Autobiography of a Wardrobe

Saddle shoes. Camp shorts. Girdles. Bell-bottoms. Each plays a significant role as we follow B., the wardrobe's owner, through her buttoned-up Midwestern childhood to the freedom of miniskirts, sundresses, and New York City. We watch as B. copes with the untimely death of her mother, makes a go of glamorous magazine work, and, after the inevitable false starts and fashion missteps, finally comes into her own. Part memoir, part fashion and cultural history of the last five decades, Autobiography of a Wardrobeis an exploration of the clothes each generation has embraced and the smallest details in which we are able to seek comfort and meaning.