Fear and clothing : unbuckling American style
Title:
Fear and clothing : unbuckling American style
Author:
Wilson, Cintra.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2015]
©2015
Physical Description:
ix, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
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. And in Fear and Clothing, she imparts her no-holds-barred, totally outrageous, astute, and hilarious wisdom to the reader. --Publisher's description.
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction: starve, smoke, kill -- San Francisco / the macramé belt -- Washington DC / the beltway -- Utah, ho! / the chastity belt -- Jackson, Wyoming / the frost belt -- Miami / the sand belt -- Kansas / the gun belt -- Los Angeles / the star belt -- The 137th Kentucky derby / the bourbon belt -- The Iowa state fair / the butter belt -- The belle jar / the bible belt -- Brooklyn / the futility belt -- The underworld / the garter belt -- New York (high) New York (low) / the money belt -- Never-never land / the emperor's new belt -- Occupied territory / the bandolero -- Conclusion: to thine own style be true.
ISBN:
9780393081893
Format :
Book
