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SHEILA HETI, HEIDI JULAVITS,
LEANNE SHAPTON & 639 OTHERS
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: MARY MANN
BLUE RlDER PRESS
A MEMBER OF PENGUIN GROUP (usA)
NEW YORK
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Clothing Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Qpestions ................................ n
SURVEYS
Ltupoldine Core ...................... ..... . 2r
Ltna Dunham ................................. Sr
Slxrwin 1'jia ........... ...................... r55
Milena Rosa . ................................. r83
Young Kirn .................................... 201
SoU'Vankham Thammavongsa . ................. 319
'Iryntje Kramer . .... .... ............... .. ..... 49r
CONVERSATIONS
You Don't Know What l Deal With -Alesia & Fatima & Aurelia & Ramou from the jotkast BLACK G1RLs TALKING •••••••••••••••• 25
fm Always on the Floor and Working -Mona Kowalska & Heidi Julavits & Ceridwen Morris ....................... 29
Your Jewclry ls Your Stomach -Kiran Desai & HeidiJulavits .............. 4I
Maybc a Lot of People Don't Do This -Ly Ky Tran as told to Heidi]ulavits .......... 65
Raspberries, Blueberries, Strawberries -Mak.ik.o Yamamoto & Stephanie Comilang . .... 77
It's This Mystery, lsn't lt? -Juliet Jacques & Sheila Heti . ......•........ 89
Fo~ ~omen at a clothing swap -Christine Muhlk.e & Kerry Diamond & HeidiJulavits & Leanne Shapton .. . ........ 9r
Anyone Can Look Cool -Kirn Gordon & Christopher Bollen. . . . . . . . . . 99
A Schmatte Looks Good -Dina Goldstein & Jonathan Goldstein ....... I27
You're Never Going to GetThat Money Back - Juliet Landau-Pope as told to Sheila Heti ... . ................. r45
l Always Liked the Pearl Snap -Nik.k.i Haus/er as told to Mary Mann ........ 15I
If Nothing Else, l Have an Ethical Garter -Mac McC/elland & Sheila Heti . ........... r7I
The Surfer ls Nothing Without the Wave -Alexander Nagel & Sheila Heti ............ I87
l Didn't Buy the Baby Any Clothing -Semi Chellas & Sheila Heti ............... I97
I989 - Cath Le Couleur as told to HeidiJulavits ......................... 2n
IfYou Like lt, l Like lt More -Talita & Ben ......................... 213
Billionaire Clients - Ida Liu & HeidiJulavits ......................... 217
Clothes on the Ground - Julia Wallace & Kuch Naren & Sophal & Vantha & Leap . .... 225
Flower X- Leslie Vosshall & HeidiJulavits . .. 253
Oh My God, Who Wears That? -Jagoda Wardach & Sheila Heti . ............ 265
l Had a Little Pegboard - Cindy Sherman & Molly Ringwald . .................... 28r
You Really Are the Most Disagreeable Girl - Lucy Birley & Leanne Shapton ....... 297
Put On a Tux and Go -Monica Bill Barnes & Anna Bass & Leanne Shapton & HeidiJulavits ............... . 307
The Pantsuit Rotation - Alex Wagner & Leanne Shapton ....................... 313
An Older Woman GoingThrough Her Closet - Pamela Baguley as told to Leanne Shapton ....................... 317
A Perfect Peach - Ruth Reich/ & Heidi]ulavits ......................... 383
A brief conversation about dressing -Sheila Heti & Leanne Shapton ........... . 385
The Wetsuit ls Not Fashion - Renate Stauss as told to Heidijulavits . ............ 405
The Dress Goes over Your Head -Michele Ohz Doner & Francesca Marciano . ... 4D'l
lt's a Good Fleece - Kerry Barber as told to Sheila Heti .................... 413
You're Lying with Your Face -Amy Rose Spiegel & Mary Mann .......... 419
Gentle, Conservative Styles - Monika Chhy & Anna Glare Spe/man & ]ennifer Liebschutz . 425
An Outfit for a Turtle - Thando Lobese & Heidi ]ulavits ......................... 443
The Delirium ofDesire -Miranda Purws & Leanne Shapton ........ 447
I'm Not a Fucking D - Helen King & Sheila Heti ........................... 453
A French Girl H oeing- Barbara Damrosch & Eliot Coleman & Heidi julavits . . . . . . . . 461
The Factory Collapsed - Reba Sikder & Sara Ziff& KalponaA!cter .............. . 467
The Eight-Year Dress - Ne/lie Davis & Kate Shepherd . ........................ 481
POEMS
Textile Names 1 .••••••...••........••• 40
whatever closeness - Mira Gonzalez ....... 305
Textile Names 11 •••••••••••••••••••••• 395
Textile Names 111 •••••••••••••••••••••• 454
PROJECTS
Mothers as Others Part 1. • • . • • • • • • . . . . . • 45
A Map ofMy Floor - Leanne Shapton ..... 84
Ring Cycle ........................... 105
Yes? ................................ 136
The Outfit in the Photograph 1 ••••••••••• 150
Thirty-sbc Women - Miranda]uly ........ 157
A Map ofMy Floor - Heidi]ulavits ...... 170
Stylus - Micah Lexier . ................... 191
Stains - Leanne Shapton . ................ 218
Posturing - Zosia Mamet & Leanne Shapton . 233
How to Dress in This New World -Margaux Williamson ................... 246
This Person Is a Robot - Leslie Vosshall . .... 257
The Outfit in the Photograph 11 •••••••••• 269 My Outfits - Thessaly La Force ........... 275
BagDance-Leanne Shaptrm & Heidi Julavits .........• 278
What 1 Spent - Emily Stokes ............. 289
Plastic Baskets - ]osh B/aclcwell ........... 302
Shopping Trails - Kate Ryan . ...........• 324
Mothers as Others Part 2 ••••••••••••••• 331
De Moeders - Ruth van Beelc ............ 365
Color Taxonomy - Tavi Gevinson .......•. 375
Fixes - Rache/ Perry Welty ............... 410
Ow ow ow ow - Katherine Bernard ........ 415
The Outfit in the Photograph III .....•.•. 422
Warp & Weft Nos. 1-6 - Karin Schaefer .... 458
A Map of My Floor - Sheila Heti ........ 477
The Outfit in the Photograph IV •••••••••• 484
ON DRESSING
Good Moming - Elif Batuman . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Staying Horne - Rose Wa/dman . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Magical - Sadie Stein. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Let One Dream Come True -Katie Kitamura. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Survey Diary no. 1 - Mary Mann. . . . . . . . . . 85
What 1 Wore to Fall in Love -Sarah Nicole Prickelt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Calarnity- Renee Gladman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
1 Do Care About Your Party - Umm Adam . . 137
Survey Answered with Phrases from My Diary - Sheila Heti ..... 179
The Pink Purse - Emily Gould ........... 223
Mother, Daughter, Mustache -Christen Clifford . ...................... 241
1 Refused - Mansoura Ez Eldin ........... 273
1 Stopped by the Store Every Day -!da Hattemer-Higgins . .................. 345
At the Checkpoint - Shani Boianjiu ....... 355
The Mom Coat -Amy Fusse/man ......... 357
Too Much ofMe - Vedrana Rudan ........ 363
Survey Diary no. 2 - Mary Mann . ......... 393
Ftlthy White Daisies - Christa Parravani ... 397
Lost Mittcns - Heidi]ulavits . .......... . . 401
Summer Diary- Htidi Julavits ........... 42 3
A "Muff Dog" - Gilda Haber . .. ...... .... 429
Covct Dia.ry- Leanne Shapton . ........... 433
Seams, Hcms, Pleats, Darts - Lisa Cohen ... 473
Nothing - Lira Robertson . •.... .... . ..... 497
SURVEYS
Womcn Looking at Womcn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Brcasts .....•........................ 35
Mandates of Place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
How docs makeup fit into all this for you? . . 71
Economics ofStyle .................... 73
I fcel most attractive whcn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ifccl mostattractive when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Advice and Tips „ „ „ „ „ . „ . „ „ „ „ 97
What's thc situation with your hair? ....... 100
What do you wear cvery day? ............ 123
Dress for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Color ........................•...... 141
Wom ............................... 147
Unintcntional ........................ 177
Modestand Nakcd . „ „ „ „ „ .. „ ..... 207
First conscious ofwhat you were wearing? .. 215
Protcction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Handmade ............. .... ....•.. ... 249
40s ....•.••.••..................... . 263
Plcasc describc your mind ............... 266
Shopping ............................ 271
Balm ............................... 277
Sisters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
FJCSt "investmcnt itcm"? ................. 294
Men Looking at Womcn ................ 327
Do you considcr yoursclf photogenic? .. .... 348
Strangers ........ . .... . ..... ......... 351
Gut Feeling .......................... 361
Glamour ............................ 379
I feel most attractive when ...•.......... 381
Smell ... ... ... ....... .. ..... . ....... 389
Daughters and Sons ................... 4n
I fccl most attractive when .............. 421
Closcts .............. ......... ....... 427
Please describe your body .. .. ............ 435
Messages ...................... ..... . 439
Style as Character ..................... 451
More Advicc and Tips .......... ... ..... 455
Do you ever wish you wcrc a man? ........ 462
Fathers .. ... .......... .. ........... . . 479
I fcd most attractive whcn .... ......... . 483
Lost .................•.............. 493
COLLECTIONS
Luise Stauss's over-the-knce socks . . . . . . . . . 2
Tania van Spyk's drcss sets part 1. . . . • . • • . . 10
Claudia Dey's fedoras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lydia Burkhaltcr's gray swcatshirts . . . . . . . . 20
Odctte Henderson's raincoats . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Kate Ryan's tote bags ..... „ „ „ . . . . . . . . 34
Dorothy Platt's wrap skirts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Kristin Anthony's bracelcts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Lisa Naftolin's swimsuits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Amy Rose Spiegel's false cyelashes . . . . . . . . 72
Annie McDonald's clogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Andrea Walkcr's floral-print shirts . . . . . . . . So
Joycc Wall's lipstick blots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Vcronica Manchester's earplugs ........... 96
Mac Pang's safety pins .................. 120
Shcila Hcti's nail polish ................. 126
Dclia Marcus's fricndship bracclcts ........ 132
Tift Mcrritt's handmade guitar straps ...... 140
Pavia Rosati's cashmcrc swcatcrs .... ..... . 144
Sheila O'Shea's hand-me-downs .......... 154
Gwen Smith's conccrtT-shirts ........... 176
Heidi Julavits's stripcd shirts ............. 182
Julia Lcach's jcan jackets ................ 186
Sadie Stein's brassieres .... ....... . ...... 196
Miranda Purves's shirts with Ana Bunci{ . ........................ · . r53 Peter Pan collars ...................... 200 ]innie Lee ............................ r85
Jemima Truman's spare buttons ........... :zo6 Aditi Sadeqa Rao ................... · · · 209
Lisa Przystup's marled socks ............. 2ro ]ill Margo . ........................... 23r
Bay Gamett's leopard-print tops .......... 220
Benedicte Pinset's white canvas sneakers .... 240
Amy Pinkharn's bobby pins .............. 248
Anna Backman Rogers . .................. 295
Margofefferson ............... · · · · · · · · · 353 Alicia Bernlohr ........................ 44r
Annika Wahlström . ............ · .... · · · · 457 Melinda Andrade's aviator sunglasses ...... 252 Lithe Sebesta . ......................... 47r
Tara Washington's knitted hats ........... 262 COMPLIMENTS Kristin Gore's gum .................... 270 Watch - Kate Ryan ..................... 32 Gina Rico's hairbrushes and combs ........ 280 Dress - Starlee Kine ................. · . · · 63 Ernily Shur's prescription eyeglasses ....... 288 Jeans - Starlee Kine .................... r30 Molly Murray's vintage three-inch heels .... 296 Glasses - Mary Mann ......•........... r8r Mary Mann's floss sticks ................ 304 Bra-Lisa Naftolin ..................... 25r Heather O'Donnell's Catholic jewelry ...... 3r2 Scarf - Sheila Heti ..................... 3I5 Charlotte Yoshimura's navy blazers ........ 3r6 Wallet - Kate Ryan ................. · · · 39r Heidi Sopinka's Levi's .................. 326 Coat - Leanne Shapton . ................ · 4r4 Christine Muhlke's identical dresses ....... 344 Skirt - Starlee Kine .................... 426 Melissa Walsh's scrubs .................. 350
Alicia Meier's blotting papers ............ 354
Lorna Shapton's tsinelas ................ 360 Acknowledgments .................. · · · 499
Sarah Brubacher's handmade dresses ....... 382 Contributors ......................... 5or
Jane Larkworthy's lip balms .............. 388 About the Authors ...................• 5r5
Paula Black's hair elastics ................ 392
Mitzi Angel's unworn necklaces .......... 396 Clothing pattern paintings - Emily Hass
Jenny Schily's cigarettes ................. 4!8
Kirn Bost's tights ...................... 432
Rachel Hurn's stolen boyfriend shirts ...... 442
Constance Stern's black cotton underwear .. 441)
lvory Simms's aprons ................... 400 Aria Sloss's white nightgowns ............ 4>6
Marlene Barber's fürs ................... 472
Senami d'Almeida's digital wristwatches .... 478
Tania van Spyk's dress sets part II .•••.••.• 490
Leanne Shapton's white trousers .......... 496
WEAR AREAS
Gintare Parulyte ................. · · · · · · · 33
Rivka Ga/eben ........................ ro3