roger Padiha et al. On Anna Sui’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Seventeenth-Century Women’s Dress Patterns Susan North et al. On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Women Then: Photographs 1954–1969 Julia Morton et al. On Anna Sui’s Book List Add to My Reading List	The Dandy: Brummell to Beerbohm Ellen Moers On Valerie Steele’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Balenciaga Lesley Ellis Miller On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Ascher: Fabric, Art, Fashion Valerie D. Mendes et al. On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Madame Grès: Sphinx of Fashion Patricia Mears On Valerie Steele’s Book List Add to My Reading List
Underwear: Fashion in Detail Eleri Lynn On Claire Wilcox’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Backstage Dior Roxanne Lowit On Valerie Steele’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Chic Clicks Ulrich Lehmann et al. On Valerie Steele’s Book List Add to My Reading List	American Fashion Sarah Tomerlin Lee, ed. On Christian Lacroix’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design Deborah Nadoolman Landis On Valerie Steele’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Issey Miyake: East Meets West Kazuko Koike, ed. On Akiko Fukai’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Fashioning Fiction in Photography since 1990 Susan Kismaric et al. On Valerie Steele’s Book List Add to My Reading List	Women Designers in the USA, 1900–2000 Pat Kirkham, ed. On Susan Weber’s Book List Add to My Reading List

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Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976–1986 by Andrew Blauvelt

Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976–1986

by Andrew Blauvelt
Publisher: Cranbrook Art Museum
Published: June 1, 2018

Explores the printed matter—posters, flyers, zines, and album covers—produced by and for the punk and post-punk music scenes in the United States and UK. Printed as a special, oversized, 52-page color newspaper, the catalogue has been published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name, curated by Andrew Blauvelt, on view at the Cranbrook Art Museum through October 7, 2018.

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