I've dipped a little into aesthetics of dress to help with my pattern designs for knitting and crochet, but I'm hankering to see the source materials this book references. The book itself brings many threads of 20th century thought together, and the author's snarky comments are generally spot on and (painfully) amusing. I may still design sweaters with animals on them, but at least now I know it's Ruskin who thinks I should be sticking with abstractions. But I will be careful about where I place my swans. This book was a seriously fun and sad and delightfully opinionated book that gave me a really detailed look into a part of fashion/style/clothing history in our country, as well as a bunch of respect for women I had thought of as sort of prissy and stodgy. Now that my ageism has been dealt a swift blow, I'm reminded that I enjoy almost nothing so much as a book about the history of home economics. This one was super good.
Interesting and good illustrations, but hoped for more information applicable to today.
—blackbunny
Back to basics. Nothing novel here, but much needed reminders. Thank you!
—Yukari
Emphasis on solid principles of dressing well. R.P. Thierry, Where Love Is
—tiffany
How can Fashion be boring????????? Well read this!
—renanpaulino
