The Thoughtful Dresser
The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter
$25.23
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2009
Summary
‘A good handbag makes the outfit. Only the rich can afford cheap shoes. The only thing worse than being skint is looking as if you’re skint.’
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 or th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844085569 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844085562 |
| Author: | Linda Grant |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 317g |
| Dimensions: | 138mm x 217mm x 26mm |
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About The Author
Linda Grant
Linda Grant is a novelist and journalist. She won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2000 and the Lettre Ulysses Prize for Literary Reportage in 2006. She writes for the Guardian, Telegraph and Vogue.
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