Women in Clothes (Heti)

Book Reviews
[P]art advice manual, part anthropological study, part feminist document…The volume contains hundreds of stories, which is why it's not the kind of book you'll read straight through but is perfect for flipping around in late at night in the tub, or for giving as a gift with certain parts marked…All three of the editors, when they appear in the text as interlocutors, are wonderful interviewers and essayists—subtle, probing, sympathetic—but Heti, especially, has a gift for pulling insight from details of other women's lives that might at first seem banal or irrelevant.
Sasha Weiss - New York Times Book Review


This charming patchwork expands the scope of fashion writing by looking not at forerunners of style but at how those outside the industry think about what they wear….The range of women involved [is] dazzling…a welcome addition to writing that often focuses on a single trend for all.
Madeleine Schwartz - Boston Globe


Thoughtfully crafted and visually entertaining, this collection...uses personal reflections from 642 contributors to examine women’s relationship with clothes in a deceptively lighthearted and irreverent tone.... A provocative time capsule of contemporary womanhood, this collection is highly recommended. B&w illus and photos throughout, 32 pages in full color.
Publishers Weekly


[A] delirious assortment of conversations, essays, journal entries, and photographs…This big, busy book feels like a thrift store brimming with jumbles of clothes and accessories and alive with women’s voices.... A uniquely kaleidoscopic and spirited approach to an irresistible subject of universal resonance.
Booklist


A quirky anthology exploring the meaning of clothes. [The editors] are interested not in what women wear, but why.... Poems, interviews, pieces that read like diary or journal entries—all these responses help the editors fulfill their aims: to liberate readers from the idea that women have to fit a certain image or ideal.... [A] delightfully idiosyncratic book.
Kirkus Reviews