Out of Shape
From corsets to skinny jeans, we have always fretted about our body shapes and why it’s so damn difficult to find a good fit. In this bold and entertaining book, Mel Campbell examines the tensions between our cultural ideals and our own bodies. Combining lively interviews and personal experiences with visits to museums, galleries and vintage fairs, Mel explores why we are still so critical of our various shapes and restricted by old-fashioned values.

Out of Shape reveals how, when it comes to clothes and sizing, the past and present are cut from the same cloth.
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Out of Shape
From corsets to skinny jeans, we have always fretted about our body shapes and why it’s so damn difficult to find a good fit. In this bold and entertaining book, Mel Campbell examines the tensions between our cultural ideals and our own bodies. Combining lively interviews and personal experiences with visits to museums, galleries and vintage fairs, Mel explores why we are still so critical of our various shapes and restricted by old-fashioned values.

Out of Shape reveals how, when it comes to clothes and sizing, the past and present are cut from the same cloth.
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Out of Shape

Out of Shape

by Mel Campbell
Out of Shape

Out of Shape

by Mel Campbell

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Overview

From corsets to skinny jeans, we have always fretted about our body shapes and why it’s so damn difficult to find a good fit. In this bold and entertaining book, Mel Campbell examines the tensions between our cultural ideals and our own bodies. Combining lively interviews and personal experiences with visits to museums, galleries and vintage fairs, Mel explores why we are still so critical of our various shapes and restricted by old-fashioned values.

Out of Shape reveals how, when it comes to clothes and sizing, the past and present are cut from the same cloth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781922213143
Publisher: Affirm Press
Publication date: 06/01/2013
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 488 KB

About the Author

Mel Campbell is a Melbourne-based journalist who specialises in popular culture. She is founding editor of Online magazine the Enthusiast, and national film editor at the Thousands city guide. Out of Shape is her first book.
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