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Women in Clothes by Donora Hillard, Leanne Shapton, Sheila Heti, Ann Tashi Slater, Heidi Julavits
itsbumley's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual violence
mjoyced's review against another edition
3.0
"I wanted to be stylish, because to be stylish was to be poised on the precipice between reality and fiction. " p. 6
sungyena's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
artemiscat's review against another edition
5.0
Buzzed through this one between bus rides and subways and a few early morning coffees while I waited for everything else to open. I love listening to people, I love the little ways we reveal ourselves in inconsequential seeming choices. I had no trouble with the organization/playful lack or organization. Perhaps because deep down I am still that person who would rather stick my hand into every bin of uncooked lentils at a farmer's market then eat a chain-produced-freeze-dried soup.
quietdomino's review against another edition
3.0
Highly enjoying wide scope here. Also am enjoying (and feel compelled to replicate) the photographs of various wardrobe multiples. So many striped shirts...
allisonjoneshunt's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
meera_'s review against another edition
5.0
so much fun!!! love hearing about what makes personal style so personal
curlyratgirl's review against another edition
5.0
One of my favorite books I’ve read in the past couple of years. I found it fascinating and inspiring to read about other women’s relationship to their clothes and closets. This book is also a lot broader in scope (in terms of conversation topics and the background of the women interviewed) than the blurb gives it credit for. There’s also lovely sections of family photos and art. I can’t recommend this book enough. I checked it out from the library but want to buy it.
mybrilliantbasset's review against another edition
2.0
I made it through the whole thing! Great concept with some excellent visual pages that pop (collections, fashion covers re-enacted), but I didn’t learn a thing about women or clothes or any greater emotional truth. I…don’t think the women writing this were the most qualified to do so (see: their kinda pre-woke questions and sensibilities, and the fact that their sample set seems to be made of their friends). I could see this being a good bathroom book to slowly read a page at a time, if what you like in the bathroom is stories from people you’ve never met, identified only by name and no other descriptors, giving not-really-revelatory revelations like: “I feel brave when I wear black and heels.”