From hardcover retrospectives to indie zines brimming with attitude, here are some highlights from this year’s releases worth adding to your personal library or bedside table.
“Study, study, study. Learn, watch movies, look at art, literature,” Miuccia Prada said in conversation with Raf Simons following their Prada SS21 show. And so you can do just that: these photobooks, zines, and fashion publications from 2025 serve as both study and rabbit hole for your curiosity, while reflecting the spirit of our times. From hardcover retrospectives to indie zines brimming with attitude, here are some highlights from this year’s releases worth adding to your personal library or bedside table. Keep reading…
The Dara Zine, Cruz Valdez
A 42‑page fashion zine created by photographer Cruz Valdez and stylist/model Dara, capturing a decade of their creative friendship with fearless, spontaneous imagery. The project blends playful visual motifs, from vintage cinema references to expressive character studies, with a raw, unfiltered fashion vernacular. Launched in New York with a sold‑out debut at Climax Books, the zine embodies creative freedom and emotional authenticity beyond mainstream fashion publishing. Its joyful, narrative‑driven pages reflect a return to indie zine culture’s roots.
The Office, Camille Bidault‑Waddington
Stylist and author Camille Bidault‑Waddington’s The Office documents the invisible labour behind fashion photography using iPhone photos of photographers, crew and creatives at work. The book spans years of behind‑the‑scene moments, offering a human, process‑driven perspective on how fashion imagery is made. With contributions from hundreds of photographers and a thoughtful eye on collaboration, it reframes fashion work as storytelling and craft. The Office is both a meditation on authorship and a rare look at fashion’s collaborative essence.
You Are What You Do, Daniel Arnold
Published by Loose Joints in 2025, You Are What You Do is the newest monograph from New York street photography cult figure Daniel Arnold, whose work blends raw human moments with wit and empathy. The landscape‑format book spans 184 pages and 124 colour plates, drawing on Arnold’s extensive archive of city life, from unscripted street scenes to behind‑the‑scenes fashion and film moments. His wry, tragicomic eye captures both joyful spontaneity and quiet vulnerability, offering a panoramic, affectionate portrait of New York and its characters. Designed by Loose Joints Studio and edited by Sarah Chaplin Espenon, the volume distills Arnold’s signature style into a generous and classical photographic object
No Shows, Nick Offord
Photographer, artist, and former model Nick Offord’s No Shows captures the unseen moments of men’s fashion weeks in Paris, London, Milan and New York, from waiting rooms and hotel beds to airports and idle hours. Published by Roadmap in 2025 as a first edition of 250 copies, the softcover book blends bold colour, candid intimacy and youthful energy into a portrait of emerging talent and fashion culture off the runway. Offord’s insider perspective reveals the tension, humour and humanity beneath fashion’s polished exterior. It’s a raw, heartfelt document of a decade spent inside fashion’s peripheries.
Davide Sorrenti Journals: Volume 1 1994–1995
Edited and published by IDEA Books, Davide Sorrenti Journals collects the late photographer’s notebooks, Polaroids, contact sheets and ephemera from the mid‑1990s, giving an unfiltered look into his creative process. Curated by his mother Francesca Sorrenti, the 192‑page volume reveals the raw visual language that would influence 90s fashion photography and the downtown aesthetic. Limited to 1,000 copies, the journals situate Sorrenti’s work within its cultural moment, offering rare access to his ideas and inspirations. The book functions as both archive and narrative of a restless, influential creative life.
Everything! 001, Michella Bredahl & Lotta Volkova
Everything! 001 is a limited‑edition photobook shot by Michella Bredahl with styling by Lotta Volkova, released earlier this year. It features 26 images of dancers photographed in their homes and studios in Paris wearing pieces from the Miu Miu Autumn/Winter 2024 collection, blending street energy with high fashion. The book was published in an edition of 300 and is available through IDEA, Dover Street Market New York, and Haven Surf Antwerp. Its intimate, expressive imagery strips back performance spaces to reveal movement and clothing in everyday settings.
ALL‑IN Magazine #8 “Fan Fiction”
All‑In Magazine’s latest issue, #8: Fan Fiction, centres on the creative energy of fandom and storytelling, exploring how characters, icons, and personas shape contemporary culture. It arrives as a limited‑edition softcover of 372 pages, wrapped in a full‑bleed poster and held together with a printed pin, a design as playful as its editorial content. Contributors include a mix of established names and rising talents such as Alex Consani, Lotta Volkova, Jeremy Scott, Arca, Caroline Polachek and Michella Bredahl, drawing from music, fashion and art worlds. The issue captures the here and now through collaborations and conversations between established and emerging artists, reflecting All‑In’s reputation for hybrid creativity and cultural cross‑pollination.
Blue Hour, Senta Simond
Swiss photographer Senta Simond’s Blue Hour, published by Mörel Books, explores intimacy and the emotional landscape of masculinity through extended portraits of her partner and muse, model Leon Dame. The series blurs the line between private moments and public gaze, softening traditional representations of male subjects with vulnerability and tenderness. Shot across New York and California, the images feel cinematic and contemplative, revealing personal connection as performance. Blue Hour reframes the male figure with empathy and quiet intensity.
The Nineties × Anna Sui
Published by Rizzoli, The Nineties × Anna Sui is a rich visual and narrative retrospective celebrating the designer’s groundbreaking fashion impact in the 1990s. The book weaves archival runway images, sketches, fabric swatches and cultural ephemera to capture the era’s eclectic fusion of grunge, punk, rock and vintage style that defined Sui’s aesthetic. Contributions from figures like Marc Jacobs, Sofia Coppola and Linda Evangelista illuminate her influence on fashion, music and youth culture. More than a designer monograph, it’s an immersion into a decade that reshaped contemporary style.
Konkursas, Francesca Allen
British photographer Francesca Allen’s Konkursas, published by Steidl in collaboration with Chloé Arts, documents Lithuania’s annual Konkursas Pasaulio Ilgaplaukės, the world’s longest hair competition, with surreal, ritualistic portraits. Allen’s fascination with ritual, tradition and spectacle results in imagery that examines identity, aspiration and the performance of femininity within a folkloric context. The book extends her artistic practice of intimacy and ritual into a compelling visual narrative. Konkursas was also presented as an exhibition at Paris Photo 2025 under Chloé’s Arts program.
Words – Moira Gonzalez