I love fashion, and I'm obsessed with books, so putting together this story that melds the two didn't really feel like work. I could wax poetic on this topic all day long, but I'll keep this intro to a tight two paragraphs so you can get scrolling and purchasing right away.
Below, I've rounded up the best new fashion coffee table books released in the last few months, just in time for peak gift-giving season. I'm highly confident that these tomes will put smiles on the faces of your friends and family. Since fashion doesn't exist in a vacuum, I also included titles about film and music. One, for instance, offers a behind-the-scenes look at one of Quentin Tarantino's most memorable movies, while another is filled with never-before-seen photos of David Bowie. Scroll down to shop the most stylish new coffee table book releases of fall 2025.
Not since Sex and the City has a television show garnered so much attention for its on-screen outfits. In this photo-filled new Assouline book, the show's costume designer, Marylin Fitoussi, details exactly how she developed the now-iconic looks worn by Emily, Mindy, Sylvie, Camille, and the rest of the chic characters.
Whether you're a bona fide Birkin collector or simply an admirer from afar, this book about Hermès deserves a spot on your wish list. "These pages include archival material, vintage ads, direct testimonials, original photographs, and unpublished interviews revealing the true identity of Hermès," the product description reads.
For this book about the making of the 2019 film Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, director Quentin Tarantino granted Jay Glennie access to never-before-seen photographs, costume sketches, production memos, and more. It also features new, exclusive interviews with cast members, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Mikey Madison, Margaret Qualley, and Austin Butler.
Boasting over 200 images, some never published, former First Lady Michelle Obama's new book follows her fashion and beauty journey beginning in 2004, when former President Barack Obama first ran for U.S. Senate, to the present day.
Spanning an impressive 576 pages, this book uses drawings, editorial shoots, advertisements, portraits, and photographs to document the evolution of the house of Valentino, a favorite of everyone from Jackie Kennedy to Jennifer Lopez.
Before his passing, David Bowie posed for 16 different photo sessions with photographer Frank W. Ockenfels III. The results of those intimate get-togethers are compiled in this book, which includes many never-before-published photos of the artist formerly known as Ziggy Stardust.
To say that Lynn Wyatt is well-connected would be an understatement. After all, Andy Warhol took her portrait, Coco Chanel dressed her, and most recently, Elton John wrote the foreword to a stylish book about her life.
Sofia Coppola compiled this 448-page visual history of Chanel’s Haute Couture designs that's destined for the coffee tables of every fashion lover from here to eternity.
This book may not have the large-scale dimensions of a traditional coffee table tome, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in substance. "A renowned fashion historian, Valerie Steele draws on key psychoanalytic concepts about the body, sexuality, and the unconscious—from the dream theories of Freud and Jung to Lacan's mirror stage and Anzieu's skin ego—to interpret the work of designers such as Elsa Schiaparelli, Gianni Versace, and Alexander McQueen," the product description explains.
When the Beatles disbanded in 1970, the world wondered what would become of the Fab Four. This book tells the story of Paul McCartney's post-Beatles years as the founder of the band Wings. It features 150 black-and-white and color photographs, many previously unseen.
Written by longtime Vogue editor Laird Borrelli-Persson, Stetson: American Icon explores the genesis of the cowboy hat. Worn by everyone from Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan to Beyoncé and Margot Robbie, Stetson's handmade hats are ingrained in American history.
When a book starts off with forewords written by Sofia Coppola and Manolo Blahnik, you know it's going to be good. It not only chronicles what Marie Antoinette wore during her ill-fated reign but also delves into how her style has influenced decades of design, fashion, film, and art.
Fashion lovers of all stripes (get it?) are surely eager to get their hands on this tome, the tenth volume in the Catwalk series of hefty coffee table books. (Previous editions include Prada, Chanel, and Givenchy.) Laird Borrelli-Persson delves into the history of Jean Paul Gaultier, maker of Madonna's infamous conical bra from her Blond Ambition tour in 1990.
Costume jewelry may not be valuable enough to be immortalized in (and stolen from) the Louvre, but it's a category rife with whimsy, color, and artistry. This new book from publishing house Taschen documents over 600 pieces of costume jewelry owned by Italian art collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
"From 16th-century German hats shaped like plates to the 1950s bullet bra, this unique capsule not only uncovers the intention behind these kooky, sometimes oppressive, always outrageous trends, but theorizes how they all went so horribly wrong," the product description explains.
The fashion world was left reeling after Vivienne Westwood's death in 2022. If you can't get your hands on archival pieces she designed, this book is the next best thing to owning a piece of her legacy.
This photography book features 19 years worth of Vogue images lensed by Steven Klein, including photos of Alexander McQueen, Björk, Nicki Minaj, Karl Lagerfeld, and many others.
