21 must-read nonfiction books like Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink by Véronique Hyland

Cover of Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink by Véronique Hyland

Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

By: Véronique Hyland

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A New Yorker Magazine Best Book of 2022 * An Esquire Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 * A Town & Countr…

"The only fashion advice my father has ever given me is never wear anything you couldn't run from an assailant in. As pessimistic as that counsel may be, he has a point. So many of the hallmarks of women's fashion, from high heels to pencil skirts, in addition to being uncomfortable, slow us down and even endanger us."

-Véronique Hyland, Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

"The only fashion advice my father has ever given me is never wear anything you couldn't run from an assailant in. As pessimistic as that counsel may be, he has a point. So many of the hallmarks of women's fashion, from high heels to pencil skirts, in addition to being uncomfortable, slow us down and even endanger us."

-Véronique Hyland, Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink by Véronique Hyland , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris by Alicia Drake

1. The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

By: Alicia Drake

4.04

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Drake presents a sublime and dramatic narrative about the high-chic fashion wars of 1970s Paris whe… read more

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  • fashion
  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Wear It Well: Reclaim Your Closet and Rediscover the Joy of Getting Dressed by Allison Bornstein

2. Wear It Well: Reclaim Your Closet and Rediscover the Joy of Getting Dressed

By: Allison Bornstein

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Define your style and use fashion as a tool for self-discovery  using the Three-Word Method and AB … read more

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  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier by Marisa Meltzer

3. Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

By: Marisa Meltzer

3.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The bombshell exposé that reveals—for the first time—exactly what happened at Glossier, one of Amer… read more

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  • fashion
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Glossier is about much more than aesthetic appearance; it has become a way for people to feel connected to bigger beliefs, to feel like their daily choices are having an impact, and that they are put…"

-Marisa Meltzer, Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

Cover of The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

4. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • essays
  • audiobook
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Cover of Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney

5. Dolls of Our Lives

By: Mary Mahoney

3.53

Format: None pages, None

For Feiwel & Friends, Kat Brzozowski bought world rights to a currently untitled book by Allison Ho… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In by Kate Kennedy

6. One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

By: Kate Kennedy

3.78

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millenni… read more

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  • history
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"Why would I ever let someone who drafts make-believe football teams make me believe I should be embarrassed by my interests?"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"Pregnancy loss...is an open wound with the most vulnerable scab, forced to constantly replenish its surface-level protection as it's picked at daily, not by you, but inadvertently by other people's j…"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"I'm a weird contradiction of someone who pursues and values traditions but tries to reject the parts that are oppressive, unfair or unnecessary, because we can adapt things to who we are, not to who …"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

"That's the thing about girlhood. You and your friends have to take yourselves seriously, because no one else will. We had to keep our emotional behavior to diary pages and fangirl in private, perform…"

-Kate Kennedy, One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

Cover of The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew by Maggie Bullock

7. The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

By: Maggie Bullock

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One of Vogue's most anticipated books of 2023. A quintessentially American fashion narrative abo… read more

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  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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8. Anna: The Biography

By: Amy Odell

3.78

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This definitive biography of Anna Wintour follows the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who w… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
  • audiobook
Cover of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet by Taylor Lorenz

9. Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

By: Taylor Lorenz

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the in… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink by Véronique Hyland

10. Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

By: Véronique Hyland

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A New Yorker Magazine Best Book of 2022 * An Esquire Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 * A Town & Countr… read more

Similar categories in Véronique Hyland's Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink book and Véronique Hyland's Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

  • cultural
  • art
  • history
  • feminism
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • fashion
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"The only fashion advice my father has ever given me is never wear anything you couldn't run from an assailant in. As pessimistic as that counsel may be, he has a point. So many of the hallmarks of wo…"

-Véronique Hyland, Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink

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11. Worn: A People's History of Clothing

By: Sofi Thanhauser

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it's made of--an unparalleled d… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

12. Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century

By: Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

3.80

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

In a sparkling, beautifully illustrated social history, Skirts traces the shifting roles of women o… read more

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  • art
  • history
  • feminism
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
  • audiobook
Cover of Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World by Danielle Friedman

13. Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World

By: Danielle Friedman

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women's… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Home Sweet Maison: The French Art of Making a Home by Danielle Postel-Vinay

14. Home Sweet Maison: The French Art of Making a Home

By: Danielle Postel-Vinay

3.64

Format: 288 pages, ebook

French Women Don’t Get Fat meets The Little Book of Hygge in this lively, sophisticated, and practi… read more

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  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir

15. Eyeliner: A Cultural History

By: Zahra Hankir

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed editor of Our Women on the Ground comes a dazzling exploration of the intersecti… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • feminism
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • fashion
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America by Sara B. Franklin

16. The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America

By: Sara B. Franklin

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Julia Child, Anne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care by Rina Raphael

17. The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care

By: Rina Raphael

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Journalist Rina Raphael looks at the explosion of the wellness how it stems from legitimate compla… read more

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  • cultural
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of Swipe Up for More!: Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers by Stephanie  McNeal

18. Swipe Up for More!: Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers

By: Stephanie McNeal

3.20

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An unfiltered, colorful romp through the IRL world of influencers that spills the tea on the multib… read more

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  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
Cover of From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy by Scott Meslow

19. From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy

By: Scott Meslow

4.03

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tra… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • essays
  • audiobook
Cover of What Shall I Wear?: The What, Where, When, and How Much of Fashion, New Edition by Claire McCardell

20. What Shall I Wear?: The What, Where, When, and How Much of Fashion, New Edition

By: Claire McCardell

3.52

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

First published in 1956, What Shall I Wear? is revolutionary, award-winning designer Claire McCarde… read more

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  • fashion
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Pat in the City: My Life of Fashion, Style, and Breaking All the Rules by Patricia Field

21. Pat in the City: My Life of Fashion, Style, and Breaking All the Rules

By: Patricia Field

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the iconic stylist and fashion provocateur whose designs transformed culture—bringing the glit… read more

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  • fashion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

19 Best audiobook books like Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink by Véronique Hyland

Transform Your Habits

Wear It Well: Reclaim Your Closet and Rediscover the Joy of Getting Dressed

Allison Bornstein

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

Marisa Meltzer

3.32

Transform Your Habits

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Dolls of Our Lives

Mary Mahoney

3.53

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Transform Your Habits

“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

Aubrey Gordon

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

Derek Beres

4.10

Transform Your Habits

This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

Lyz Lenz

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

Marisa Meltzer

3.32

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