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Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style
Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style | Cintra Wilson
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Wilson reports the findings of her "fashion road trip" across the United States, a journey that took three years and ranges across the various economic "belt regions" of America: the Cotton, Rust, Bible, Sun, Frost, Corn, and Gun Belts. Acting as a kind of fashion anthropologist, she documents and decodes the sartorial sensibilities of Americans across the country. Our fashion choices, she argues, contain a riot of visual cues that tell everyone instantly who we are, where we came from, where we feel we belong, what we want, where we are going, and how we expect to be treated when we get there. With this philosophy in hand, she tackles and unpacks the meaning behind the uniforms of Washington DC politicians and their wives, the costumes of Kentucky Derby spectators, the attractive draw of the cowboy hat in Wyoming, and what she terms the "stealth wealth" of distressed clothing in Brooklyn.In this smart and rollicking book, Wilson illustrates how every closet is a declaration of the owner s politics, sexuality, class, education, hopes, and dreams. With her signature wit and utterly irreverent humor, Wilson proves that, by donning our daily costume, we create our future selves, for good or ill. Indeed: your fate hangs in your closet. Dress wisely."
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THIS IMAGE.

manifestsanity Please kill me! 7y
REPollock @manifestsanity yes! The first chapter in which the author is cataloging her teenage traipse through punk, goth, and crystal-fueled clubkidhood is a white-knuckle Tilt-a-Whirl of awesome. 7y
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I already know this book is going to be A++ because FRANKENHOOKER BOOTS.

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