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Trinity Bellwoods bookstore Type is full of hefty style texts and coffee table costume catalogues to satisfy the fashionably bookish among us. Beginners looking for an intro to couture literacy should pick up New York’s Dover Publications‘ collection of paper doll books. The library of whimsical illustrations covers every wardrobe era from 20s beaded flapper sheaths to the capes and day suits of classic 50s Dior. $8.50 to $10.50, Type, 883 Queen West, 416-366-8973, www.typebooks.ca.
