The Autobiography of a Wardrobe by Elizabeth Kendall, book review

|1 page |27-10-2009 | | Not evaluated |
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Presentation

Elizabeth Kendall explores her own history through the eyes of her wardrobe. The wardrobe refers to Elizabeth as B. short for body. She sees herself and the changes in her body shape through memories of clothes and they way she felt in them and the way the clothes felt on her. There is the awareness of the saddle shoe in 1950's Midwestern America. The advent of Merimekko dresses as an awakening of sorts- a world away from girdles! This coincides with Elizabeth's college experience. The A-line drip-dry skirt of a summer in Northern Europe, the striped denim pants of the androgynous year, the shapeless dress of 1970's Berkley.