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In this comprehensive and engaging study, Alison Lurie explores the language of clothing through four perspectives: historical, social, logical, and psychological. She examines how color, fabric, and cut in clothing convey our sex, age, class, and other subtle messages. The book provides valuable insights into the subconscious intent behind clothing choices and how they can reveal information about our occupation, geographical origin, personality, opinions, tastes, sexual desires, and current mood. The back cover states, 'In this exhaustive and entertaining study, Lurie shows what the clothes we choose to wear say about us.'
First publish date: 1981
Genre: Psychology/Social Psychology
Authors: Alison Lurie
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