Recs if you like Worn: A People's History of Clothing...
Teach me something new and oddly specific 💬
Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!
The history of *[niche subject]*
Do you want to be hot and smart but are tired of trying to find a nonfiction book that appeals to you? Why don't you try finding a fun subject and become the life of the party at your next gathering👀 everyone will stand up and give you a round of applause when you share these cool facts🙂↕️
microhistories: “how do you even know that??”
microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"
Walk walk fashion baby
Fashion history, culture, and politics for the girlies who read Vogue online as formative literature ✨ Always open to suggestions!
Learning how textiles shape history
books on the history of fiber and textiles
Feminist Geography
All things take place across space and time. Bodies as a geography Emotional geographies Cultural geography I fucking love geography
Opting Out of Fast Fashion
How and why to mend your clothes
SISTER LISTS: Mending Used to Be Normal | Stitch It, Don't Ditch It | Radical Craft History | When Artists Go to Work | What's In Your Analog Bag?
👒 from head to toe 👡
a look at the world of fabric, clothing, and fashion throughout the centuries
Here…Educate yourself!
Nonfiction books across varying interests. Excludes memoirs and self help books
fashion foreword
books about the history of fashion
Fashion in history
Books about fashion in history for adults and children - compiling this list because I saw many intriguing books about fashion recently at the library :)
break up with fast fashion
books on the history of textiles and sewists, on the evolution of clothing, and on the overconsumption that drives fast fashion—and destroys the environment—and why we should all buy secondhand
Haute Coture
Books that explore all of the different aspects of this art medium
Connecting Yarns: Fiber Arts NonFiction
Non-fiction stories about the way textiles intersect with our lives through art, history, textile industry, farming, or reflections on craft.
Non fiction books for when you want to know more
Here is my small list of books about all sorts of things I find interesting and want to know more of.
Microhistories
Books about one very specific thing throughout history (feel free to leave recs in the comments :) )
