Recommended Reading

Looking to update your fashion history, theory, industry and/or sustainability knowledge? 

Here is a small selection of resources that I have compiled over the last 6 months. This is a working list and will be consistently updated - Feel free to share your thoughts or add more resources in the comments. Enjoy! 

Books 

Consumed by Aja Barber (2021)

Fifty Years of Fashion: New Look to Now by Valerie Steele (2000)

The History of Modern Fashion by Daniel, James Cole and Nancy Deihl (2015)

(Accompanying lecture for book release)

The Nature of Fashion by Carry Somers (2025)

Old Clothes, New Looks: Second Hand Fashion by Alexandra Palmer (2004)

The Psychology of Fashion by Carolyn Mair (Second Edition, 2025)

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962)

Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys by Kate Fletcher (2014)

Waste by Brian Thill (2015)

What Artists Wear by Charlie Porter (2021) 

Why Fashion Matters by Francis Corner (2014)

The World is on Fire but we're still Buying Shoes by Alec Leach (2021)

Websites

British Fashion Council

Business of Fashion (Youtube channel HERE)

Centre for Sustainable Fashion

Fashion Roundtable

SHOWStudio

Taylor and Francis Online - Fashion Theory

UK Fashion and Textiles Association

Vestoj - The Platform for Critical Thinking on Fashion

Vogue Business

Reports

Fashion Roundtable - All Reports 2018-2021

Thred Up 2021

The State of Fashion 2022 by BoF

The State of Fashion 2023 by BoF

Sustainable Fashion Week 2022 - Impact Report

Webpages

Conde Nast - The Sustainable Fashion Glossary

Fashion Values - How to talk about sustainability - A guide for brand communications (Part One)  

Fashion Values - How to talk about sustainability - A guide for brand communications (Part Two)

The Sustainable Fashion Forum - Why the Repair Economy is the Underrated Link to Circular Economy

Vogue Business - The Fashion Takeaways from COP26 (18th Nov 2021)

Moving Image and Film

The True Cost - Film by Andrew Morgan (2015)

Fashionscapes: A Circular Economy - Film by Andrew Morgan and Livia Firth (2021)

Fashionscapes: A Living Wage - Film by Andrew Morgan and Livia Firth (2021)