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Brit Picks: The Best of London Fashion Books

By Nicole Schlomann

Paper dresses and space-age outfits may have lost their popularity, but Max Decharne, author of King's Road: The Rise and Fall of the Hippest Street in the World, hasn't forgotten any moments of the 1960s London style revolution. Calling the Brit city a "capital of cool" in his book, Decharne observes King's Road as the epicenter of a cultural DIY movement. In Kings's Road, fashion-forward rebels like the Clash and Vivienne Westwood slash and saftey-pin their clothes, while the colorful Mary Quant defines London's mod fashions. Going on Decharne's expertise, the Guardian has solicited his picks for the most defining London fashion books of the times. Books like Quant by Quant by (of all people) Mary Quant and a Rockers! fashion tome offer glimpses of a more well-known scene, while others like The Teds and Worst Fashions offer eye-opening glimpses at the stylish and quirky looks of the time. Whatever the subject, these picks are a strong dose of London style inspiration—Agyness, eat your heart out. (Guardian)

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