Petite things, skinny things, colorful things have always been hot in the world of fashion but there’s an exception to the rule, I am talking bout fashion books.



Among the season’s fashion-themed, coffee-table, gift-worthy books, the trend is big, thick, and black-and-white.



The mammoth “Louis Vuitton” (Abrams, $125) by Paul-Gerard Pasols features a monogrammed leather handle on the cover, that is tempting enough to invite readers to pull open the lid on the luxury brand’s 151-year history. And the first page is not an LV logo but a portrait of Louis Vuitton himself, a mustached Frenchman born in a mountainous region in 1821.