Women in clothes / Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton & 639 others ; associate editor, Mary Mann.

Women in clothes / Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton & 639 others ; associate editor, Mary Mann.

By
Heti, Sheila, 1976-

Publication Date
2014

Publication Information
New York : Blue Rider Press,

Physical Description
515 p. : ill. (some col.)

Subject Term
Women's clothing.
 
Clothing and dress -- Attitudes.
 
Fashion.
 
Self-perception in women.

Additional Contributors
Julavits, Heidi.
 
Shapton, Leanne.

Summary
A book unlike any other. Essentially a conversation among hundreds of women of all nationalities -- famous, anonymous, religious, secular, married, single, young, old -- on the subject of clothing, and how the garments we put on every day define and shape our lives. The editors began by composing a list of questions designed to prompt women to think more deeply about their personal style. Writers, activists, and artists including Cindy Sherman, Kim Gordon, Kalpona Akter, Sarah Nicole Prickett, Tavi Gevinson, Miranda July, Roxane Gay, Lena Dunham, and Molly Ringwald answered with photographs, interviews, personal testimonies, and illustrations. Even our most basic clothing choices can give us confidence, show the connection between our appearance and our habits of mind, express our values and our politics, bond us with our friends, or function as armor or disguise. They are the tools we use to reinvent ourselves and to transform how others see us. Women in Clothes embraces the complexity of women's style decisions, revealing the sometimes funny, sometimes strange, always thoughtful impulses that influence our daily ritual of getting dressed.

Language
English

ISBN
9780399166563