Posts filed under “Literature”
Global Denim Project – Anthropology of Denim
Watch this video while you’re high… (presentation starts at 2m35s) This is Daniel Miller, talking about his philosophy / anthropology of denim. Here’s the book GLOBAL DENIM PROJECT Here’s the web site http://www.ucl.ac.uk/global-denim-project/
Jeans of the Old West: A History
This book is seriously amazing. It’s like getting access to the best denim museum in the world. You should also visit the discussion thread on the Superfuture – Superdenim forum. I think that Michael Allen Harris has been posting numerous updates and additional pictures to the discussion thread.
Free & Easy Denim Issue
Jobsey got me the latest issue of Free & Easy which has a focus on denim. I love these illustrations in this issue. And I want this Duckdigger 1873 Riveted Vest.
Take Ivy
The Take Ivy book has become pretty famous. It’s a 1965 Japanese photobook of the fashion/lifestyle at Ivy League Universities. In recent years it became rare and quite collectable. Now it has been re-released and translated into English. I think there might be a bit too much hype around the book. Probably hype around its [...]
Real McCoys SPEC-REPORT
For Real McCoys fans, the Free & Easy Nov09 Edition, SPEC-REPORT could be good.
Fugitive Denim
This books sounds interesting From Azerbaijan to New York City, a human-scale view of global trade. In the business of making and selling clothes, “Made in” labels do precious little to convey the constellation of treaties, countries, and people at work in the assembly of a simple pair of jeans. In Fugitive Denim journalist Rachel [...]
Evisu Photo Book Tateoti
The Tateoti book is more expensive than a magazine, so I thought I’d give you a glimpse of what is good about it. It’s a similar size to a regular magazine, denim covered, and the first two thirds of the book is just full of photos of worn-in denim. The image captions include the denim [...]
Amazon Japan Ships Internationally Fast
I’d been meaning to actually purchase something from Amazon Japan for a while (for a long period of time they didn’t ship outside of Japan). I just ordered a stack of denim magazines last week, and they arrived in five days! I was surprised they arrived so fast. My experience with Amazon USA has always [...]
Lightning No.62 The Denim Book
Lightning magazine are releasing another denim book this month. I’ll be visiting Japan next month, but I doubt I’ll be doing much shopping. The Australian dollar has collapsed compared to the Japanese yen… I might be able to afford this book.
Levi Strauss & Co. by Lynn Downey
I noticed this book on amazon: I haven’t seen it before. It looks interesting. Does anyone have it? Is it worth getting?