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''A good handbag makes the outfit. Only the rich can afford
cheap shoes. The only thing worse than being skint is looking as if
you''re skint.'' For centuries, an interest in clothes has been
dismissed as the trivial pursuit of vain empty-headed women. Yet,
clothes matter, whether you are interested in fashion or not
because what we choose to dress ourselves in defines our identity.
For the immigrant arriving in a new country to the teenager who
needs to be part of the fashion pack or the woman turning forty who
must reassess her wardrobe, the truth is that how we look and what
we wear, tells a story. And what a story. THE THOUGHTFUL DRESSER
tells us how a woman''s hat saved her life in Nazi Germany, looks at
the role of department stores in giving women a public place
outside the home, savours the sheer joy of finding the right dress.
Here is the thinking woman''s guide to our relationship with what we
wear: why we want to look our best and why it matters. THE
THOUGHTFUL DRESSER celebrates the pleasure of adornment
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