"Ingenious, informative, enthralling -- Open and Clothed: For the Passionate Clothes Lover speaks to every woman who has ever looked at the
clothes in her closet and come to the conclusion she has nothing to wear. The quotes alone
kept me riveted. Open and Clothed is a rich potpourri of history, art, shopping tips,
fashion and fashion plates all intermingling with Siegel's deadpan wit. Dorothy Parker
would have approved."
Joyce Freedman, shopping columnist, East
Bay Monthly
"Open and Clothed is captivating and liberating! You will never look at the contents of
your closet in the same way. Required reading for all our academy girls."
Veronica Vera, founder and author, Miss
Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want To Be Girls, NYC
Open
and Clothed brings a much-needed note
of humor to society's obsessive debate about style, leading the reader
through an entertaining examination of fashion passion. Topics covered
include ritual and costume, politics and history, memory and identity,
fantasy and self-deception, greed and spirituality, and, of course, sex. For those who wear clothes, Open
and Clothedis a
guide to the deepest meaning of self through wardrobe consciousness.
Textile artist
and writer Andrea Siegel lives in New York.
