Book-gifts

[mikro]

I received a lot less books this year, only two, which is probably good because it takes me a while to read them and I am still not done reading last years book gifts. I got Find The Work You're Wired To Do, by Ken Coleman. This one was from my Dad. He likes to get me books I have no interest in, but they are usually pretty good when I do read them. I like this one simply because it comes with a quiz and I love filling out quizzes.
The other one I received was Fashioning Japanese Subcultures(second edition), by Yuniya Kawamura. This one I asked for, from my Mother. I started it as soon as I could, and I plan to read it for a few hours on the plane/at the airport tomorrow. Subculture is a topic I am very interested in, and very probably why I end up doing things like wearing lolita fashion, and having a neocities website. Kawamura, who studied sociology, now works at FIT. She is the "de facto head of the schools Japanese department" according to a person in my local fashion community that was in one of her classes. But anyway, she has a great new and well researched perspective on subculture/neotribes and it is so so very interesting. I would recommend the book to anyone who likes academic writing or niche fashion.

I am not a great writer, and I have a hard time with words. I feel like that comes across in my posts here, but I want to be able to improve my speech and writing, so I will keep trying without becoming too word jumbled.

I hope everyone has a Happy new year and had a good holiday week!

Comments

[gs_silva]

Fashioning Japanese Subcultures sounds like an interesting read!

Lolita fashion is also a subculture in China, and I used to live by a convention center/mall complex where events were held often. I think people liked going to the mall in full dress, but there were also events now and then. It was fun watching them strut around. Some of them had attendants - companions who were dressed plainly and would assist the Lolita and primp her periodically. That was more common with the very elaborate costumes, like the snake queens, but it seemed like anyone could have an attendant.

[mikro]

That’s really neat. Because of lolita fashions popularity in China it has become much more affordable to wear, and Chinese indie brands make super high quality clothes! My second and third dresses were from Chinese indie brands and I still like to buy accessories,blouses etc. from taobao handmade brands.