From rocking red shoes in summer to perfecting your postholiday thank-you notes, A Year in High Heels is the ultimate style guide for all fashion-forward females. Fashion journalist and bestselling author Camilla Morton has gathered together an eclectic collection of inspiring suggestions, sensible advice, and surprising how-tos to guide every glamour girl through the year—with witty, smart, and fun tips on how to walk the red carpet, curate an exhibition, blog your way to fame, spice up your public speaking, and make even the mundane magical. Gisele Bündchen, Diane von Furstenberg, Matthew Williamson, and other fashion icons share secret tips on where to find inspiration; while Dita Von Teese, Anya Hindmarch, and Christian Lacroix explain how to tease, how to go green, and how to appreciate opera. Filled with unique challenges and infinitely fun ideas, this is the guide to a guaranteed extraordinary year!

A Year in High Heels: The Girl's Guide to Everything from Jane Austen to the A-list

Arts & Photography

Morton, Camilla

Graphic Design

Harper-perennial

Celebrated fashion designer ManoloBlahnik reimagines the classic “Elves and theShoemaker” fairytale, blending elements of his own life story into the fabricof the immortal “Once Upon a Time” favorite. As with Christian Lacroix and the Tale of Sleeping Beauty, and otherbooks in the Fashion Fairytale Series, ManoloBlahnik and the Tale of the Elves and the Shoemakeroffers a completely unique, never-before-seen twist on a fairytale classic.Breathtaking color illustrations by Blahnik and wordsby international bestselling author Camilla Morton embody the true magic at theheart of Manolo’s real-life fairytale, in anessential volume for fans of Camille Rose Garcia’s Alice’s Adventures inWonderland and Daniel Egnéus’s Little RedRiding Hood, for fashion devotees, and for anyone in love with coutureculture.

Manolo Blahnik and the Tale of the Elves and the Shoemaker: A Fashion Fairy Tale Memoir

It Books

Can dormant beauty really be awakened by a Princely touch? The classic story of Sleeping Beauty has had us believing so for years. Now, spun as if by magic from the threads of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale comes the enchanting memoir of fashion designer Christian Lacroix—the haute couture icon whose creations have invited millions of women to enjoy the fairy princess fashions of their dreams. Sorcery and style combine in this enchanting new twist on a time-honored tale; re-imagined by international bestselling author Camilla Morton, and illustrated by Monsieur Lacroix himself, the spell cast by Christian Lacroix and the Tale of Sleeping Beauty will reawaken every reader’s childhood fantasies—reassuring you that dreams really do come true…

Christian Lacroix and the Tale of Sleeping Beauty: A Fashion Fairy Tale Memoir

Humor & Entertainment

The third book in Camilla Morton's unique Fashion Fairy Tale Memoir series, Diane von Fürstenberg and the Tale of the Empress's New Clothes wraps the life story of the iconic designer, international jetsetter, and one-time Andy Warhol muse around one of our most beloved and enduring ‘once-upon-a-time' fables. Royalty and fashion collide in this delightfully fresh take on the classic Emperor's New Clothes tale written by London-based fashion writer Morton (American Vogue, The Wall Street Journal) and art directed exclusively by Diane von Fürstenberg herself—as the iconic designer helps the story's young Empress discover all the colors, shapes, and sizes of inspiration, in a grown-up fairytale that teaches women how to feel creative and empowered.

Diane von Furstenberg and the Tale of the Empress's New Clothes

Make biscuits with Manolo Blahnik or customise your bike with Paul Smith. Let Charlotte Olympia put a spring in your step and turn a magazine into a millinery with Stephen Jones. Fashion a Bella Freud jumper or a Topshop Tee, make a Faberge egg and dress up like Henry Holland. Let Michael Howells and Christian Lacroix help you create a drama and Nick Knight a cup of tea. Turn on your imagination and Make Life Beautiful. Make Life Beautiful provides a unique glimpse into some of style's most creative minds with full-colour pictures throughout and a personal introduction from the designers to each of the projects. Craft has never been so fashionable.

Make Life Beautiful

Decorative Arts & Design

Random House]

From appreciating wine to understanding modern art, placing a bet to playing poker, wearing a hat to finding the mains, changing a tyre to loading an i-pod, "How to Walk in High Heels" helps you navigate life's challenges with style. Camilla has been ably assisted by a host of experts including Vivienne Westwood, Manolo Blahnik and Kylie, who offer tips on everything from the perfect poached egg to looking good in a photo. Funny and informative, packed with great quotes and fascinating facts, this will transform your approach to everything from getting dressed to hanging wallpaper. Turn your exasperated aaaaarrrrrghs into confident ahhhhs!

How to Walk in High Heels

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Hodder & Stoughton General Div

The bestselling U.K. sensation, hailed as "the most fabulous instruction manual the world has ever seen" by Vogue.com Can you make yourself up in five minutes flat? Make the first move without breaking a sweat Hang a picture without becoming unhinged Get out of a car -- or an unpleasant situation -- gracefully in a short skirt Load an iPod as effortlessly as a dishwasher If not, international style and fashion journalist Camilla Morton can help you navigate these and more than two hundred other hazards of modern living with grace and aplomb. Much more than just a style manual or crash course in social skills, How to Walk in High Heels also illuminates the finer points of achieving better homes and gardens, tackling technophobia, climbing the career ladder, and joining the jet set. 
From the practical, such as what to do when a heel breaks and how to catch a mouse, to the imaginative, such as how to enjoy karaoke and swim in sunglasses, How to Walk in High Heels overflows with useful nuggets of advice delivered in the author's inimitable witty style, accompanied by a foreword from Dior's John Galliano and a Louis Vuitton trunkful of insight from experts including: -Manolo Blahnik on How to Pick a Shoe -Dolce &amp; Gabbana on How to Get Ready in Five Minutes -Gisele Bundchen on How to Look Good in a Photo -Jade Jagger on How to Compile Your Own Soundtrack 
This comprehensive do-everything-better bible takes the guesswork out of flaunting your fabulousness so that you can stop teetering and start striding confidently through the obstacle course of life.

How to Walk in High Heels: The Girl's Guide to Everything

Humor

Hyperion

Love Oracles is the latest edition in the Laurence King oracle cards range, a series of charming and engaging card decks designed to guide and inspire. Horoscope aficionados, astrology enthusiasts, and star–crossed lovers can use the Love Oracles to ask history's most famous lovers for advice on romantic life and relationships. Struggling to meet the right partner? Worried your powers of seduction are lacking somewhat? Want to improve your relationships with family and friends? Elizabeth Taylor, Shakespeare, and a host of famous lovers are here to help. Simply select any card from the pack, choose the oracle's advice on one–night stands, long–term relationships and break–ups, or family and friends and any obstacle becomes surmountable. Wondering what qualities are most important to look for in a long–term partner? Get Jane Austen's guidance. Longing for someone to sweep you off your feet? Ask Casanova for help. And if you're curious whether you should try something new in the bedroom? Rihanna just might have your answer. The perfect gift for those looking for a lighthearted break from tarot cards and the a fitting activity for Valentine's Day. Get advice and inspiration from the likes of: • Lord Byron • Lena Dunham • George Clooney • Joan Collins • Jonathan Van Ness • Serge Gainsbourg • George Michael • Yoko Ono • Sigmund Freud • Zelda Fitzgerald • Casanova* *All of the advice offered by the love oracles has been inspired by their work, actions and personalities. There are no direct quotations, apart from where quotation marks are used. Discover the other card decks in the Oracles series, including the bestselling Art Oracles, Fashion Oracles and Music Oracles.

Love Oracles: Sex and Romance Inspiration from the Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful

Parenting & Relationships

Laurence King Publishing

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