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Writer's Block: Collect 'em all
May. 19th, 2011 09:41 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
Books, oh doG, books.
Not something I set out to collect, but I think scoring a copy of "Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd" for ~$30(!) around 10 years ago is what really got my costume history library rolling. My interests dictate that most of these involve European costume, but in recent years I've been drifting into non-European and social/dress theory as well. I only try to get all books about specific designers (Fortuny, Miyake, and Westwood) and have a mental block about purchasing books I can't read* (my shelves are thankful that I'm monolingual).
For sanity's sake, I try to restrict my book purchases to non-fiction/art for reference and fiction I can't get at the library. This has helped limit the crazy.
*Except for the Pattern Magic series. I don't read Japanese but I do read "pattern".
Books, oh doG, books.
Not something I set out to collect, but I think scoring a copy of "Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd" for ~$30(!) around 10 years ago is what really got my costume history library rolling. My interests dictate that most of these involve European costume, but in recent years I've been drifting into non-European and social/dress theory as well. I only try to get all books about specific designers (Fortuny, Miyake, and Westwood) and have a mental block about purchasing books I can't read* (my shelves are thankful that I'm monolingual).
For sanity's sake, I try to restrict my book purchases to non-fiction/art for reference and fiction I can't get at the library. This has helped limit the crazy.
*Except for the Pattern Magic series. I don't read Japanese but I do read "pattern".
