Saturday, September 3, 2011

dictionatomy: TEXTBOOK

There are a million correlations between fashion and literature, but my favorite of late has been the ever popular tumblr feed of John Jannuzzi called Textbook.

Maybe I'm just overjoyed to see that I am not the only dork who imagines my protagonist to be an active persona in my modern life.  But better than my literary fantasies of sitting them down for coffee (and choosing an appropriate mug for his or her personality), Jannuzzi styles them! Helllooooo!

Check it:
This is Henry VIII.  Love the middle ("On the hunt for a wife" look)

Queen Elizabeth I.  Gorgeous. 

Tinkerbell.   Ah-freaking-mazing.

Undine, water sprite.
All photos courtesy of Textbook

Let me also just say that his character notes for their outfits are just wonderful.  I could wander through this tumblr forever.  Specifically anything inspired by pre-Edwardian England.  Sigh.

Hope you find Textbook as glorious as I do.  Fashionable literature, literature in fashion, and the witticisms of an obviously well-read writer, I don't know what more I could ask for in a blog. 

Last one, because it's just lovely...

Mercedes from The Count of Monte Cristo (Full Disclosure: I haven't actually read this yet, I'm trying to find an original French copy.  Homework!)
Get lost in the dreamy, literary couture.  I did...

xo,
Ed
p.s.  Scout Finch.  Oh yes.  Now, Atticus maybe?

edit:  I just found Atticus, glory be.

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