{"id":4095,"date":"2013-12-05T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/?p=4095"},"modified":"2013-12-03T15:01:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T22:01:31","slug":"tempting-finds-on-the-fashion-bookshelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/tempting-finds-on-the-fashion-bookshelf\/","title":{"rendered":"Tempting finds on the Fashion bookshelf…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It seems to me that the pace of publishing in the fashion history field has been growing exponentially since I left graduate school. At that time, I remember being told by a professor that fashion books were few and far between, and the best place to find them was at The Strand (an amazing used bookstore in Manhattan).<\/p>\n

Now though, the books just keep on coming. As readers may have seen over the last few weeks, I’ve been attempting to review many of them. Primarily, these have been coffee table books like Debutantes: When Glamour Was Born<\/a><\/em>, beautifully produced exhibition catalogs like Pearls<\/a><\/em> and Hollywood Costume<\/a><\/em> and much-needed monographs like Jean Patou<\/a><\/em>. For more book reviews check out the\u00a0 “Books & Resources<\/a>” subject area on the site.<\/p>\n

Of course there are a number of books that I just haven’t had a chance to properly review, and I thought it would be a good idea to mention them here, so people have more of an idea on what’s just come out:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/strong>Gilded New York: Design, Fashion & Society<\/a><\/em> (November 2013) of which the Sam Roberts at The New York Times <\/em>said “\u201cForget the 1 percent. Consider them gracious and empathetic compared with the denizens of Gilded New York<\/em> during two decades of excess from 1885 to 1905. This lavishly illustrated volume illuminates the mansions, costumes and other accouterments of the people whose philanthropy helped produce the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Opera, but whose self-indulgence also gave big money a bad name.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500\u20131800<\/em><\/a> (September 2013) An exhibition catalog that the Wall Street Journal<\/em> describes as “the fascinating history of weaving techniques, raw materials and design patterns shared through links of trade between cultures in Europe, Asia, Africa and the New World. . . . Authoritative essays on export routes, textile technology and global trends in taste complement fine photographs of textiles from around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colette’s France: Her lives, her loves<\/em><\/a> (October 2013) A heavily illustrated biography, with a beautiful cover, ForeWord Reviews<\/em> describes by saying “Her beauty and brilliance are captured strikingly in this artful, sensual biography.”<\/p>\n

Amazing books in this field continue to surprise, delight, and educate — I’m looking forward to the coming year of reading. And I don’t anticipate that the pace of fashion publishing will slow down anytime soon (especially as the divide between print and digital continues. Fashion books lend themselves well to the physically printed medium — at least for now!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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