Fashion is Spinach (1938), designer Elizabeth Hawes’s memoir, is perhaps the best description of what fashion is I’ve ever read. Hawes is clearly a fabulous person, an irresistible writer, and smarter than anyone around her. This book should be reissued by a publishing imprint as an unearthed gem, a story more universal and timeless than you’d expect.
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