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BY CHRISTINA BINKLEY
The latest crop of style-related books is a particularly substantial lot.
They pull back the veil of mystery from fashion, offer fresh perspective on major style figures, and offer help for dealing with bulges, blemishes and other daily dilemmas.
One of my favorites is a memoir by Grace Coddington, a Vogue editor many remember as the curmudgeonly breakout star of "The September Issue," the movie about Vogue's fall fashion issue. With this book, she breaks away from the pack again. If you prefer a more scholarly approach, the "Empress of Fashion"—a biography of fashion editor Diana Vreeland—is a hearty meat ...
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