Susan,
My book is the 2005- fourth edition and has a white cover. When I first it
was our textbook title last spring, I thought "Oh. no!" Why even make the
students buy it. I would have had to supplement the older editions a lot.
Then I went through newer edition and found a lot more references to events
in fashion history and designers. I really think the book is worth the
price if they are going to take more than one costume history class. I can
understand in a community college setting not paying that high of price for
a textbook.
Others who are teaching costume or fashion history... what level is your
class taught? Mine is a 300 level. I ask because I earned an AA Fashion
degree in what was now a community college. When I transferred to a senior
college, some of my fashion classes wouldn't transfer because they needed to
be taken at a senior college 300 & 400 level. I had this happen at the
university where I teach at and University of New Mexico. I even had to
repeat a consumerism class taken at UNM because it wasn't taken at the
proper level. It was such a pain in the butt taking classes over because
they weren't taken at the proper level... and the waste of money.
Susan, what are you doing at Uof T?
Penny Ladnier,
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
www.costumelibrary.com
www.costumeclassroom.com
www.costumeencyclopedia.com
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