About the Authors

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Feminism Confronts Fashion 1
6. Dressing the Body
7. Fashioning a Feminist Style, Or, How I Learned to Dress from Reading Feminist Theory 13
8. Dressing Left 33
9. The Baby Bump Is the New Birkin 53
10. Fashion as Adaptation 67
11. My Mannequin, Myself 83
12. Life’s Too Short to Wear Comfortable Shoes 99
13. Japanese Lolita 117
14. Fashion Choices
15. Glam Abaya 135
16. Ado(red), Abhor(red), Disappea(red) 149
17. The Lady Is a Vamp 165
18. Something Borrowed, Something Blue 179
19. Steampunk 191
20. DIY Fashion and Going Bust 209
21. Stylish Contradiction 227
22. About the Authors 245
23. Index 251