{"product_id":"dress-code-unlocking-fashion-from-the-new-look-to-millennial-pink","title":"Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink","description":"A New Yorker Magazine Best Book of 2022 * An Esquire Best Nonfiction Book of 2022 * A Town \u0026amp; Country Must-Read Book of 2022 * A Fashionista Summer Read\n“Smart, funny, and impressively thorough.”—The Cut\nIn the spirit of works by Jia Tolentino and Anne Helen Peterson, a smart and incisive essay collection centered on the fashion industry—its history, its importance, why we wear what we wear, and why it matters—from Elle Magazine’s fashion features director.\nWhy does fashion hold so much power over us? Most of us care about how we dress and how we present ourselves. Style offers clues about everything from class to which in-group we belong to. Bad Feminist for fashion, Dress Code takes aim at the institutions within the fashion industry while reminding us of the importance of dress and what it means for self-presentation. Everything—from societal changes to the progress (or lack thereof) of women’s rights to the hidden motivations behind what we choose to wear to align ourselves with a particular social group—can be tracked through clothing.\nVeronique Hyland examines thought-provoking questions such as: Why has the “French girl” persisted as our most undying archetype? What does “dressing for yourself” really mean for a woman? How should a female politician dress? Will gender-differentiated fashion go forever out of style? How has social media affected and warped our sense of self-presentation, and how are we styling ourselves expressly for it?\nNot everyone participates in painting, literature, or film. But there is no “opting out” of fashion. And yet, fashion is still seen as superficial and trivial, and only the finest of couture is considered as art. Hyland argues that fashion is a key that unlocks questions of power, sexuality, and class, taps into history, and sends signals to the world around us. Clothes means something—even if you’re “just” wearing jeans and a T-shirt.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0063050838\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0063050838.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hyland, Véronique\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710097559613,"sku":"BVV.0063050838.G","price":5.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0063050838-0.jpg?v=1762894373","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/dress-code-unlocking-fashion-from-the-new-look-to-millennial-pink","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}