Rosie Findlay, "Dressays: An Anthology" (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2026)

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Sep 18, 202601:32:30Science & Medicine

The clothes we inherit, covet, purchase, borrow, wear, store, destroy, or give away are intricately woven into our ideas about who we are and how we relate to others and the world around us. Clothes are things that can c...

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