“Vintage- what wonders this word now conjures up when linked with fashion! A magical harvest of wearable art!”
–Zandra Rhodes
Fashion addict? If so, Vintage Fashion is the bible of fashion for every fashionista out there. This is a book that targets the ones that live and breathe fashion every day of their lives. Starting from the 1900’s to the end of the 1980’s, Vintage Fashion dictates an in-depth analysis simply about fashion and its movements and designers. Not only does Vintage Fashion have informative text, it displays over 250 photographs, and a shopping guide at the end of the book.
The 1960’s and 1970’s started a revolution of new and outrageous fashion, which happens to be a personal favorite. Clothing in these decades were very fun, futuristic, and free flowing. In America fabrics in this era tended to be very loud with bright colors and psychedelic patterns. In France, fashion designers were doing the complete opposite. They were making everything more futuristic with solid colors and modernistic designs. In the late 60’s floral prints slowly appeared on outfits while dresses and clothing become more bohemian and free flowing. The 1970’s Hippie style was born. Pop music turned into rock music which caused festival-goers to have virtues of free love and later invented a street style of ethnic clothes. They painted daisies on their faces and had flowers in their hair, while wearing free flowing floral printed dresses. However, overseas, Japan had become even more bizarre to the public eye, while in Britain the punk revolution became rebellious against society.
Of the 250 photographs in Vintage Fashion, each is notated with a short description of what is in the picture. The shopping guide at the end can be very useful to all fashionistas out there. From flappers to hippies, and designers to street fashion, Vintage Fashion has it all.
Do you like to look good? Do you enjoy the concept of art that can be worn? Whether you’re in it for the aesthetics or want to make your latest project fashionable, please enjoy this selection of the library’s repetoire of fashion-related books!
You are welcome to check these items out at the circulation desk and take them with you.
“It’s a monument to my glory days of yore, and I have yet to meet anyone with an iota of skateboarding in their pastregardless of hardcore proclivities or collecting biasesthat hasn’t walked in, stared at the wall and momentarily lost themselves in a time warp of memories. Such is the unique and twisted power of the vintage skateboard.” – Sean Cliver
Destined for destruction, skateboard graphics have hardly been revered as high art in the eyes of those outside the skateboarding subculture. However, many of these once massed produced pieces of screen printed plywood hold collection value comparative to that of gallery paintings.
The Disposable Skateboard Bible introduces the reader to the little known and much less understood world of vintage skateboard collecting, or as the author Sean Cliver would call it, “skatehoarding.” Squeezing together decades of note worthy decks, this book serves as a hard-bound time capsule of skateboard graphic history. With a light hearted and whimsical style, Cliver discusses his journey into the sometimes dark and damaging obsession of skateboard collecting. Built around visuals more than text, this book outlines the creation of the first skateboard museum, Skatelab and chronologically documents many, but not all, of the coveted pieces in the collection.
The Disposable Skateboard Bible is great for anyone with an interest in skateboarding culture and history. It’s 367 pages are ripe with a colorful, visual evolution of skateboard graphics destined to intrigue even those with the faintest regard for the sport. This book may be particularly inspirational to students in both Illustration and Design who might be considering skate graphics as a career path.
Movie Clips is a free website that is in beta. Their primary purpose is to provide short clips of movies to be embedded in social networking sites. The clips are fairly brief, and you can’t view them in a large format on their search page. They do provide you with a link to embed the clips.
However, their website is a potentially useful research tool. In addition to normal search categories like movie title, actor, and genre, you can also search
dialogue (see image below)
character (blind person, hooligan, nun)
mood (brainy, quirky, witty)
theme (aging, survival, victory)
setting (alien planet, boardroom, swamp), and
prop (banana, golf club, hacksaw)
Those search categories are potentially very useful when you are trying to research films with certain aspects.
Right now the website only has clips and indexing information from six major Hollywood studios: 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal and Warner Bros. Also, it is available only in the U.S. and Canada.
Dr. Williams recommends The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, writing the following:
This is one of the smartest, cleverest, most well-written books I’ve read in the last ten years. And the weird part is there is not a single redeeming character in the entire thing – until right at the end. “Correction” is a theme throughout the book, and if we learn anything from Stephen King’s On Writing besides the mantra “writers must read,” we learn that themes emerge after a full draft, and are “developed” in later drafts. Frazen perfectly developed the theme, and crafted an incredibly intricate, fun read.
The faculty favorite series highlights faculty-recommended books, magazines, annuals, databases, DVDs, and more in the Ringling College Library.
OK, the librarians are pretty excited about the latest development of the RedLaser app – now you can use your iPhone to look up whether we have a book in our library. Pretty handy when you’re out shopping and find a book you like – just scan it, email the info to yourself, and check it out from the library for free!
Did you give or receive any handmade gifts for the holidays? Or perhaps you’ve made a resolution to craft more to relieve stress in 2010. Never fear, the library has plenty of books, DVDs, and magazines this month around the theme of “Do It Yourself.” These include techniques for every kind of creative person, including:
Image attribution: "Greyhounds are Very Elegant" by Usonian, http://www.flickr.com/photos/usonian/98295096/
The library faculty and staff are always happy to see students successfully finishing up their semester this time of year. We’re also really excited for all of the students to get to work on their sleep deficit! We hope that you enjoy your time off, and get to spend time with family and friends over the next month.
We’re going to be taking a bit of a break ourselves, so make sure you check out the hours below so that you know when we’re open.
Sunday, December 13 – Closed
Monday-Friday, December 14-18 – 8:30-4:30
December 19 – January 3 – Closed
Monday-Friday, January 4-8 – 8:30-4:30
Saturday, January 9 – Closed
Sunday, January 10 – 4:00-11:00
REPORTS TO: Instruction and Research Services Librarian
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Peer research consultation.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provides individual consultations on-demand and by appointment about using library resources to find appropriate information for academic assignments and citation style.
Attends initial training during the first week of the semester.
Attends weekly hour-long staff meeting for ongoing training.
Provides clerical support, such as assembly of instructional materials, packets, displays, etc.
Works on special projects/assignments as directed.
NOTE: Student employees are expected to maintain appropriate job behavior including reporting to work on time and as scheduled; compliance with all policies and procedures; and completion of time sheets according to guidelines/deadlines.
Research Consultants will report to Circulation Staff in the Instruction and Research Services Librarian’s absence.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION:
Must be enrolled as a full-time student of the Ringling College of Art and Design. Must have completed EN151: Writing Studio or received transfer credit for this course
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
Position requires attention to detail and a previous experience in research.
Strong verbal communication skills. Ability to relate to students from a variety of academic backgrounds.
AVAILABILITY:
Primary availability required during evening hours on Sunday through Thursday nights.
PHYSICAL:
Ability to work with computers, both visually and dexterously.
Ability to lift up to 25 pounds and reach shelving heights up to six feet.
