{"product_id":"autobiography-of-a-wardrobe","title":"Autobiography of a Wardrobe","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAutobiography of a Wardrobe\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist or Composer: \u003c\/b\u003eElizabeth Kendall\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e9780375425004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003ePantheon\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReleased: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e240\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eDisc, case and artwork in excellent condition with little sign of use. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe wholly original story of a woman's life told from her wardrobe's point of view, in the wardrobe's own savvy, vibrant voice--a feat of the imagination as emotionally subtle and stirring as it is dazzlingly particular. \u003cbr\u003eWe first meet B., the wardrobe's owner, as a child in the buttoned-up Midwest of the 1950s, when \"a vision of a saddle shoe\" comes into her head and she discovers the urgency of all clothing dreams. We follow B. through her awkward, pudgy stage (\"Here I must write about the stomach\"); the indignity of camp shorts; her \"adult figure arriv[ing] suddenly in 1963.\" The 1960s bring even bigger changes when B. goes off to Harvard, discards her girdle, and discovers... Marimekko! Miniskirts! Bell-bottoms! \u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Kendall's native intelligence and gift for storytelling entrance the reader, as the wardrobe charts the most important events in B.'s life and the outfits she assembles for each. We watch as B. copes with the untimely death of her mother; makes a go of magazine work--and glamour--in New York; and, after the inevitable false starts and wrong moves (including, of course, in her choice of clothing), finally comes into her own. \u003cbr\u003ePart memoir, part fashion and cultural history of the last five decades, \"Autobiography of a Wardrobe\" is an exploration of the clothes each generation has embraced, the smallest details in which we are able to seek comfort and meaning, and the places and things--sometimes odd or unexpected--in which we store our memories.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Pantheon","offers":[{"title":"Autobiography of a Wardrobe | Elizabeth Kendall | Hardcover | 9780375425004 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks H 1748511","offer_id":48856140644504,"sku":"1748511","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/419XNKcY3YL.jpg?v=1775577887","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/autobiography-of-a-wardrobe","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}