The following books are available for reference only from the National Art Library on the first floor of the V&A.

Dress

  • R. Barnes, Mods!, London, 1979
  • C. Beaton, Fashion: An anthology by Cecil Beaton, London, 1971
  • R. Bennett-England, Dress Optional: The revolution in menswear, London, 1967
  • P. Bergé, Yves Saint Laurent, London, 1997
  • M. Bultitude (ed), Get Dressed: A useful guide to London's boutiques, London, 1966
  • E. Carter (ed), Mary Quant's London, London, 1979
  • F.A. Chenoune, History of Men's Fashion, Paris, 1993
  • A. De la Haye and C. Dingwall(eds), Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads and Skaters: Subcultural style from the forties to the nineties, London, 1996
  • A. De la Haye (ed), The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997, London, 1997
  • R. Ettinger, Psychedelic Chic: Artistic fashions of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Philadelphia, 1999
  • B. Hulanicki, From A to Biba, London, 1984
  • J. Lobenthal, Radical Rags: Fashions of the sixties, New York, 1990
  • R. Lynam(ed), Paris Fashion (Chapter 9: A Space Age Fashion), London, 1977
  • V. Mendes, Pierre Cardin: Past, Present, Future, London, 1990
  • V. Mendes and A. De la Haye, 20th Century Fashion, London, 1999
  • L. Miller, Cristobal Balenciaga, London, 1993
  • T. Polhemus, Streetstyle: From sidewalk to catwalk, London, 1994
  • M. Quant, Quant by Quant, London, 1966
  • Z. Rhodes and A. Knight, The Art of Zandra Rhodes, London, 1984
  • N. Rothstein (ed), Four Hundred Years of Fashion, London, 1984
  • T. Salter, Carnaby Street, Surrey, 1970
  • D. Vreeland and Y. Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent, New York, 1983
  • R. Walker, The Savile Row Story: An illustrated history, London, 1988
  • J. Watt, Ossie Clark 1965-74, London, 2003
  • C. Wilcox and V. Mendes, Modern Fashion in Detail, London, 1991

Textiles and Decorative Art

  • N. Dyrenforth, The Technique of Batik, London, 1988
  • C. and P. Fiell(eds), 60s Decorative Art, London, 2000
  • C. Greenberg, Op to Pop: Furniture of the 1960s, London, 1999
  • N. Ikoku, The Victoria and AlbertMuseum's Textile Collection: British textile design 1940 to the present, London, 1999
  • L. Jackson, The Sixties: Decade of design revolution, London, 1998
  • L. Jackson, 20th Century Pattern Design: Textile and wallpaper pioneers, London, 2002
  • V. Mendes and F. Hinchcliffe, Ascher: Fabric, Art, Fashion, London, 1987
  • P. Suhonen and J. Pallasmaa (eds), Marimekko, Helsinki, 1983

Photography and Modelling

  • D. Bailey, Goodbye Baby and Amen: A Saraband for the Sixties, New York, 1969
  • D. Bailey, Box of Pin-ups, London, 1965
  • P. Devlin, Vogue Book of Fashion Photography, New York, 1979
  • V. Mendes, John French Fashion Photographer, London, 1984
  • J. Shrimpton, My Own Story: The truth about modelling, New York, 1964
  • Twiggy, Twiggy: An Autobiography, Suffolk, 1975

Lifestyle and Society

  • N. Cawthorne, Sixties Source Book, London, 1989
  • N. Cohn, Ball the Wall: Nik Cohn in the Age of Rock, London, 1989
  • J. Harris, S. Hyde and G. Smith, 1966 and All That: Design and the consumer in Britain, 1960-1969, London, 1986
  • D. Hebdige, Hiding in the Light, London, 1988
  • D. Hebdige, Subculture: The meaning of style, London, 1979
  • C. MacInnes, Absolute Beginners, London, 1959
  • Malcolm X and A. Haley, Autobiography of Malcolm X, London, 1965
  • M. McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, New York, 1964
  • F. Wheen, The Sixties: A fresh look at the decade of change, London, 1982
  • T. Wolfe, The Pump House Gang, New York, 1968
  • T. Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, New York, 1968