Dressing Up: Sandy Liang - (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Ways of dressing from New York-based designer Sandy Liang--a love letter to girlhood, femininity, and personal style.

More than a decade into her namesake fashion brand, Sandy Liang celebrates the quintessential girlish universe she has built--one that has captivated a devoted audience the world over. Her collections--featuring bows, Peter Pan collars, pleated skirts, ballet-inspired details, florals, and kawaii motifs--combine a downtown New York sensibility with references drawn from memory, nostalgia, and youth culture. While rooted in her upbringing in New York City, Liang's work has cultivated a global following, with audiences in Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, and beyond.

This new compendium is for the girls. It gathers iconic ephemera from Liang's world: offering an inspiring peek behind the curtain: a deep dive into the designer's obsessions, childhood nostalgia, and reverence for the past. Newly published images from Liang's archive--including her personal film and iPhone photos--are curated using an intimate lens, offering readers a look at a treasure trove of cherished inspirations, countless runway shots, endless variations of uniform dressing, and more--all of which will inspire readers to expand their own, unique, ways of getting dressed.

Review Quotes

"Sandy Liang is releasing a book! Has there ever been anything cuter? New York's favorite girl's girl is debuting her first monograph with Rizzoli featuring her go-to stylist Dean DiCrisio and the inimitable Ava Nirui." -- I-D

"Sandy Liang is releasing a book! Has there ever been anything cuter? New York's favorite girl's girl is debuting her first monograph with Rizzoli featuring her go-to stylist Dean DiCrisio and the inimitable Ava Nirui." -- HYPEBEAST

"Liang is also releasing a book, Dressing Up: Sandy Liang, in September that touches on the impact of girlhood on her brand. "Obviously I love bows. I love ruffles. I like ribbons. I like all of that," she says. "For me, that's an automatic sign of girlhood. But I think it's about thinking beyond that and not just making everything pink and sweet, because that's not what girlhood is either." -- ELLE.COM

About the Author

Sandy Liang, a native New Yorker, is the founder of her eponymous fashion label. Her designs are internationally applauded for the thoughtful execution of themes including nostalgia, girlhood, and grandmothers in Chinatown. Ava Nirui is a New York based creative director responsible for the creation of Heaven by Marc Jacobs. Dean DiCriscio is a stylist based between New York and LA.