The Thoughtful Dresser by Linda Grant
"You can't have depths without surfaces," says Linda Grant in her lively and provocative new book, The thoughtful Dresser, a thinking woman's guide to 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 how we choose to dress defines who we are. How we look and what we wear tells a story. Some stories are simple, like the teenager trying to fit in, or the woman turning fifty renouncing invisibility. Some are profound, like that of the immigrant who arrives in a new country and works to blend in by changing the way she dresses, or of the woman whose hat saved her life in Nazi Germany.The Thoughtful Dresser celebrates the pleasure of adornment and is an elegant meditation on our relationship with what we wear and the significance of clothes as the most intimate but also public expressions of our identity.
Linda Grant is a novelist who also works as a journalist. In 2000, she was awarded the Orange Award for Fiction, and in 2006, she was awarded the Lettre Ulysses Prize for the Art of Reportage. Her most recent book, The Clothes on Their Backs, was a Man Booker Prize finalist in 2008. She contributes to publications such as The Guardian, The Telegraph, and Vogue.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781439158814 |
| ISBN 10 | 1439158819 |
| Title | The Thoughtful Dresser |
| Author | Linda Grant |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scribner Books Co |
| Year published | 2010-04-20 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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