If you liked the nonfiction plot in Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster by Dana Thomas , here is a list of 19 books like this:
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
- nonfiction
- history
2. The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever
By: Teri Agins
4.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
The time when "fashion" was defined by French designers whose clothes could be afforded only by eli… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- fashion
- economics
- business
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- history
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- fashion
- economics
- sociology
- business
4. The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York
By: Chandler Burr
3.83
Format: None pages,
No journalist has ever been allowed into the ultrasecretive, highly pressured process of originatin… read more
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- fashion
- nonfiction
- history
- business
5. Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag
By: Michael Tonello
3.68
Format: 593 pages, Hardcover
For more than twenty years, the Hermes Birkin bag has been the iconic symbol of fashion, luxury, an… read more
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- fashion
- nonfiction
6. Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
By: Elizabeth L. Cline
4.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Until recently, Elizabeth Cline was a typical American consumer. She'd grown accustomed to shopping… read more
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7. Champagne Supernovas: Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion
By: Maureen Callahan
4.34
Format: 413 pages, Hardcover
A glittering history of fashion in the 1990s, told through the lives of Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, and… read more
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8. 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
9. 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
- nonfiction
- business
"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
10. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
By: Shahnaz Habib
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A playful personal and cultural history of travel from a postcolonial, person-of-color perspective,… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time."-Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
11. The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
By: Will Storr
4.14
Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition
For centuries, philosophers and scholars have described human behaviour in terms of sex, power and … read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
- business
"Whilst we play life as a game, our conscious experience of it takes the form of a story."-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
"We build an infinite variety of imaginary games. Groups of people gather together, agree what symbols they’re going to use to mean “status,"-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
"The story idealists sometimes tell of humanity says we're natural seekers of equality. This isn't true. Utopians talk of injustice whilst building new hierarchies and placing themselves at the top. W…"-Will Storr, The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
12. The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir
By: Caster Semenya
4.27
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
World champion runner Caster Semenya offers an empowering account of her extraordinary life and car… read more
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- nonfiction
13. 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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- history
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- fashion
- economics
- business
14. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
By: Kyle Chayka
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- sociology
15. The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good
By: Elizabeth L. Cline
4.01
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
The Conscious Closet is not just a style guide. It is a call to action to transform one of the most… read more
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- fashion
- nonfiction
16. The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History
By: Kassia St. Clair
4.11
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From colorful 30,000-year-old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to the Indian calicoes … read more
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- fashion
- nonfiction
- history
"Canopy, an environmental organisation, believes that 120 million trees are felled each year to produce rayon and other cellulose-based materials."-Kassia St. Clair, The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History
17. The Chiffon Trenches
By: André Leon Talley
3.83
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
During André Leon Talley's first magazine job, alongside Andy Warhol at Interview, a fateful meeti… read more
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- fashion
- nonfiction
- history
"On holidays, I cave in to the memory of love, and associate desserts and eating with the love I experienced at my grandmother's table. She was a great cook, and sweets crowded the side console cabine…"-André Leon Talley, The Chiffon Trenches
18. Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
By: W. David Marx
3.87
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
The book lays out how individuals in pursuit of status trigger the cultural mechanisms behind taste… read more
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- fashion
- nonfiction
- history
- sociology
19. CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion
By: Sunita Kamir Nair
3.67
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Fashion and creative director Sunita Kumar Nair presents Carolyn Bessette A Life in Fashion, which… read more
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- fashion
- nonfiction
20. A Visible Man: A Memoir
By: Edward Enninful
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From one of our culture's most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriers. When Edwar… read more
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- fashion
- nonfiction
- business
21. Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
By: Ashley Mears
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of model… read more
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- nonfiction
- economics
- history
- sociology
