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Dress Like a Woman

Working Women and What They Wore
By Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov and Roxane Gay and Vanessa Friedman
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Dress Like a Woman explores the evolving concept of what it means to dress as a woman in the workplace, reflecting vast changes in gender roles over the last century. Featuring 300 striking photographs, the book highlights women from diverse backgrounds and professions, including icons like Amelia Earhart, Angela Davis, and Michelle Obama alongside everyday working women. Through essays by Vanessa Friedman and Roxane Gay, it delves into the intersections of fashion, gender, culture, class, and race, offering a rich historical and cultural portrait of women's dress in professional life.
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Dress Like a Woman will appeal to readers interested in fashion, women's history, social change, and cultural studies, as well as those fascinated by the intersection of identity and professional life.

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A visual exploration of how women have worked and what they have worn around the world

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At a time in which a woman can be a firefighter, surgeon, astronaut, military officer, athlete, judge, and more, what does it mean to dress like a woman? Dress Like a Woman turns that question on its head by sharing a myriad of interpretations across history.

The book includes 300 incredible photographs that illustrate how women's roles have changed over the last century. The women pictured in this book inhabit a fascinating intersection of gender, fashion, politics, culture, class, nationality, and race. There are some familiar faces, including trailblazers Amelia Earhart, Angela Davis, and Michelle Obama, but the majority of photographs are of ordinary working women from many backgrounds and professions.

With essays by renowned fashion writer Vanessa Friedman and feminist writer Roxane Gay, Dress Like a Woman offers a comprehensive look at the role of gender and dress in the workplace.

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The Guardian praises the book for its extensive photographic archive depicting women's evolving work roles worldwide. The Daily Mail calls it a fascinating chronicle of historical and unexpected working outfits, showcasing familiar figures and everyday grit. Image magazine emphasises its insightful examination of fashion as a reflection of shifting female roles, bolstered by contributions from renowned writers Vanessa Friedman and Roxane Gay.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781419729928

Publisher: Abrams

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 February 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Abrams Image

Illustration: 300 Halftones, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Arts & Culture Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov Education & Reference History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Roxane Gay Vanessa Friedman

About the Author

Vanessa Friedman is the fashion director and chief fashion critic at the New York Times.

Roxane Gay is the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist, Difficult Women, and Hunger.

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