Fashion book! Obsessed by Dress by Tobi Tobias- Hardcover book like new!

Love this book for your fav fashion BFF! Fashionistas take note! "Clothes, even when omitted, cannot be escaped."—Anne Hollander Self-adornment (or its stern refusal) has been an unquenchable human impulse in all eras and places. From the toga to the little black dress, Tobi Tobias considers no less than the entire history of the human struggle with fashion by juxtaposing observations from philosophers, writers, and designers-from Plato to Coco Chanel—so that the authors speak to each other about the power of fashion. Oscar Wilde: "One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art." Jane Austen: "Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim." From literature high and low, ancient and modern, Obsessed by Dress includes quotations from Dorothy Parker, Marcel Proust, Ru Paul, Mark Twain, Virgil, Virginia Woolf, and many others. Arranged with incomparable flair, these quotes both delight and challenge us to consider the role of clothes in our lives as they assert views about beauty, vanity, identity, and self-expression.