Fashion School: Best Books to Learn about Fashion

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
  • Fashion School is a series where we explore the best resources for learning more about fashion. We review “Gods and Kings” by Dana Thomas, “Ametora” by W David Marx, and “Fashion at the Edge” by Caroline Evans.
    Apologies, apparently the price of “Fashion at the Edge” has spiked significantly since I published this video. I might have paid $35 for my copy. Please do not pay hundreds for this book lol.
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Комментарии • 145

  • @johngorski1518
    @johngorski1518 4 года назад +400

    Reminder that Bliss is the best fashion youtuber

    • @Mighty935
      @Mighty935 4 года назад

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    • @lunaseur327
      @lunaseur327 4 года назад +1

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    • @SIZLL
      @SIZLL 4 года назад +11

      He doesn't really have any competition. Everybody else seems so snobby

    • @Mighty935
      @Mighty935 4 года назад +15

      Lunaseur i don’t know what this is. i think i may have been asleep lol

  • @FashionRoadman
    @FashionRoadman 4 года назад +66

    This is an exceptionally good video, definitely picking up some of these

  • @roryalexanderm
    @roryalexanderm 4 года назад +92

    I don’t know if it qualifies but a great book is Dapper Dan’s memoir “Made in Harlem”.

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад +14

      Yesssss! I need to read that! Thank you!

    • @lbbc33
      @lbbc33 2 года назад

      I agree, I read the book and learnt a bunch of stuff about fashion (mainly luxury) while having some fun

  • @marisam.
    @marisam. 3 года назад +14

    I just wanted one book to fulfill my need to learn a little more of fashion and trends... now i have a whole list of books I want to get! You make all of them sound incredible!

  • @christidwell3951
    @christidwell3951 4 года назад +17

    One book that I always come back to that falls in the literary theory world (but is still readable) is Roland Barthes’ The Fashion System (System de la Mode). It’s a semiotic analysis of fashion magazines and how they provide a window and world for a given garment.

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад +2

      Yesss! This has been on my list for forever! I’ve got to get started on it

  • @ignacioerasun3866
    @ignacioerasun3866 2 года назад +6

    I recently start to watching the fashion school series. There was a time that i give up with fashion because a thought that i wasn't fashion enough you know. I want to thank you because your channel help me to see beyond and this was a reminder the i love fashion, and i am fashion enough jajaja. So thank you so much Bliss.

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  2 года назад

      I’m glad you realized that! You’re already enough, Ignacio 😌 keep crushing it, homie 🦾

  • @rejectbedward8000
    @rejectbedward8000 4 года назад +40

    Exactly what I needed, thanks bliss

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад +2

      Hell yea, literally my pleasure

  • @idkpotatos.o-o.
    @idkpotatos.o-o. 6 месяцев назад +2

    I love your channel so much and you inspire me to finally start my dreams to study fashion love you so much ❤❤❤

  • @Werrronika1998
    @Werrronika1998 4 года назад +6

    Another book by Dana Thomas I would recommend is „Deluxe: How luxury lost it’s lustre” about the production of luxury goods and essentialy how they’re not so luxurious anymore. A lot of information and great attention to detail, real eye opener. It’s maybe a little dated but the main idea still applies.

    • @riku5000
      @riku5000 4 года назад

      Also it has Margiela Manic and Comme Des Garcons Monk

  • @minerbroEDI
    @minerbroEDI 4 года назад +4

    Thank you Papa Bliss! I have now added more books to my clustered and over accumulated library.

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад +1

      You’re welcome Papa Guy!

  • @elbe7898
    @elbe7898 4 года назад +5

    Thanks for the recomendations Bliss! I'm going to put these books on the wishlist of my Uni's library for them to acquire. You got great talent to teach and share! Love from Berlin

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад

      Thanks so much! Let me know what you think after you read one!

  • @ginadunn4448
    @ginadunn4448 2 года назад +2

    That Caroline Evans book is everything. Read it with some Bourdieu and mind blown.

  • @starylize
    @starylize 4 года назад +8

    i’ve been wondering how to learn more, thanks for this video!!

  • @regandonohue3899
    @regandonohue3899 2 года назад +2

    Ngl I watched literally because and only for Ametora. Just wanted to say that I think you can't talk about Ametora without talking about Take Ivy. It's the footprint of Japan's obsession with Ivy style.

  • @dragunovful
    @dragunovful 2 года назад

    Your mention of Derrida triggered my fight or flight
    primarily because I thought of Derrida as SOON as you started describing how difficult theory is to read

  • @arlinejernigan
    @arlinejernigan 4 года назад +2

    Gods and Kings, YES I just purchased Ametora, will listen tomorrow. I have been reading, or attempting to read, Science and Occultism, and while it is not fashion related, it is very dense, and difficult to get through. I will take your word for the effect on the brain and trudge my way through it. I do like to be enriched.
    In the meantime, I will start listening to Ametora tomorrow
    Thank you for the suggestions.

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад

      Ofc! Let me know what you think about it!

    • @arlinejernigan
      @arlinejernigan 4 года назад

      @@BlissFoster I will, definitely.

  • @AlexToma
    @AlexToma 4 года назад +3

    I got “blood beneath the skin”, not a huge fan of McQueen as style, but I appreciate more his life and how he put things into being made. I liked that book

  • @noahholder7911
    @noahholder7911 4 года назад +2

    SO GLAD to see you back!!! I feel the pain of tearing apart that rizzoli book ahh.I would also recommend Giulia Mensiteri's most recent "La Plus Beau Metier" an interesting sociological eye on the fashion industry that I'm just starting to read.

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад

      Thank you for the suggestion! I haven’t even heard of this one! I’ll check it out 🌪🌪

  • @morningstarrss
    @morningstarrss 4 года назад +9

    Awesome! I've been looking for some new reading material and this is just it!

  • @PatraKiera
    @PatraKiera 4 года назад +2

    Thank you for this video! Definitely been looking for more fashion books to read while at home. So excited to purchase some of these.

  • @erisiabatto
    @erisiabatto 3 года назад +1

    This channel has me so hooked, exceptional content

  • @ZiaRahmanisongoogleplus
    @ZiaRahmanisongoogleplus 4 года назад +2

    Too helpful🙏 one of my favorite channels now

  • @jarengroves6475
    @jarengroves6475 4 года назад +3

    Bliss gives me more and more reasons to dive into my overdraft...
    Thanks bliss :)

  • @haydenflanery7087
    @haydenflanery7087 4 года назад +1

    Recently joined the Patreon. Best 3 dollar purchase I’ve ever made.

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад

      That honestly means so much, homie. Thank you 🙏🙏

  • @robertotrevino638
    @robertotrevino638 4 года назад +2

    Thank you! I had been looking for this for so long

  • @MarisaB2001
    @MarisaB2001 4 года назад +1

    Welp, I know what to read this summer now! Thanks Bliss for being the fashion hero youtube needs

  • @rayna463
    @rayna463 4 года назад +2

    i’m envious of your fashion knowledge 😡

  • @satomi_woogie
    @satomi_woogie 4 года назад

    hi. thank you for your videos. it is really nice to see you talking so enthusiastically about a topic that fascinates me.

  • @andresmelendez1997
    @andresmelendez1997 5 месяцев назад +2

    bliss looks like GI Jane 😭😭😭

  • @undisclosed_eb
    @undisclosed_eb 4 года назад +1

    That pen thing was so satisfying haha

  • @ZurditaDinamita
    @ZurditaDinamita Год назад +1

    1:40 And he has just give me the info I need 😂 I've recently discovered this channel and I'm loving the vibe ❤️ Ok, I'll buy the book, but I'll listen the whole thing if you dont mind~ 👀

  • @RonaldCamasura
    @RonaldCamasura 4 года назад +1

    OHHH YESS FINALLY A GREAT FASHION BOOK GUIDE

  • @yashpachori1111
    @yashpachori1111 4 года назад +1

    Thank you so much I needed this

  • @simmyjester
    @simmyjester Год назад +1

    5:55 Another "fun with auto-captions": "as my Bible for the *more jello* series..."

  • @prp3190
    @prp3190 4 года назад +2

    Im a new sub, if you havent made one how about a video on fashion photography books ? I love this videos :-)

  • @cowboyjunkie5732
    @cowboyjunkie5732 4 года назад +1

    definitely buying ametora. it sounds super interesting

  • @kristianyumul
    @kristianyumul 4 года назад +1

    you are the goat Bliss. forreal

  • @suede_jaw
    @suede_jaw 4 года назад +1

    ayyy, currently working through my copy of Ametora given to me by a mentor :)

  • @BEWILDERRED
    @BEWILDERRED 4 года назад +1

    Fantastic resources here, but it sparks the question: when are we getting a video on how the SSX series influenced modern fashion?

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад +2

      Lol that’s a Lindsey question: she’s obsessed with those games and I’ve never played them 😂

  • @oozboy
    @oozboy 4 года назад

    Loved this video man. Subbed. Keep goin!

  • @sigvetillier7937
    @sigvetillier7937 4 года назад +1

    Cool hoodie chief!

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад

      Thanks homie 😊 it’s from the gawd Robert Geller

  • @mveerag3823
    @mveerag3823 3 года назад +1

    love the haircut.

  • @grantyackel6630
    @grantyackel6630 4 года назад +4

    Thanks for the info! I love that you're including literature into content. Have you ever heard of Rich Mnisi? They are a queer Black designer from South Africa who I would love to learn more about.

    • @maayowa
      @maayowa 4 года назад

      They are gooood!!!

  • @cooldudecarson
    @cooldudecarson 4 года назад +4

    I just finished read Andre Leon Talleys book The chiffon trenches. Good read but I did not learn much from it.

  • @jackriseley3629
    @jackriseley3629 4 года назад +1

    That hoodie epic tho

  • @radiobekot3821
    @radiobekot3821 4 года назад +2

    Lookin fresh today

  • @anachronismic
    @anachronismic 4 года назад +1

    Ametora is a great read.

  • @noahspence9827
    @noahspence9827 4 года назад +1

    Very cool top!

  • @wouldntyouliketoknow7099
    @wouldntyouliketoknow7099 Год назад +1

    Not sure if I’m missing something but I tried to read Gods and kings a month ago and I personally didn’t like it? I maybe got 4 chapters in before I stopped reading, it just talks a lot about the designer’s personal lives and I’m not really huge on fashion designers themselves so maybe that’s it. I actually liked the “preface” section of the book where it talked about what was going on socially in the fashion world, which is more what I’m interested in. If anyone’s read it, does it eventually teach you something valuable? I’m new to fashion books so maybe I’m just not on the right page

  • @FrenchGrey
    @FrenchGrey 2 года назад +1

    YOU ARE THE BEST.

  • @manuelagiraldo340
    @manuelagiraldo340 4 года назад +2

    I don't know if you take suggestions, or if this is dumb but it would be amazing if you made a video about your favourite fictional characters looks 🌈✨

  • @adampease5771
    @adampease5771 4 года назад +2

    Hey Bliss could you list out all the books you show in this vid? I only see 3 listed in the desc

  • @tycovey5760
    @tycovey5760 4 года назад

    Check out the Chiffon Trenches by Andre Leon Talley!!!!!!

  • @rykuo4147
    @rykuo4147 4 года назад +2

    im here from cashk🖖🏽

  • @JessReardon117
    @JessReardon117 Год назад +1

    who was the blue 'FASHION' book by

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  Год назад

      It’s a book by the Kyoto Costume Insitute, called something like “20th Century Fashion” 💫💫

  • @trapmozart9217
    @trapmozart9217 4 года назад +1

    Hi loved the video wondering where the jacket you were wearing is from

  • @leBloggerSupreme
    @leBloggerSupreme 4 года назад +4

    The only person who is both into fashion and dresses well. I've seen interviews of fashion's greatest minds and they're wearing black button down shirts like come on lol. No wonder why there's so little money in clothing, the only people who dress with style are performers and entertainers: rappers, pop queens, actors. As someone who really takes pride in what they wear it's disheartening to see even those who dedicate their lives to the art form are so uninspired. Also, this phenomena is mostly with Europeans: Americans and British have a much stronger sense of personal style. I'd love any insight from you Bliss, great video
    Love from Australia!

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад +1

      Yeah, it’s a bummer when designers have 0 personal style. The only part of your statement I thought was strange was the last bit. Europeans have VASTLY better style than Americans imo 😂

    • @leBloggerSupreme
      @leBloggerSupreme 4 года назад

      @@BlissFoster You only see it like that since you live in America, as im commenting from a nation with a limited fashion culture: Europeans present as very refined and very rarely ostentatious. America and England being the global cultural powerhouses that they are, play the part. You could definitely say that the average European is better dressed that the average Brit. But the most iconic fashion moment's of the last hundred years were borne from celebrity and western culture. Or maybe not, what do ya think

  • @bige9233
    @bige9233 4 года назад +1

    ssx best fashion inspo

  • @MiucciaPradaify
    @MiucciaPradaify 3 года назад

    You must read the Beautiful Fall by Alicia Drake.

  • @JustineTalania
    @JustineTalania 3 года назад +1

    You actually made me very interested in fashion history and doing research which always turned me off

  • @Finn959
    @Finn959 11 месяцев назад

    The first video of the series linked in the description is private now :(

  • @geeta4475
    @geeta4475 3 года назад +2

    According to you which is best the book ?

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  3 года назад

      Gods and Kings is my favorite fashion book of all time

  • @jj-iw2pg
    @jj-iw2pg 4 года назад +2

    from japan

  • @peterlustiger1200
    @peterlustiger1200 4 года назад +1

    Hey man ✌🏻
    First of all thank you so much for your Videos you are my Favorite RUclipsr right now i like the way you think.
    Now my question where did you get the audiobook from ?
    Thanks in advance :)

  • @gilbert320
    @gilbert320 4 года назад +2

    what is the name of the book you said Lindsey got you?

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад

      It’s just called “Fashion” it’s a Taschen book 💫💫

  • @gc6000
    @gc6000 3 года назад +1

    What's some good books for learning about fashion styling

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  3 года назад +1

      Unfortunately, I’ve never come accross one about styling specifically

  • @devourmevoid
    @devourmevoid 3 года назад +1

    you are so passionate and it’s terribly beautiful. I would like to know what your favorite books generally are. all love

  • @juliannearlene7244
    @juliannearlene7244 3 года назад

    Hey Bliss, know much about the fashion house Callot Soeurs ?

  • @_gothictae
    @_gothictae 3 года назад +1

    hii, where can i get fashion at the edge? i love your videos

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  3 года назад

      It’s a text book, so the price changes a lot. I got mine for like $35

  • @michaelvasquez1355
    @michaelvasquez1355 4 года назад +1

    what's your thoughts on chic savages by john Fairchild?

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад

      I haven’t heard of it! I’ll add it to the list!

  • @vladislav7713
    @vladislav7713 4 года назад +1

    Hi Bliss! Don't know if I am correct but it seems like audio and video are not synchronized well - when I look at the lips, it feels like there is a tiny delay with the audio and this drives me crazy. Does anyone experience the same thing?

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад

      If it helps solve the mystery, I record the audio and video on the same hardware: my iPhone. Maybe a RUclips issue?

  • @ultraego111
    @ultraego111 4 года назад +1

    Hey Bliss

  • @biscuitgames_5016
    @biscuitgames_5016 4 года назад

    made my day :)

  • @mellie4679
    @mellie4679 2 года назад +1

    can someone send me the pdf of gods and kings if you have it pleaseeee

  • @iona4393
    @iona4393 2 года назад +1

    @blissfoster, would critical fashion practice be a good substitute for it if I can’t access a copy of fashion at the edge? also if anyone knows where I can acquire a copy of fashion at the edge… much thanks 🙏

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  2 года назад +1

      I haven’t read that one but it sounds great. Get ‘Experimental Fashion’ by Dr. Granata, I saw a copy online for $30 the other day 💫💫

    • @iona4393
      @iona4393 2 года назад +1

      Ok 👌 thx. still hyper fixated on fashion at the edge tho 😵‍💫 I feel like it caught onto something good. There was maybe a morbid interest in death within the 19th c with figures like Poe and the gothic era but defff in the 20th c and 1990s in particular there seems to be this obsession with death except not like the surreal wonder of the gothic era but with a sort of irony or complete disaffected ness (heroin chic). Def gonna look into some sort of research rabbit hole w this lol.

  • @rdrdrd9775
    @rdrdrd9775 4 года назад +1

    Thank you so much holy shit!

  • @danielperez3594
    @danielperez3594 4 года назад +1

    Does anyone know where I can find "fashion at the edge" for a good price, like less than $100?

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад +1

      Maaaan when I got that it was like $30. I wouldn’t have recommended it if I knew they’d sell out immediately 😭 My best advice is to just set up an eBay alert

  • @softchase.
    @softchase. 4 года назад +1

    hi bliss

  • @jannielestrada6652
    @jannielestrada6652 4 года назад +1

    my man is talking again

  • @spinetta0010
    @spinetta0010 4 года назад +1

    Anyone know where I can get gods and kings for free?

  • @elaakso0080
    @elaakso0080 4 года назад +1

    french for house lmao

  • @loganhaut8383
    @loganhaut8383 2 года назад +1

    someone list all the books in the comments

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  2 года назад

      They are in the description 😆

  • @user-mc1vn8ub9m
    @user-mc1vn8ub9m 4 года назад +1

    Кто мне поможет с ним связаться???

  • @aYoPersona
    @aYoPersona 4 года назад +2

    i love the new intro the last one used to piss me off bc it was hella annoying

  • @user-vp9gi7wy3l
    @user-vp9gi7wy3l 6 месяцев назад +1

    no fashion for your hair

  • @ピザこそチーズそのもの
    @ピザこそチーズそのもの 3 года назад +1

    こにゃちやちは

  • @checkcameron4149
    @checkcameron4149 4 года назад

    who’s here from cash

  • @Cardsmaster
    @Cardsmaster 3 года назад

    Fashion School: Don’t

  • @ariesorbiter
    @ariesorbiter 3 года назад +1

    In short, you are using Semiotics...

  • @louismonaghan8708
    @louismonaghan8708 4 года назад +1

    why he always cross eyed

  • @JamieBarnes11
    @JamieBarnes11 4 года назад

    Lol Tree of Life sucks

    • @BlissFoster
      @BlissFoster  4 года назад +1

      JamieBarnes11 🙊😳 there will be no Terrance Malick slander on this channel 😤😤

    • @JamieBarnes11
      @JamieBarnes11 4 года назад

      @@BlissFoster I'm not slagging him off just that one

  • @Fuego958
    @Fuego958 4 года назад

    Literary theory aka bullshitting.

  • @kerrkristie
    @kerrkristie Год назад

    Poor ripped book 🥲 was it possible to recover after? Also, none of the scaning apps gives goods results?

    • @kerrkristie
      @kerrkristie Год назад

      Also, Bliss Foster is THE perfect name for the unusual yet amazing person you seem to be. Your parents sound like a blessing. It makes one wonder how it would have been. I would love to know more about them and the way they raised you.