Suzi Clarke wrote: > At 21:06 27/04/2008, you wrote: >> It's not "depressing" that you are in the SCA, it's "depressing" that >> other groups do not seem to value books nearly as much. >> >> Fran > > Why does anyone have to be in a "group" to buy costume related books?
What may be misleading is that a large proportion of the people on this list work in the medieval and Renaissance periods, so most of the people answering have been mentioning books from those periods. Many of those people are in the SCA, which is understandable given the size of the organization compared with other "groups." So the impression may be more a question of the proportional representation on this list than anything intrinsic to a specific group or study of a particular period. I am not in the SCA or any other group, but I work only on medieval clothing, so my answers reflected that. I have lots and lots of books. It's the nature of my work. It's also the nature of Penny's work (she having started this thread, and she also specializes in periods later than medieval -- which is why she has lots of photos and magazines, and I don't!). The nature of someone else's work might be served by a very narrow set of references, depending on type of the costuming they do and the availability of sources. And a lot of people have to choose between books and fabric. You can't get fabric (or sewing machines!) from the library, so that often is where the money has to go. It doesn't mean these people aren't using books. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
