Six Books on Sustainability and Some Things I Learned
Summaries and snippets of six books on fashion and textile sustainability.
Category Archive: Book Reviews
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What Clothes Reveal
You know the image of our industrious forebears — After studying textile history for the last 20 years, I had a hazy idea that that image casts our ancestors in a glorified light,… Continue reading
Hollywood Sketchbook
Wouldn’t you love to be rummaging around at an auction or thrift store, and discover a box crammed full of costume swatches and sketches? Hollywood Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration is the… Continue reading
Bayeux Tapestry – Books, Part Two
Reading about the Bayeux Tapestry made me want to know more background information on the Normans – where did they come from? Why did they want to expand into England? I mean, the… Continue reading
Bayeux Tapestry – Books, Part One
The Bayeux Tapestry seems so modern in its objectivity. It presents what happened, but you can never tell what side it’s on. No individual stands out as looking more handsome and heroic than… Continue reading
Textile Time Travel – the Middle Ages
It’s not often that we get the kind of bleak rainy weather we’ve had lately, so I’ve been glad for the excuse to stay inside and lose myself in some wonderful books and… Continue reading
Women Are Here to Stay!
We wrapped up our recent visit to Big Bend with a short stay in Marfa, Texas. Marfa is famous for its mystery lights, (written about even before cars were invented), for its reputation… Continue reading
Immersed in the Impressionists – Part Three
If ever you mention books from the 1800s to people, what is their most likely response? “You know they were paid by the word, that’s why there’s so much description.” Well, that’s not… Continue reading
Immersed in the Impressionists – Part Two
In my last post I related how Dancing for Degas started me down the path of trying to find out how the Impressionists were affected by war. After reading that novel, my next… Continue reading
Immersed in the Impressionists
I had big plans for April – I was going to focus on Art with a capital A. I was going to read about art, watch movies about art, go to art museums… Continue reading