There are influences by generation and then movements, ideas, designs that span centuries. These two books capture the unsurpassed lyrical force of how and why we respond to fashion and the way it changes how we think and look. These are forever books. Cn you really be without them?

Alexander McQueen-Evolution and Anatomy of Steampunk: Victorian Futurism. Two beautiful coffee table books filled with gorgeous photos, signed by the author, The Secret City's own Katherine Gleason.