If you want to have more fun getting dressed and build a wardrobe that actually feels like you, these five books, released this year, are a great place to start. From practical styling advice to vintage inspiration and city-loving fashion fantasy, each one offers a different way to sharpen your personal style. 

The Art of Intentional Dressing by Erin Walsh

Celebrity stylist Erin Walsh’s The Art of Intentional Dressing treats getting dressed as a form of self-discovery. Her signature CREATE method helps readers figure out how they want to feel, edit their closets, and choose clothes that support the person they want to become. 

It’s a good pick if you want style advice with a little more mindset behind it. The book includes mood archetypes, colour theory, silhouette guidance, and grounding rituals, alongside practical closet-editing tips.

Pretend to Be Fancy by Whitney Marston Pierce 

Pretend to Be Fancy is the playful, confident guide for anyone who wants to feel more polished and carry their own style. Whitney Marston Pierce covers fashion, food, friendship, and decor, with easy tips for living a more stylish life. 

Expect advice on building a timeless capsule wardrobe, modern etiquette, and plenty of funny anecdotes. It’s less about following rules and more about giving yourself permission to feel chic, cultured, and self-assured.

Dressing Up: Sandy Liang

Sandy Liang’s Dressing Up is a visual love letter to girlhood, nostalgia, and personal style. The New York designer blends runway images, personal film and iPhone photos, and archive material into a scrapbook-style look at more than a decade of her brand.

Rather than a how-to manual, it invites you to explore your own version of dressing and get dressed with more imagination.

Jenny Sais Quoi: Adventures in Vintage & Personal Style by Jenny Walton

Jenny Sais Quoi: Adventures in Vintage & Personal Style is a visual diary, a style coach, and a celebration of secondhand fashion, all in one. Jenny Walton combines essays, illustrations, paintings, snapshots, and collages to share how vintage clothing helped shape her confidence and creativity.

The book offers ideas on shopping vintage, colour paletting, curating a wardrobe, and treating an outfit like a work of art. It’s especially fun if you love the idea of building a style that feels collected and personal rather than trend-driven.

Manhattan Wardrobe by Blair Breitenstein 

Blair Breitenstein’s Manhattan Wardrobe turns New York City into a style mood board. The illustrator explores the fashion contrast between Uptown, polished and classic, and Downtown, edgy and experimental, while highlighting places to shop, dine, and explore across the city.

Filled with whimsical fashion illustrations, it’s a great choice for anyone who wants to think about style through place, atmosphere, and attitude. It may be about New York, but it carries a universal message that your surroundings can inspire how you dress.