The clothes that protect us, that make us laugh, that serve as a uniform, that help us assert our identity or aspirations, that we wear to remember someone – in all of these are encoded the stories of our lives. We all have a memoir in miniature living in a garment we’ve worn.
So says Emily Spivak, author of Worn Stories. I enjoyed this Brain Pickings review of her book -- complete with photos of some memorable outfits worn and described by writer Susan Orlean, fashion designer Cynthia Rowley, Orange Is the New Black memoirist Piper Kerman, and MoMA curator Paola Antonelli -- among others.
