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'Tis the season for fashion tomes - and this year's offer both style and substance. Anna Sui (a comprehensive tour through the varied career of the iconic designer) and Edith Head (a tribute to the Hollywood costuming legend) lead the pack. Others worth a look right now include a new collection of Manolo Blahnik's shoe illustrations, Nylon's latest street-style album (which provides a cheat sheet for what pretty young things across the globe are wearing) and 100 Contemporary Fashion Designers (a gorgeous two-book set that spotlights the new class of sartorial superstars).

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Anna Sui (Chronicle Books) $70 at Indigo and Chapters stores across Canada or through www.chapters.indigo.ca.

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Nylon Street View: The New Nylon Book of Global Style (Universe Publishing) $28.95 at Indigo.

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100 Contemporary Fashion Designers (Taschen) $49.95 at Indigo.

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100 Contemporary Fashion Designers (Taschen) $49.95 at Indigo.

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Manolo's New Shoes (The Monacelli Press) $60 at Indigo.

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Edith Head: The Fifty-Year Career of Hollywood's Greatest Costume Designer (Running Press) $90 at Indigo.

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