Shulman Alexandra - Clothes And Other Things That Matter A Beguiling And Revealing Memoir From The Former Editor Of British Vogue - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Part memoir part fashion history part social commentary Alexandra Shulman's Sunday Times bestseller explores the meaning of clothes and how we wear them with a new preface on how recent world events have changed our relationship with clothes Warm thought - provoking and honest. - Victoria Hislop Clever emotionally intelligent reveling in style without making us yearn to shop. - The Times Self - deprecating and stylish this is sure to become a classic. - Vanity Fair It's funny honest and in typical Shulman style mixes high and low effortlessly. We don't know many people who can write about bras Donald Tusk and Madeleine Albright all in the same sentence. - A Little Bird Scintillating reading. - The Spectator Alexandra Shulman's style is unaffected immediate and hilariously dry. She's brilliant at observing everyday feelings in a joy - sparking turn of phrase. - Helena Bonham Carter - Clothes and other things that matter is a book not only about clothes but about the way we live our lives. From childhood onwards the way we dress is a result of our personal history. In a mix of memoir fashion history and social observation I am writing about the person our clothes allows us to be and sometimes the person they turn us into. - Alexandra Shulman In Clothes and other things that matter Alexandra Shulman delves into her own life to look at the emotions ambitions expectations and meanings behind the way we dress. From the bra to the bikini the trench coat to trainers the slip dress to the suit she explores their meaning in women's lives and how our wardrobes intersect with the larger world - the career ladder motherhood romance sexual identity ambition failure body image and celebrity. By turns funny refreshingly self - deprecating and often very moving this startlingly honest memoir from the ex - Editor of British Vogue will encourage women of all ages to consider what their own clothes mean to them the life they live in them and the stories they tell.
Title: Clothes And Other Things That Matter A Beguiling And Revealing Memoir From The Former Editor Of British Vogue
Author(s): Shulman Alexandra
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781788401999
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 1/18/2022
Category: Fashion & Style Guides