Crafts & Hobbies:

Branding the Man
Why Men Are the Next Frontier in Fashion Retail
Written by Bertrand Pellegrin

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $27.50

Men are purchasing more clothes, shoes, health and beauty products, and personal care services than ever before. The world of men’s retail has remained a kind of bug in amber, frozen in time, with the same century-old style of merchandising and selling. A store must not simply provide, but educate the... Read more >

Fashion Inside Out
Daniel V's Guide to How Style Happens from Inspiration to Runway and Beyond
Written by Daniel Vosovic
Photographed by Michael Turek
Foreword by Tim Gunn

Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $29.95

Haute couture, haute drama, hautely practical info . . . with a Project Runway favorite! From inspiration to execution, from first sketches to final styling, from developing a portfolio to defining a look, Fashion Inside Out combines practical information on fashion design with an intimate look at the fashion scene today... Read more >

The Left Bank Look
Easy Parisian-Chic Projects for your Home and Clothes
Written by Anne Hubert

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $12.95

Simple techniques for turning basics from frumpy to fabulous! French girls always look so effortlessly chic. C’est vrai! You never see them trotting around in ratty T-shirts and gym shorts. C’est impossible! No, they always look great. How do they do it? How? The Left Bank Look is here to show... Read more >

Injeanious
52 Ways to DIY Denim
Written by Lauren Greene

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $14.95

Cool jeans for cool teens! Groovy psychedelic 1960s jeans. Elaborately embossed 1970s jeans. Expensive designer 1980s jeans. Ripped grunge 1990s jeans. No matter what decade speaks to a teen, InJEANious has a way to capture that special denim look. Packed with dozens of simple, stupendous ideas for transforming a plain pair... Read more >

Just for the Frill of It
25 Flirty, Fabulous Styles to Make from Clothes you Already Own
Written by Sonya Nimri

Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $12.95

Fashionista crafters...you’ve got license to frill!


Dig deep in that closet... deeper... deeper...aha! Yes, you'd never be caught wearing it in this lifetime. But let super-chic author Sonya Nimri show you how to turn that dud into a dream-come-true. Cut off the neck of a pilly turtleneck sweater to make an adorable... Read more >

Dress Your Best
The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That's Right for Your Body
Written by Clinton Kelly and Stacy London

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $19.95

The 8 million fans of TLC’s hottest show, What Not to Wear, know it as the place to go for real-life fashion advice. Now the show’s hosts, Clinton Kelly and Stacy London, offer spot-on fashion wisdom—with an attitude—in this fully illustrated, authoritative, and irreverent fashion guide to dressing your best for... Read more >

Virtual Vintage
The Insider's Guide to Buying and Selling Fashion Online
Written by Linda Lindroth and Deborah Newell Tornello

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $19.00

Vintage clothing has never been more chic, with everyone from celebrity trendsetters to style-conscious professionals searching for wearable treasures from the past. Virtual Vintage is the first and only guide that helps both the novice and the fashion connoisseur evaluate and confidently participate in the thriving vintage marketplace that exists online... Read more >

Virtual Vintage
The Insider's Guide to Buying and Selling Fashion Online
Written by Linda Lindroth and Deborah Newell Tornello

Format: eBook
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $19.00

Vintage clothing has never been more chic, with everyone from celebrity trendsetters to style-conscious professionals searching for wearable treasures from the past. Virtual Vintage is the first and only guide that helps both the novice and the fashion connoisseur evaluate and confidently participate in the thriving vintage marketplace that exists online... Read more >