Worn stories

by Spivack, Emily

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Title Statements

Full title :Worn stories / Emily Spivack.

Summary

"Everyone has a memoir in miniature in at least one piece of clothing. In Worn Stories, Emily Spivack has collected over sixty of these clothing-inspired narratives from cultural figures and talented storytellers. First-person accounts range from the everyday to the extraordinary, such as artist Marina Abramovic on the boots she wore to walk the Great Wall of China; musician Rosanne Cash on the purple shirt that belonged to her father; and fashion designer Cynthia Rowley on the Girl Scout sash that informed her business acumen. Other contributors include Greta Gerwig, Heidi Julavits, John Hodgman, Brandi Chastain, Marcus Samuelsson, Piper Kerman, Maira Kalman, Sasha Frere-Jones, Simon Doonan, Albert Maysles, Susan Orlean, Andy Spade, Paola Antonelli, David Carr, Andrew Kuo, and more. By turns funny, tragic, poignant, and celebratory, Worn Stories offers a revealing look at the clothes that protect us, serve as a uniform, assert our identity, or bring back the past--clothes that are encoded with the stories of our lives"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Princeton Architectural Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014

The Physical Object

Description:159 pages : color illustrations : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781616892760, 1616892765
oclc:on1226549355
Dewey Decimal:391.0019

Subjects

Anecdotes Biographies Célébrités -- Biographies Celebrities Celebrities -- Anecdotes. -- Clothing Celebrities -- Biography Celebrities -- Clothing Clothing and dress -- Psychological asp… collective biographies Fashion -- Psychological aspects Identité (Psychologie) Identity (Psychology)