Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink by Véronique Hyland

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In 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. Why 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. Veronique 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? Not 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.

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    • Author - Véronique Hyland
    • Publisher - HarperCollins Publishers
    • Publication Date - 03-15-2022
    • Page Count - 288
    • Paperback
    • Adult
    • Art, Design and Photography
    • Product dimensions - 7.9 W x 5.3 H x 0.7 D
    • ISBN-13 - 9780063050839

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3 years ago
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Like an extended fashion magazine - loved it!

I’m not sure what it says about me that I finished reading DRESS CODE by Véronique Hyland’s fabulous book of fashion essays on bed rest lounging in my oversized sweatshirt and joggers. It evoked all sorts of feels: it made me miss real clothes, swiping through my closet on the daily, and, especially, my shoes. Oh, how I miss my heels. Hyland is ELLE’s fashion features director among having her work featured in countless other famous fashion and regular magazines. So, if you are like me and enjoy flipping through ELLE’s pages each month, this is a book you will love because think of it is as an expansion of those beloved articles. The care that Hyland has put into each essay is astounding. This small book is a little over 250 pages, but it packs a punch with 15 essays. It covers four major topics: Underpinnings: Why We Wear What We Wear, The Top Layer: Fashion and the Wider World, High Heels: Dressing Up for the Patriarchy, and Moon Boots and Jumpsuits: The Future of Fashion. If you’re a fashionista or just interested in fashion history, this book will interest you. Even though I read the entire book, different essays stood out more. Three that come to mind are “Patagonia on Bedford Avenue,” “Déjà Hue,” and “The Revolution Will Be Spandex-Clad.” I connected with them and found myself googling events or people Hyland had mentioned. Whereas others were just more of a read to me. I equate this to reading an issue of ELLE, some essays I love, others I read once. But I also see it as a great discussion book - like the magazine - because different essays will interest different people. I don’t know if you want to call me a fashionista right now laying here in my joggers and an oversized sweatshirt, so maybe just call me a fashion nerd until I’m off bed rest. But I really enjoyed my time reading DRESS CODE. It made me feel educated and fancy, something I really needed at the moment. Follow me on Instagram: @niftyreads

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