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How to Start a Home-based Fashion Design Business
by Angela Wolf • 2012
A fashion label from your spare room: sourcing, pricing, trunk shows, and the business plan.
4.29
52
How to Start a Home-based Fashion Design Business Summary
How to Start a Home-based Fashion Design Business 90%
A fashion label from your spare room: sourcing, pricing, trunk shows, and the business plan.
by Angela Wolf 2012
4.29
52 ratings
Clothing Poverty
by Andrew Brooks • 2015
The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.
3.75
173
Clothing Poverty Summary
Clothing Poverty 90%
The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.
by Andrew Brooks 2015
3.75
173 ratings
The Fashion Designer Survival Guide
by Mary Gehlhar • 2005
Design school taught you to sketch. This teaches you to sell, source, and stay solvent.
3.96
369
The Fashion Designer Survival Guide Summary
The Fashion Designer Survival Guide 90%
Design school taught you to sketch. This teaches you to sell, source, and stay solvent.
by Mary Gehlhar 2005
3.96
369 ratings
Fashionopolis
by Dana Thomas • 2019
Real cost of a $2 shirt: factory collapses, poisoned water, and the race to build something cleaner.
3.88
4k+
Fashionopolis Summary
Fashionopolis 90%
Real cost of a $2 shirt: factory collapses, poisoned water, and the race to build something cleaner.
by Dana Thomas 2019
3.88
4k+ ratings
The Lost Art of Dress
by Linda Przybyszewski • 2014
Before fast fashion, women educators taught America that art and thrift, not wealth, made style.
3.87
1k+
The Lost Art of Dress Summary
The Lost Art of Dress 89%
Before fast fashion, women educators taught America that art and thrift, not wealth, made style.
by Linda Przybyszewski 2014
3.87
1k+ ratings
Fashion Brands
by Mark Tungate • 2005
Clothes are secondary. The brand is the product, sold long before you enter the store.
3.90
267
Fashion Brands Summary
Fashion Brands 89%
Clothes are secondary. The brand is the product, sold long before you enter the store.
by Mark Tungate 2005
3.90
267 ratings
Overdressed
by Elizabeth L. Cline • 2012
A $30 dress, a hidden ledger: poisoned rivers, poverty wages, 650,000 lost jobs.
3.82
7k+
Overdressed Summary
Overdressed 89%
A $30 dress, a hidden ledger: poisoned rivers, poverty wages, 650,000 lost jobs.
by Elizabeth L. Cline 2012
3.82
7k+ ratings
Deluxe
by Dana Thomas • 2007
How family ateliers became global machines, and why your handbag now funds drug cartels.
3.89
4k+
Deluxe Summary
Deluxe 89%
How family ateliers became global machines, and why your handbag now funds drug cartels.
by Dana Thomas 2007
3.89
4k+ ratings
The End of Fashion
by Teri Agins • 1999
How Gap, Armani, and LVMH dismantled fashion's old order and gave consumers the crown.
3.87
1k+
The End of Fashion Summary
The End of Fashion 89%
How Gap, Armani, and LVMH dismantled fashion's old order and gave consumers the crown.
by Teri Agins 1999
3.87
1k+ ratings
Measure of a Man
by Martin Greenfield • 2014
He learned needlework in Auschwitz. Every U.S. president since Eisenhower wore the result.
4.18
2k+
Measure of a Man Summary
Measure of a Man 89%
He learned needlework in Auschwitz. Every U.S. president since Eisenhower wore the result.
by Martin Greenfield 2014
4.18
2k+ ratings
Fibershed
by Rebecca Burgess • 2019
Your closet is an emissions machine. A 150-mile wardrobe turns it into a carbon sink.
4.07
421
Fibershed Summary
Fibershed 89%
Your closet is an emissions machine. A 150-mile wardrobe turns it into a carbon sink.
by Rebecca Burgess 2019
4.07
421 ratings
Making It in America
by Rachel Slade • 2024
Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.
3.63
323
Making It in America Summary
Making It in America 88%
Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.
by Rachel Slade 2024
3.63
323 ratings
This Is Not a T-Shirt
by Bobby Hundreds • 2019
How a blog became a streetwear empire and why community, not scarcity, kept it alive.
4.21
1k+
This Is Not a T-Shirt Summary
This Is Not a T-Shirt 88%
How a blog became a streetwear empire and why community, not scarcity, kept it alive.
by Bobby Hundreds 2019
4.21
1k+ ratings
True Style
by G. Bruce Boyer • 2015
Your clothes speak before you do. The grammar of timeless menswear, decoded item by item.
3.87
421
True Style Summary
True Style 88%
Your clothes speak before you do. The grammar of timeless menswear, decoded item by item.
by G. Bruce Boyer 2015
3.87
421 ratings
To Dye For
by Alden Wicker • 2023
Flight attendants lost their hair and their health. The culprit was hiding in their uniforms.
4.26
1k+
To Dye For Summary
To Dye For 88%
Flight attendants lost their hair and their health. The culprit was hiding in their uniforms.
by Alden Wicker 2023
4.26
1k+ ratings
Laundry Love
by Patric Richardson • 2021
Wash everything on warm, skip the dry cleaner: the method that makes laundry a pleasure.
4.17
5k+
Laundry Love Summary
Laundry Love 88%
Wash everything on warm, skip the dry cleaner: the method that makes laundry a pleasure.
by Patric Richardson 2021
4.17
5k+ ratings
When Clothes Become Fashion
by Ingrid Loschek • 2009
Clothing stays clothing until it's copied. Fashion runs on imitation, not originality.
4.04
26
When Clothes Become Fashion Summary
When Clothes Become Fashion 88%
Clothing stays clothing until it's copied. Fashion runs on imitation, not originality.
by Ingrid Loschek 2009
4.04
26 ratings
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
by Pietra Rivoli • 2005
A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.
3.69
3k+
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy Summary
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy 88%
A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.
by Pietra Rivoli 2005
3.69
3k+ ratings
How To Dress For Success
by Edith Head • 1967
A Hollywood costume legend's rules for dressing like the promotion is already yours.
3.80
206
How To Dress For Success Summary
How To Dress For Success 87%
A Hollywood costume legend's rules for dressing like the promotion is already yours.
by Edith Head 1967
3.80
206 ratings
Men and Style
by David Coggins • 2016
Fashion chases the new; style lives in the worn-in, the inherited, the second whiskey.
3.63
221
Men and Style Summary
Men and Style 87%
Fashion chases the new; style lives in the worn-in, the inherited, the second whiskey.
by David Coggins 2016
3.63
221 ratings
Luxury Brand Management
by Michel Chevalier • 2008
Why a small fashion label outshines an industrial giant: the rules luxury lives by.
3.80
75
Luxury Brand Management Summary
Luxury Brand Management 87%
Why a small fashion label outshines an industrial giant: the rules luxury lives by.
by Michel Chevalier 2008
3.80
75 ratings
Consumed
by Aja Barber • 2021
Fast fashion is colonialism in new clothes, and its dumping ground is a market in Accra.
3.93
5k+
Consumed Summary
Consumed 87%
Fast fashion is colonialism in new clothes, and its dumping ground is a market in Accra.
by Aja Barber 2021
3.93
5k+ ratings
The Little Dictionary of Fashion
by Christian Dior • 1954
Fashion is the enemy of style. A couture master's principles for dressing yourself instead.
4.01
1k+
The Little Dictionary of Fashion Summary
The Little Dictionary of Fashion 87%
Fashion is the enemy of style. A couture master's principles for dressing yourself instead.
by Christian Dior 1954
4.01
1k+ ratings
The Psychology of Clothes
by John Carl Flügel • 1930
You wear clothes to be seen, not hidden. The other reasons are stories you tell yourself.
3.58
79
The Psychology of Clothes Summary
The Psychology of Clothes 87%
You wear clothes to be seen, not hidden. The other reasons are stories you tell yourself.
by John Carl Flügel 1930
3.58
79 ratings
Color Your Style
by David Zyla • 2010
Stop chasing trends and start wearing the palette your own body already gave you.
3.56
603
Color Your Style Summary
Color Your Style 87%
Stop chasing trends and start wearing the palette your own body already gave you.
by David Zyla 2010
3.56
603 ratings
Dress Your Best Life
by Dawnn Karen • 2020
Your closet fuels decision fatigue. A psychology-backed system that reclaims your mornings.
3.65
427
Dress Your Best Life Summary
Dress Your Best Life 87%
Your closet fuels decision fatigue. A psychology-backed system that reclaims your mornings.
by Dawnn Karen 2020
3.65
427 ratings
Why Not Me?
by Mindy Kaling • 2015
A vampire's diamond skin, a breakaway dance studio, and a weather war: how Twilight got made.
3.90
227k+
Why Not Me? Summary
Why Not Me? 87%
A vampire's diamond skin, a breakaway dance studio, and a weather war: how Twilight got made.
by Mindy Kaling 2015
3.90
227k+ ratings
Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life
by George Brescia • 2014
Color fixes 70 percent of wardrobe mistakes. A ruthless closet edit handles the rest.
3.50
532
Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life Summary
Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life 87%
Color fixes 70 percent of wardrobe mistakes. A ruthless closet edit handles the rest.
by George Brescia 2014
3.50
532 ratings
Producer to Producer
by Maureen Ryan • 2010
Low-budget producing: where to spend, where to cut, and how to get your film seen.
4.23
338
Producer to Producer Summary
Producer to Producer 87%
Low-budget producing: where to spend, where to cut, and how to get your film seen.
by Maureen Ryan 2010
4.23
338 ratings
Fashion Is Freedom
by Tala Raassi • 2016
Punished for a miniskirt in Tehran, she launched a swimwear line anyway.
3.49
142
Fashion Is Freedom Summary
Fashion Is Freedom 87%
Punished for a miniskirt in Tehran, she launched a swimwear line anyway.
by Tala Raassi 2016
3.49
142 ratings
The Nordstrom Way
by Robert Spector • 1995
How a Seattle shoe store became a retail empire by making employees think like owners.
3.90
794
The Nordstrom Way Summary
The Nordstrom Way 87%
How a Seattle shoe store became a retail empire by making employees think like owners.
by Robert Spector 1995
3.90
794 ratings
Factory Man
by Beth Macy • 2014
John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.
3.87
3k+
Factory Man Summary
Factory Man 87%
John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.
by Beth Macy 2014
3.87
3k+ ratings
Entrepreneurial Nation
by Ro Khanna • 2012
Six times more productive: America's factory floor still beats China's, but policy hasn't caught up.
3.73
30
Entrepreneurial Nation Summary
Entrepreneurial Nation 87%
Six times more productive: America's factory floor still beats China's, but policy hasn't caught up.
by Ro Khanna 2012
3.73
30 ratings
Guitar Lessons
by Bob Taylor • 2011
Near bankruptcy, a guitar maker reinvented how acoustics are built and built a brand players love.
4.34
172
Guitar Lessons Summary
Guitar Lessons 87%
Near bankruptcy, a guitar maker reinvented how acoustics are built and built a brand players love.
by Bob Taylor 2011
4.34
172 ratings
Women's Work
by Elizabeth Wayland Barber • 1994
String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.
4.31
3k+
Women's Work Summary
Women's Work 87%
String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.
by Elizabeth Wayland Barber 1994
4.31
3k+ ratings
The Pencil
by Henry Petroski • 1992
A pencil hides centuries of engineering failures, global trade, and the secret to good design.
3.80
657
The Pencil Summary
The Pencil 86%
A pencil hides centuries of engineering failures, global trade, and the secret to good design.
by Henry Petroski 1992
3.80
657 ratings
Documentary Storytelling
by Sheila Curran Bernard • 2010
From research to final cut: the craft rules for making nonfiction films that grip like fiction.
4.00
148
Documentary Storytelling Summary
Documentary Storytelling 86%
From research to final cut: the craft rules for making nonfiction films that grip like fiction.
by Sheila Curran Bernard 2010
4.00
148 ratings
Status and Culture
by W. David Marx • 2022
All culture is a status game. Fashion cycles, taste boundaries, and why nothing cool stays cool.
3.89
1k+
Status and Culture Summary
Status and Culture 86%
All culture is a status game. Fashion cycles, taste boundaries, and why nothing cool stays cool.
by W. David Marx 2022
3.89
1k+ ratings
Let My People Go Surfing
by Yvon Chouinard • 2006
He built a billion-dollar outdoor brand that tells customers to buy less and lets employees surf.
4.18
29k+
Let My People Go Surfing Summary
Let My People Go Surfing 86%
He built a billion-dollar outdoor brand that tells customers to buy less and lets employees surf.
by Yvon Chouinard 2006
4.18
29k+ ratings
The Gospel According to Coco Chanel
by Karen Karbo • 2009
From orphan to icon: Chanel's lessons on style, money, love, and never needing permission.
3.53
3k+
The Gospel According to Coco Chanel Summary
The Gospel According to Coco Chanel 86%
From orphan to icon: Chanel's lessons on style, money, love, and never needing permission.
by Karen Karbo 2009
3.53
3k+ ratings
Bleu
by Michel Pastoureau • 2000
The Virgin Mary, a French king, and denim: how blue went from barbarian to beloved.
3.99
2k+
Bleu Summary
Bleu 86%
The Virgin Mary, a French king, and denim: how blue went from barbarian to beloved.
by Michel Pastoureau 2000
3.99
2k+ ratings
I'll Never Write My Memoirs
by Grace Jones • 2015
How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.
3.76
2k+
I'll Never Write My Memoirs Summary
I'll Never Write My Memoirs 86%
How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.
by Grace Jones 2015
3.76
2k+ ratings
Lessons from Madame Chic
by Jennifer L. Scott • 2011
The French art of looking polished, eating joyfully, and turning ordinary days into occasions.
3.73
9k+
Lessons from Madame Chic Summary
Lessons from Madame Chic 86%
The French art of looking polished, eating joyfully, and turning ordinary days into occasions.
by Jennifer L. Scott 2011
3.73
9k+ ratings
Making Movies
by Sidney Lumet • 1995
How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.
4.29
10k+
Making Movies Summary
Making Movies 86%
How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.
by Sidney Lumet 1995
4.29
10k+ ratings
The Cartiers
by Francesca Cartier Brickell • 2019
Three brothers, three continents: the pact that turned a Paris workshop into a jewelry empire.
4.24
3k+
The Cartiers Summary
The Cartiers 86%
Three brothers, three continents: the pact that turned a Paris workshop into a jewelry empire.
by Francesca Cartier Brickell 2019
4.24
3k+ ratings
Rick Rubin
by Jake Brown • 2009
A dorm-room label, Slayer, Johnny Cash: one producer's philosophy of removal over addition.
3.53
282
Rick Rubin Summary
Rick Rubin 86%
A dorm-room label, Slayer, Johnny Cash: one producer's philosophy of removal over addition.
by Jake Brown 2009
3.53
282 ratings
Directors Tell the Story
by Bethany Rooney • 2011
A working director's guide to running a set, shaping performances, and surviving the edit room.
4.47
74
Directors Tell the Story Summary
Directors Tell the Story 86%
A working director's guide to running a set, shaping performances, and surviving the edit room.
by Bethany Rooney 2011
4.47
74 ratings
The Visual Story
by Bruce Block • 2021
How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.
4.67
3
The Visual Story Summary
The Visual Story 86%
How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.
by Bruce Block 2021
4.67
3 ratings
How to Start a Home-based Makeup Artist Business
by Deanna Nickel • 2012
Bridal makeup from home: four-hour jobs that outpay full commercial days, and how to launch.
4.58
19
How to Start a Home-based Makeup Artist Business Summary
How to Start a Home-based Makeup Artist Business 86%
Bridal makeup from home: four-hour jobs that outpay full commercial days, and how to launch.
by Deanna Nickel 2012
4.58
19 ratings
The Mesh
by Lisa Gansky • 2010
Selling access beats selling ownership. One product, dozens of transactions, and the customers stay.
3.66
1k+
The Mesh Summary
The Mesh 86%
Selling access beats selling ownership. One product, dozens of transactions, and the customers stay.
by Lisa Gansky 2010
3.66
1k+ ratings
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