Dto the coffee table book which transform the living room into a small art gallery, at deluxe editions think like real objects from collectionpassing through catalogues of unmissable exhibitions. THE fashion themed books at the end of 2025 they are the infallible gift for Christmas.
A selection of volumes published recently or arriving very soon, which tell the story of the fashion universe between history, creativity and style. Perfect for surprising those who love leafing through precious pages, discovering exclusive details and anecdotes. But also to treat yourself to a one-of-a-kind visual and aesthetic experience that captivates and intrigues at first glance.
The best fashion gifts to browse
This year too Christmas gifts for fashion enthusiasts they are real collector’s items. Among the most anticipated novelties to add to the home library, the book for the 130th anniversary of Balenciaga, the volume dedicated to Vivienne Westwood’s iconic jewels, and the catalog that reinterprets the life and style of Marie Antoinette, including vintage silks, shoes and fragrances, stand out. But there are many unmissable – new – readings that combine history, aesthetics and customs. And they range historical novels at biographies of the most loved it-girls, without forgetting the always very stylish protagonists of the world of design.
The book for Balenciaga’s 130th anniversary
After the exhibition Cristóbal Balenciaga: Shoes from Spain Tributethe book of the same name signed by Javier Echeverría Sola and published by the Federación de Industrias del Calzado Español also arrives. Naturally precious, the volume is presented in an elegant collector’s box. As befits the celebration of the maison’s 130th anniversary.
The deluxe box set of the book. (Photo Courtesy of Press Office)
The box that contains it is already a spectacle. With the image of the legendary wedding dress from 1957 in ivory silk shantung, embroidered entirely in silver thread and mother-of-pearl sequins, belonging to the Sonsoles Collection Diez de Rivera y de Icaza. A masterpiece with a modern and subtly baroque charm, capable of evoking the same devotion reserved for the most elegant queens of all time.
The book Cristóbal Balenciaga: Shoes from Spain Tribute. (Photo Courtesy of Press Office)
The photographs of Juan Carlos Vega tell the story closely twenty-five original items coming from the most important Spanish museums and private collections. To complete the 280 pages, the footwear from twenty-five Spanish brands chosen as ambassadors of national creativity. An exclusive selection that dialogues with the clothes of maître couturier Spaniard born in 1895, in a perfect balance between tradition and avant-garde spirit. An intense book to browse, display and contemplate without ever getting bored.
Vivienne Westwood’s archaeo-punk jewels
Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery celebrates the jewelry art of one of the most iconic designers in contemporary fashion. Signed by the critic Alexander Fury, in close collaboration with the maison, the book explores Westwood’s distinctive vocabulary: punk safety pins, pearl necklaces inspired by Elizabethan portraits, bondage chains, crowns and regal orbs.
With almost 200 images by photographer Philippe Lacombe, the volume accompanies the reader through ten thematic chapters — from Pearls to Do It Yourself, from Pagan to Drops & Bows showing how the iconic pieces, from Hardcore Paperclip Earrings at the Conkers Necklacethey found tradition, upcycling and punk rebellion.
(Photo Courtesy of Press Office)
The prefaces of the author and the creative director of the fashion house Andreas Kronthalerintroduce a universe where (between evocative still-lives, portraits of the designer who passed away in 2022 and epic images of the fashion show) jewels become incomparable art objects. Published on the occasion of the international exhibition of the same name, the book accompanies a global tour which debuted at Te Papa, in New Zealand, and will visit Asia, the United States and Europe.
The unforgettable style of Marie Antoinette
The volume edited by Sarah Grant features an oil portrait on the cover by François Hubert Drouaiscon with an animalier motif from the 1760s on the spine. Inside, i author contributions by Manolo Blahnik, Sofia Coppola and Antonia Fraser. Which, between satin slippers, rustling silks and hairstyles that defy gravity, they reconstruct the life and style of the controversial eighteenth-century celebrity: married at fourteen, queen at eighteen, guillotined at thirty-seven.
The cover of Marie Antoinette Style. (V&A Photo)
An existence spent between private apartments and rigid court labels, perfumes chosen with the care of those who know that everything speaks, tastes that become trendsand the daily political stunt that was living in Versailles. The authors put the puzzle together through letters, portraits and chronicles of the time. Without forgetting the very last surviving fragments of his wardrobe: a pair of shoes, fans, shreds of fabric torn from his clothes. relics of a woman transformed against her will into an icon.
The story, however, did not end before the guillotine in 1793. To this day, the Autrichienne he continued to inspire everyone involved in fashion, design, cinema and decorative arts. From masquerade parties to couture fashion shows John Galliano for Dioruntil the epochal 2006 film starring Kirsten Dunst.
The book/catalogue rereads the legacy of a figure as multifaceted as it is complex. Whose youth, notoriety and ability to be talked about have made her, even without wanting it, eternally contemporary. An unmissable gift for fashion addicts and enthusiasts of costume history and culture. Published by V&A Publishing, it is on sale with the tote in print Toile-de-Jouy at 57 euros.