If you're a fashion fan or not, 50 Fashion Designers You Should Know by Prestel, will let you explore the world of high fashion and expensive price tags, providing you with a crash course in to everything couture.

Featuring the 50 most prestigious, influential and iconic fashion designers from across history and around the globe, this book provides photographs, biographies and a timeline, so you can swot up and know your stuff. Showcasing the likes of Oscar De La Renta, Coco's successor Karl Largerfeld, Valentino, Ralph Lauren, Jean Paul Gautier, Stella McCartney, queen of British fashion Vivienne Westwood and many more.

With fashion and designers spanning the centuries, this title is a must have for any self proclaimed fashionista.

You can pick up a copy of the book from Prestel now.