New Book: Bog Fashion

I don't know how I missed the Kickstarter for this project, but I just learned over the weekend that there is a new book coming out: Nicole DeRushie. Bog Fashion--Recreating Bronze and Iron Age Clothes. (Chronocopia Publishing, 2025). The Kickstarter has ended, but Chronocopia Publishing will soon be selling the book on their website, and eventually other booksellers will have it available for sale as well. The book's page on the Chronocopia site can be viewed here, and a short bio of Ms. DeRushie can be read here.

The Chronocopia site does not indicate what the price of the book will be, but it's a hardcover book (probably in the same general format as An Early Meal, Daniel Serra's book about Viking age Scandinavian food). Still, I'm planning to buy Bog Fashion when I can, because the page about it on Chronocopia's site indicates that it will be well-illustrated as well as well-researched. Its scope is "Bronze and Iron Age fashion from Northern and Western Europe," and it includes detail from all phases of costume construction, from spinning and weaving the thread into cloth to the creation of accessories.

If, like me, you are fascinated by the clothing of Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe, you'll want this one for your collection.

Update (5/3/2025): I ordered the book from an independent seller in Missouri, USA this past week. The price I was quoted was $40 USD, plus $7 USD for shipping. Chronocopia has it for $39 USD, but shipping is likely to be more than $7 USD from Sweden. It will probably be about 2 weeks before I receive it.

Casemate Academic Sale!

Casemate Academic, formerly called the David Brown Book Company, is the American affiliate of Oxbow Books.  They are having two sales promotions on textile and costume-related texts until December 31, 2017.

One promotion offers a Year-End Sale discount of up to 85% on certain books, including, but not limited to, textile-related books.  The discounted books may be seen here; no code is necessary to receive the discount.  Among the textile-related books affected are the following items that I personally have my eye on:

• Shaw, Maria C. & Chapin, Anne P., eds.  Woven Threads:  Patterned Textiles of the Aegean Bronze Age.  (Ancient Textiles Series vol. 22, Oxbow Books 2016).  Original price:  $55.00.  Sale Price: $20.98.
• Harlow, Mary, Michel, Cécile & Nosch, Marie-Louise (eds.)  Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern & Aegean Textiles and Dress:  An Interdisciplinary Anthology.  (Ancient Textiles Series vol. 18, Oxbow Books 2015).  Original price:  $55.00.  Sale Price:  $16.98.
• Harlow, Mary & Nosch, Marie-Louise (eds.)  Greek and Roman Textiles and Dress:  An Interdisciplinary Approach.  (Ancient Textiles Series vol. 19, Oxbow Books 2015).  Original Price:  $75.00.  Sale Price:  $19.98.

In addition, a 20% discount will be applied to books in Oxbow's Ancient Textiles Series until December 31.  This discount does NOT apply to books already receiving a discount in the Year End Sale category (such as the books listed above) but does apply to all the other Ancient Textiles volumes.  The books subject to the 20% discount are listed here.  (Note:  The web page with the list says that the discount applies through September 30, 2017, but I just received a second e-mail today saying the discount will apply through the end of this year.)  Again, no code is necessary; the discount will be automatically applied at checkout.

Good shopping, and happy Holidays!

Textile Book Sale!

Oxbow Books (Casemate Academic in the U.S.) is having an end-of-year sale, including some great deals on textile-related books.  This one is even better than the end of October sale, and requires no discount codes:  just some great prices.  This link will take you directly to the sale page.  I've listed all prices in USD, but the Oxbow page should have them in British pounds, and you can get a good estimate of the equivalent price in your currency from xe.com.

Not all of the 200+ books on sale are about textiles; some involve other kinds of archaeological studies. But the textile books may be worth your time, especially if you're interested in ancient times and the early Middle Ages.   Some of the more interesting ones (in my opinion) include:

• Cardon, Dominique.  The Dyer's Handbook:  Memoirs of an 18th Century Master Colorist. Regular Price:  $75.00.  Sale Price $42.00.
• Spantidaki, Stella.  Textile Production in Classical Athens.  Regular Price:  $55.00.  Sale Price:  $33.00.
• Shaw, Maria C. and Chapin, Anne P. (eds.)  Woven Threads:  Patterned Textiles of the Aegean Bronze Age.  Regular Price:  $55.00.  Sale Price:  $33.00.
• Harich-Schwarzbauer, Henriette.  Weben und Gewebe in der Antike: Materiality-Representation-Metapoetics.  (Weben und Gewebe in der Antike:   Materialität – Repräsentation – Episteme)   Note:  Most of the essays in this volume are in German.  Regular Price:  $49.99.  Sale Price:  $12.98.
• Boudot, Eric and Buckley, Chris.  The Roots of Asian Weaving:  The He Haiyan collection of textiles and looms from Southwest China.  Regular Price:  $80.00.  Sale Price:  $53.00.
• Harlow, Mary, Michel, Cécile, and Nosch, Marie-Louise (eds.)  Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern & Aegean Textiles and Dress:  An Interdisciplinary Anthology.  Regular Price:  $55.00. Sale Price:  $33.00.

Most of the above prices are for hardback books.  These titles are all available as E-books also, though the prices may be different. Depending on where you live, shipping costs may make the E-book version a more economical choice.

Happy hunting!