The thoughtful dresser : the art of adornment, the pleasures of shopping, and why clothes matter / Linda Grant

Author: Grant, Linda, 1951-
Published: New York : Scribner, 2010.
Copyright Date: ©2009
Edition: 1st Scribner ed.
Physical Description: 210 pages ; 23 cm

Availability

Finding items...

Contents

In which a woman buys a pair of shoes -- The art of taking pleasure -- Catherine Hill: Never wear black -- To the shops -- Sexy -- Our fabric friends -- Fashion -- Catherine Hill: Dinner with Armani -- Making a self: the creation of I -- The cloak of invisibility -- Expandable woman -- Foot-binding and other modern forms of torture -- A good handbag makes to outfit -- Depths and surfaces: fashion and catastrophe -- Catherine Hill: I am fashion.

Summary

"The Thoughtful Dresser" is a thinking woman's guide to her relationship with clothes, how to dress to look her best, and why it matters.

Subject(s)

ISBN

1439158819 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1439158827 (hc.)
9781439158814 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781439158821 (hc.)

Source of Acquisition

DuBois copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2009.

Endowment Note

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

View MARC record | catkey: 6141775