Monthly Archives: November 2011
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This Week..
Seeing good friends. London. Christmas Lights. Bodeans. Libertys Christmas section. University. Work. Christmas Shopping. Sleepy time tea. Funbelina. Roast Dinner. Date night. Autumn… My week summed up.
Some of my Current Reading List..
The above books are just few books that I have read/reading for my university course, the course is so varied. Next week we have a lecture on class, hence the Owen Jones book (It’s really enlightening so far, but I’m also finding it slightly Biased? not all the Working Classes are ‘Chavs’?). The John Styles book has been one of the most interesting reads, for me, so far throughout the course, his research into fashions of the middling classes in the 18th century is revolutionary, and before his research using probate inventories a lot of writings by previous historians into the middle classes involvement in the consumer revolution had been misinformed and not based on primary sources. I only picked up the ‘Japan Fashion Now’ the other day so haven’t really got stuck into it yet, one of the essays I’ll be writing is on Subcultures and Subverting the meaning of Objects, So I thought I’d focus on Japanese Subcultures, I’ve also found some Articles on ‘Lolitas’ and consumption which I’m excited about.
I’m loving my course so far.
This Week..
This week was Reading week, So.. it consisted of mainly trying to get most of my work out of the way.Power point is not my friend. In between the uni work I did get to leave the house at some points, Ben took me for an amazing Steak dinner, We met 2 good friends for a lovely meal, I picked up some Gucci pumps from work (above photo). I also attended a trip to the rare book section of the Brighton Library this was a highlight of the week, it was amazing, getting to handle books from the early 17th century etc, one of the most amazing books they had out was a book created by a member of captain cooks voyage, this person collected different fabrics from all the islands they visited Including fabrics used for the clothes of human sacrifice! So so amazing that this fabric has lasted hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years and gives us a glimpse into the lives of people from that time. My mind was blown.
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