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The language of clothes

by Alison Lurie

1981 272 pages eng ★ 4.7 (3 ratings)

In this exhaustive and entertaining study, Alison Lurie shows what the clothes we choose to wear say about us. Approaching clothing from four perspectives -- historical, social logical, psychological, anthropological -- she demonstrates how color, fabric and cut are not mere whims of designers or ma…

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