Recs if you like The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History...
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"
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Yeah I'm Into MILFs -- Moths I'd Like to Find
Non-fiction and fiction books with moths in them. That's it. That's the list. PS: Why isn't there a moth emoji already?!?
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Walk walk fashion baby
Fashion history, culture, and politics for the girlies who read Vogue online as formative literature ✨ Always open to suggestions!
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Learning how textiles shape history
books on the history of fiber and textiles
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Radical Craft History
Nonfiction on critical theory + political history of art & craft.
SISTER LISTS: When Artists Go to Work | You Should Start a Zine | Opting Out of Fast Fashion
(In progress)
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👒 from head to toe 👡
a look at the world of fabric, clothing, and fashion throughout the centuries
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fashion foreword
books about the history of fashion
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Fibre arts 🧶
Books to learn about the history of knitting, embroidery and the political context in which this traditionally “women’s work” is placed
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All about textiles and fashion history
for the sewists, fiber artists, and fashion nerds alike
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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
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Craft NonFiction
Non-fiction stories about the way textiles intersect with our lives through art, history, textile industry, farming, or reflections on craft.
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Micro Histories
Super specific history of unexpected things
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TOBC books ´26
Our TransOceanicBookClub reading list for 2026 💙
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