The Thoughtful Dresser by Linda Grant

A fascinating investigation into the relationship between women and their clothes. Join this award-winning author as she discusses the human reasons we wear what we wear.

For centuries, an interest in clothes has been dismissed as the trivial pursuit of vain empty-headed women. Yet, clothes matter, whether you are interested in fashion or not because what we choose to dress ourselves in defines our identity. For the immigrant arriving in a new country to the teenager who needs to be part of the fashion pack, what we wear, tells a story. And what a story! The Thoughtful Dresser tells us how a woman's hat saved her life in Nazi Germany, looks at the role of department stores in giving women a public place outside the home, savours the sheer joy of finding the right dress. Here is the thinking woman's guide to our relationship with what we wear: why we want to look our best and why it matters.
$36.99, PB – Virago