Clothes Before Prose

In Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber," this Marie Antoinette-era trend takes on a dark new meaning.

Through the dislocation between the narrator’s conscious and subconscious clothing choices, Ottessa Moshfegh interrogates our current obsession with vanity, materialism, and consumerism

Her eccentric wardrobe and artistic side is reflected in the caring and sensitive choices she makes for her family.

William Gibson's ideas about fashion and surveillance are straight out of 2019.

Clothing is part of Enid Blyton’s sleepy iceberg approach to literature: surprising depths beneath calm waters.

Shirley Jackson’s gothic masterpiece is attuned to suspense and style in equal measure.

The novel ‘Play It As It Lays’ is filled with brand names, but all those Pucci blouses and chic white clothes are just a way to stay in control.

Tartt’s debut novel shows the fine line you walk when dressing for the world you want.

The author W. Somerset Maugham saw chic as a quality that graces you, and when it does, it’s best not to pay it too much attention.

In the Tom Wolfe classic, the superficial layer revealed everything you needed to know about a person.