Following on from the visit to the Design Museum and the lecture on fashion, and ahead of next week's visit to fabric producers in Slaithwaite, Yorkshire; whether or not you are coming on the visit you would benefit from reflecting more deeply on textiles, fabrics, and the part they play in your lives.
Among the books and artices to explore are:
Gordon, B. (2013)
Textiles: the whole story, London: Thames and Hudson
Hemmings, J. (Ed.) (2012)
The Textile Reader, Oxford: Berg
Ingold, T. (2010) "The textility of making",
Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 91-102
