Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393081893 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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I envy the gorgeous, razor-blade garden you're about to picnic in.” (Patton Oswalt) . Clotheshorses are advised not to attempt reading her book while consuming beverages, since the resulting explosions of laughter may ruin their outfits.” (Luc Sante)“All you need to know about Cintra Wilson's new book is CINTRA WILSON WROTE A NEW BOOK. And you get to read it. “On this hilarious and insightful road trip across the country's fashion landscape, Cintra Wilson undresses America with eagle-eyed flair, showing who we are and how each of us could be much more awesome.” (Trevor Paglen)“While I may know as much about fashion as the average farm animal, I am in awe of Cintra Wilson's savage, untamed, and deeply learned writing on
Acting as a kind of fashion anthropologist, she documents and decodes the sartorial sensibilities of Americans across the country. As the former New York Times Critical Shopper, and voted one of Fashionista's 50 Most Influential People in New York Fashion, Cintra Wilson knows something about clothes. 45 illustrations. And in Fear and Clothing, she imparts her no-holds-barred, totally outrageous, astute, and hilarious wisdom to the reader.Wilson reports the findings of he
All of the stars. All of the stars. I enjoyed Winter Steele and her stint as the Critical Shopper, but have largely avoided her books because 1) lazy and 2) I read enough about politics and other people's opinions concerning same in newspapers. This book was fantastic - entertaining, insightful, snarky but NOT the kind of smug hipper-than-thou kind of thing one so often expects from books on style. It didn't hurt that I agreed with her on several points she art. I enjoyed the imagery and got some unexpected insights Jennifer I enjoyed the imagery and got some unexpected insights. I'd recommend this to both the fashion aware and fashion oblivious.. "Very clever book!" according to average shopper. Very entertaining and insightful take on Americans and fashion. I love her writing and hope there is more to come.
She lives in New York City. Cintra Wilson is a playwright, novelist, and a past columnist for the San Francisco Examiner, Salon, and the New York Times.