Start with high-confidence design books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
They All Came to Barneys
Gene Pressman
The Art of Home
Shea McGee
Home Stories
Kim Leggett
Black in Fashion
WWD, Tonya Blazio-Licorish
Dress Codes
Richard Thompson Ford
Fashion Forecasting
Lorynn Divita
In Fashion
Sheryl A. Farnan, Elaine Stone
The Style Thesaurus
Hannah Kane
How to Get Dressed
Alison Freer
The Curated Closet
Anuschka Rees
The Future of Storytelling
Charles Melcher
Why French Women Wear Vintage
Alois Guinut
Fashion Design
Denis Antoine
Wear It Well
Allison Bornstein
Little Book of Vivienne Westwood
Glenys Johnson
Fashion History From the 18th to the 20th Century
Akiko Fukai, Kyoto Costume Institute
Fashionpedia
Fashionary
Textilepedia
