Autobiography of a Wardrobe

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Fashion, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Elizabeth Kendall ISBN: 9780307377517
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: April 29, 2008
Imprint: Anchor Language: English
Author: Elizabeth Kendall
ISBN: 9780307377517
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: April 29, 2008
Imprint: Anchor
Language: English

Saddle shoes. Camp shorts. Girdles. Bell-bottoms. Each plays a significant role as we follow B., the wardrobe's owner, through her buttoned-up Midwestern childhood to the freedom of miniskirts, sundresses, and New York City. We watch as B. copes with the untimely death of her mother, makes a go of glamorous magazine work, and, after the inevitable false starts and fashion missteps, finally comes into her own.Part memoir, part fashion and cultural history of the last five decades*,* Autobiography of a Wardrobeis an exploration of the clothes each generation has embraced and the smallest details in which we are able to seek comfort and meaning.

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Saddle shoes. Camp shorts. Girdles. Bell-bottoms. Each plays a significant role as we follow B., the wardrobe's owner, through her buttoned-up Midwestern childhood to the freedom of miniskirts, sundresses, and New York City. We watch as B. copes with the untimely death of her mother, makes a go of glamorous magazine work, and, after the inevitable false starts and fashion missteps, finally comes into her own.Part memoir, part fashion and cultural history of the last five decades*,* Autobiography of a Wardrobeis an exploration of the clothes each generation has embraced and the smallest details in which we are able to seek comfort and meaning.

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