- Summary
- "Everyone has a memoir in miniature in at least one piece of clothing. In Worn Stories, Emily Spivack has collected over sixty of these clothing-inspired narratives from cultural figures and talented storytellers. First-person accounts range from the everyday to the extraordinary, such as artist Marina Abramovic on the boots she wore to walk the Great Wall of China; musician Rosanne Cash on the purple shirt that belonged to her father; and fashion designer Cynthia Rowley on the Girl Scout sash that informed her business acumen. Other contributors include Greta Gerwig, Heidi Julavits, John Hodgman, Brandi Chastain, Marcus Samuelsson, Piper Kerman, Maira Kalman, Sasha Frere-Jones, Simon Doonan, Albert Maysles, Susan Orlean, Andy Spade, Paola Antonelli, David Carr, Andrew Kuo, and more. By turns funny, tragic, poignant, and celebratory, Worn Stories offers a revealing look at the clothes that protect us, serve as a uniform, assert our identity, or bring back the past--clothes that are encoded with the stories of our lives"-- Provided by publisher.
"WORN STORIES will assemble a unique anthology of clothing-inspired personal narratives from people of all stripes, including David Carr on his misprinted I Love NY t-shirt, Cynthia Rowley on her girl scout sash, Rosanne Cash on her father Johnny's (atypically) purple shirt that she keeps in her closet, and Jonathan Levine (director of 50/50 and The Wackness) on his once-lucky Latrell Sprewell Knicks Jersey. The included stories will not only offer stirring, humorous and heartfelt glimpses into someone else's life, but will also prompt readers to give a second thought to the way they consider clothing in their own lives"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Spivack, Emily, 1978-
- Published
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2014]
- Contents
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Andy Spade
Simon Doonan
Greta Gerwig
Ross Intelisano
Niki Russ Federman
Brian Balderston
Margaret D. Stetz
Rosanne Cash
David Carr
Ariel Schrag & Matt Wolf
Kelly Jones
Brandi Chastain
Jeff Zimbalist
Jill Meisner
Kenneth Goldsmith
Pat Mahoney
Laura Jane Kenny
Meghan O'Rourke
Kayla Klepac
Jonathan Livine
Yael Meridan Schori
Albert Maysles
Paola Antonelli
Catherine Pierce
April Bloomfield
Brian Dwyer
Debbie Millman
Harvey
Susan Orlean
Stephen Elliot
Emily Spivack
Piper Kerman
Sabrina Gschwandtner
Dorothy Finger
James Johnson III
Dustin Yellin
Cynthia Rowley
Marina Abramović
Edith Raymond Locke
Kathleen Drohan
Tiler Peck
Miss Lisa
Jenna Wortham
Andrew Tarlow
Jeremy Bailey
Brian Droitcour
Lindsey Thornburg
Kitty Stryker
Andrew Kuo
Davy Rothbart
Maira Kalman
Tito
Dapper Dan
Sasha Frere-Jones
Tamara Santibanez
Courtney Maum
John Hodgman
Heidi Julavits
Elisabeth Subrin
Rachel Comey
Marcus Samuelsson
Sanya Kantarovsky
Susan Bennett
Pamela Jones
Karuna Scheinfeld
Sherry Turkle
Becky Stark.
- Notes
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Andy Spade -- Simon Doonan -- Greta Gerwig -- Ross Intelisano -- Niki Russ Federman -- Brian Balderston -- Margaret D. Stetz -- Rosanne Cash -- David Carr -- Ariel Schrag & Matt Wolf -- Kelly Jones -- Brandi Chastain -- Jeff Zimbalist -- Jill Meisner -- Kenneth Goldsmith -- Pat Mahoney -- Laura Jane Kenny -- Meghan O'Rourke -- Kayla Klepac -- Jonathan Livine -- Yael Meridan Schori -- Albert Maysles -- Paola Antonelli -- Catherine Pierce -- April Bloomfield -- Brian Dwyer -- Debbie Millman -- Harvey -- Susan Orlean -- Stephen Elliot -- Emily Spivack -- Piper Kerman -- Sabrina Gschwandtner -- Dorothy Finger -- James Johnson III -- Dustin Yellin -- Cynthia Rowley -- Marina Abramović -- Edith Raymond Locke -- Kathleen Drohan -- Tiler Peck -- Miss Lisa -- Jenna Wortham -- Andrew Tarlow -- Jeremy Bailey -- Brian Droitcour -- Lindsey Thornburg -- Kitty Stryker -- Andrew Kuo -- Davy Rothbart -- Maira Kalman -- Tito -- Dapper Dan -- Sasha Frere-Jones -- Tamara Santibanez -- Courtney Maum -- John Hodgman -- Heidi Julavits -- Elisabeth Subrin -- Rachel Comey -- Marcus Samuelsson -- Sanya Kantarovsky -- Susan Bennett -- Pamela Jones -- Karuna Scheinfeld -- Sherry Turkle -- Becky Stark.
