Designer Hedi Slimane is on a roll.  Hot off the heels of being named Yves Saint Laurent’s new creative director, he has a book coming out this month, Anthology Of A Decade, USA , a collection of his photographs taken in New York and Los Angeles between 2007 and 2011.  The collection includes a mix of portraits, photographs of models, skateboarders, street scenes and still lifes.  Anthology Of A Decade, USA is published by jrp ringier.     

Celebrity stylist and media darling Brad Goreski is on a roll.  Since leaving Camp Zoe and striking out on his own, he’s landed a long term styling gig with Kate Spade, his own television show and now a book, available March 6, 2012.  In Born to Be Brad, Goreski doles out fashion advice, gives readers insight into his personal background and dishes on his life as a celebrity stylist.  He’ll also be doing a tour to promote his book at the following locations:    

For fifteen years Jimmy Choos have graced the feet of royalty, celebrities and well heeled fashionistas the world over.  To commemorate the brand’s fifteenth anniversary, Jimmy Choo will release a coffee table book entitled, Jimmy Choo XV, on February 14, 2012, published by Rizzoli. 

Written by Founder and former Chief Creative Officer Tamara Mellon, Jimmy Choo XV chronicles the fifteen most significant shoes from the company’s archives   and reflects on what has made them hallmarks of the brand. 

 The book is divided into eight chapters, each focusing on the signature design and recognizable themes that have helped to define the brand, complete with lush imagery shot by photographers including Terry Richardson, fashion magazine editorials, red carpet shots and behind the scenes photography. 

If you’re a Jimmy Choo brand enthusiast or just enjoy looking at beautiful shoes, add this book to your fashion library list.    

~ Jessica R. Simmons

Photo from Jimmy Choo: XV, courtesy of Rizzoli

True British: Alice Temperley by Alice Temperley chronicles the first ten years of the fashion brand and designer’s evolution.  Through stunning photography, Temperley’s personal photos and brief narrative, the book gives readers a behind the scene account of the label’s humble beginnings, starting out in a spare room in Temperley and her husband’s flat, to its present day glory.  True British exposes readers to the feminine and refined glamour that the Temperley brand represents, while exemplifying what Temperley herself has accomplished through hard work, talent, determination and her family and friends’ support.  If you are a fan of the Temperley brand or just love fashion in general, this book is a must.  True British is available now, in hardcover, through Rizzoli Publications.         

~Jessica R. Simmons

Image via Rizzoli Publications