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A few years ago I made a Fashion History Guide. Well, ‘guide’. The intention behind was to craft a one-page landing page for anyone who is interested in getting started with learning fashion through its history. I dissected the process into a few sections and one of the sections was a book list, things that I’ve read and found fascinating or useful in helping myself progress further into the fashion history rabbit hole. After the construction of that guide, I’ve posted a few more ‘book recommendations’ over the last two years when people would ask me for suggestions on how to start learning about fashion, whether it be students, hobbyists, or industry professionals. But I’ve started to see the limitations in these suggestions. Part of my evolution in the fashion space is that I was gaining consciousness of how the growth of my aesthetic judgement works, and it’s not just from reading, but the active observing of how my mind amalgamates fashion and art knowledge into a manageable bolus

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• Vincent Yang